WordWave's Court Reporting Technology and Service Recognized For Its Contributions To The Bloody Sunday Inquiry.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 LegaLink Division Involved In Consortium Awarded Prestigious Society For Computers And Law IT Award 2001 WordWave's LegaLink division, the global leader in court reporting and transcription, announced today that its international operation, Smith Bernal, was a member of a consortium that was awarded the prestigious Society for Computers and Law IT Award for 2001. The consortium was recognized for its contributions to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville inquiry, was established in 1998 by Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday for a second inquiry. . LegaLink's real-time transcription service was used along with other technologies to meet the technical challenges of the Inquiry, setting new global standards in the use of information technology to improve the process of justice. As part of the consortium, LegaLink's Smith Bernal operations are providing its LiveNote real-time transcription service to assist with the detailed and effective investigation of the events that occurred in Londonderry, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. on January 30, 1972. LegaLink's real-time reporting allows a stenographer's verbatim ver·ba·tim adj. Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation. adv. notes to be displayed on 34 computers in the hearing room. Smith Bernal also distributed edited transcripts of each day's proceedings, sending them via e-mail to the legal teams and posting the transcripts at: www.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org.uk. "In complex legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the immense public interest in the proceedings coupled with the legal teams' need for immediate access to critical legal information required that transcripts be as accessible as possible," said Perry Solomon, chief executive officer of WordWave, Inc. Lord Saville, leading the Inquiry, emphasized the importance of technology in his Opening Statement, and then went on to reiterate, "We have used IT to the greatest extent possible to, in my view, remarkable effect...In short, to my mind in this context we can improve the process of justice." Given the public nature of the Inquiry, information technology was necessary to make the proceedings accessible to a wider audience. A number of technologies contributed to the efficiency and accessibility of the Inquiry. The winning consortium included LegaLink's Smith Bernal also included ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. , Oyez [French, Hear ye.] A word used in some courts by the public crier to indicate that a proclamation is about to be made and to command attention to it. OYEZ, practice. Hear; do you hear. Legal Technologies, NICLR NICLR Northern Indiana Center for Land Reuse , MK Audio, Toptel International and Ramick. About WordWave WordWave, Inc. is the global leader in capturing the spoken word for the Internet. WordWave was founded in 1997 as LegaLink and through a series of 19 acquisitions, quickly became the leader in the court reporting, transcriptioning and videography vid·e·og·ra·phy n. The art or practice of using a video camera. vid  e·og . WordWave acquired VITAC in January 2000, becoming the global leader in broadcast captioning. Through its 20 acquisitions, WordWave has become an international conglomerate with 19 domestic offices and 6 international offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. WordWave is privately held with venture backing from Highland Capital Partners Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices located in Boston, Silicon Valley, Geneva, and Shanghai. Since its inception in 1988, the firm has invested in more than 180 early and growth stage companies and taken a sector-focused approach to investing in and Berkshire Partners. WordWave is available on the Web at www.wordwave.com. For information call (617) 726-1100.
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