Ohio

AKRON

Amie R. First, RPR, CRR, CCP, CBC, CPE
1210 Eastland Avenue
Akron, OH 44305
330-633-4143
amiefirst@neo.rr.com

Started CART in: 2000
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Conventions Conferences, Banking investment transactions, Wedding funerals personal events, Civic event town council meetings, Recreation entertainment
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector

CINCINNATI

Lisa Conley, RMR, CRR, CCP
Spangler Reporting Services, Inc.
120 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45238
513-381-3330
513-381-3342(fAX)
srsdepo@yahoo.com

Started CART in: 1996
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Courtroom, Conventions Conferences, Civic events town council meetings
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Multiple monitors





Tina Wesley, RMR
Tina Wesley
715 Burns Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45215
513-509-1119
twesley@fuse.net

Started CART in: 2002
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions Conferences, Banking investment transactions, Weddings funerals personal events, Recreation entertainment, Remote CART
Display Experience: Laptop only, Remote CART, Internet CART

Cynthia Steidle
Miami University
Office of Disability Resources Campus Avenue Building Room 19
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-1541
steidlca@muohio.edu

Started CART in: 1994
Area of Expertise: Educational functions, Classroom, Remote CART
Display Experience: Laptop only, Remote CART
Additional Training: Miami University Coordinator, Realtime Captioning and Interpreting Services

References:
Andrew Zeisler
zeisleja@muohio.edu

COLUMBUS

Cindy Knecht, RMR, CRR, CCP
Professional Reporters, Inc.
398 South Washington Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
614-460-5000
614-460-5566(fAX)
pri@priohio.com

Started CART in: 1998
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Other
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART





Linda G. Sturm, RDR, CRR,CCP
Professional Reporters, Inc.
398 South Washington Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
614-460-5000
614-460-5566(fAX)
linda@priohio.com

Primary Area of Business:
Central Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

Started CART in: 1989
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART

References:
Hermine Wiley
COHEAR@aol.com

Pat Vincent
COHEAR@aol.com

Ohio Governor's Council on People with Disabilities

Sara Clark, RPR, CRR
Professional Reporters, Inc.
398 South Washington Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
614-460-5000
614-460-5566(fAX)
pri@priohio.com

Started CART in: 1995
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Other
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART

Andrea Crago, RPR, CRR
Professional Reporters, Inc.
398 South Washington Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
614-460-5000
614-460-5566(fAX)
pri@priohio.com

Started CART in: 1992
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Other
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART





Michelle Shortreed
Professional Reporters, Inc.
398 South Washington Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
614-460-5000
614-460-5566(fAX)
pri@priohio.com

Started CART in: 2003
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Other
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART

COSHOCTON

Debra A. Larr-Stiers
In Touch Services, Inc.
1904 Hillcrest Dr.
Coshocton, OH 43812
740-295-0511
dlarr@sbcglobal.net

Primary Area of Business:
Central Ohio
Northern Ohio
Nationwide

Started CART in: 1993
Area of Expertise: Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Convention Conferences, Civic events town council meetings, Remote CART
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video encoder, Internet CART
Additional Training: Fourteen years experience in training CART writers. Sign language skills and working with disabilities of many types. Also Closed Captioning experience and working with encoders.

References: Many universities/government entities--will furnish upon request

DAYTON

Paula A. Blosser, RPR
Britton & Associates
124 E. Third Street, Suite 400
Dayton, OH 45322
937-228-3370
937-228-9253(fAX)
crtrptr32@yahoo.com

Primary Area of Business:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

Started CART in: 1999
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Educational functions, Courtroom, Conventions Conferences, Recreationentertainment, Other
Other: Support groups for hearing impaired
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Multiple monitors

Litchfield

          Missy C. Jones
          3370 Vandemark Rd.          
          Litchfield,  OH 44253
          330-441-2400
          missycjones@netzero.net


          Primary Area of Business:
          Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Medina and surrounding areas

          Started CART in: 2001

         Area of Expertise: On-site CART

         Display Experience: Remote CART

MARION

Kathe Hempstead, RPR
AccuScript, Inc.
205 West Center Street
Marion, OH 43302
740-382-5050
740-387-7111(fAX)
KatheHempstead@msn.com

Started CART in: 1992
Area of Expertise: Business functions, Government functions, Educational functions, Classroom, Courtroom, Religious services, Conventions and conferences, Banking and investment transactions, Wedding, funerals and other personal events, Civil events, such as town council meetings, Cultural presentations, such as Broadway shows, Recreation or entertainment events, Other
Display Experience: Laptop only, LCD Projector, Remote CART, Multiple monitors, Video/encoder, Internet CART

OXFORD

Cynthia Steidle
Miami University
Office of Disability Resources Campus Avenue Building Room 19
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-1541
steidlca@muohio.edu

Started CART in: 1994
Area of Expertise: Educational functions, Classroom, Remote CART
Display Experience: Laptop only, Remote CART
Additional Training: Miami University Coordinator, Realtime Captioning and Interpreting Services

TROY

Julie Hohenstein, RPR
Central Ohio Reporting

4904 Casstown-Sidney Rd.
Troy, OH 45373
937-332-0950 Work

937-773-2352 Home
juliehohenstein@earthlink.net

Primary Area of Business:
Schools

Started CART in: 2003
Area of Expertise: Hard-of-Hearing workshops, classrooms, conferences, meetings, support groups

Display Experience: LCD, hook-ups to other laptops

 

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