UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT MIDDLE
DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TECHNOLOGY
Digital Audio Recording in Tampa and Orlando Courtrooms
Bankruptcy Courtrooms 9B and 10B, Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse,
Tampa, Florida, and Bankruptcy Courtroom B, Fairwinds Building, Orlando,
Florida, are equipped with a digital audio courtroom reporting system
(FTR Gold). Proceedings in the Courtrooms are being digitally recorded
in real time and stored on a compact disk (CD).
The audio records of all hearings held in Tampa Courtrooms 9B and 10B
as well as Orlando Courtroom B are available on CD in the FTR Player Plus
format. A CD in the FTR format can hold approximately 850 minutes of a
single day’s hearing. The cost to obtain a CD is $26.00. The required
software (FTR Player) can be obtained at no charge at www.ftrgold.com.
Official Transcript Requests - from Digital
Audio Recordings
Orlando - The requester must fax a request indicating the date
of hearing, case name and number as well as indicate if the request is
expedited or regular delivery. All faxes must be directed to the courtroom
administrator, Kathy Deetz, at 407-648-6692 (fax). After the request has
been received, a copy of the hearing will be sent directly to the Court
approved transcription firm, Real Time Reporters (407-884-4662). The transcription
firm will contact the requester when the transcript is available.
Tampa - The requester must contact the Court approved transcription firm,
Johnson Transcription Services at 813-920-1466. At the time of request,
the style of the case or adversary proceeding, case/adversary number,
and date and time of hearing must be provided. The transcription firm
will contact the court directly for a copy of the requested hearing and
will notify the requester when the transcript is available.
Non-Transcript Requests (CD only)
Non-transcript requests for Orlando and Tampa hearings can be
made by filling out the appropriate request form below. The requester
will be contacted by the court when a CD copy of the requested hearing
is available. At the time of pickup, a payment for $26.00 must be made
before the CD will be released.
Non-Transcript
Request Form (Digital Audio Recordings)
Official Transcript Requests
- contact court reporters
Videos and Presentations
The Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida has numerous online
videos available. Videos include Bankruptcy Basics, Credit Abuse Resistance
Education, and an electronic history of our Judges.
View court videos
Laptop computers in courtrooms
The Bankruptcy Court of the Middle District of Florida allows certain
trustees and attorneys to routinely transport laptop computers into courtrooms
and allow their use during routine hearings and proceedings. More information
is available by clicking the link below:
Laptop
information
Audio/Visual Courtrooms
The Court encourages the use of videoconference equipment and is interested
in better serving its public. If you are an attorney who has access to
video technology and would like to appear via video, please contact a
courtroom administrator.
Courtroom Technology
Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa courtroom Video Conference
capabilities
• ISDN connections.
• Fixed cameras (judge, witness, one per lectern)
• Monitors per courtroom (two in Jacksonville, one in Orlando and
four in Tampa)
• Television (one in Fort Myers)
• Two-channel infrared transmitter (one for hearing impaired and
one for interpreter capabilities)
• Telephone system tied to sound system
• Audio in/audio out connections (requires RCA-type connector or
¼" phono-type connectors)
•Wireless microphones for the handicapped in all courtrooms in all
divisions
Jacksonville |
Courtrooms 4C and 4D
- Analog Phone, Speaker Phone, VCR, Document Camera, Scanner, Large
Screen, Attorney Monitors, Judge Monitor, Witness Monitor, videoconference
capable. |
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Orlando |
Courtroom A -
Speaker Phone, VCR, Scanner, Large Screen, Judge Monitor, videoconference
capable. |
Courtroom B -
Speaker Phone, VCR, Scanner, Large Screen, Judge Monitor, Digital
Audio, videoconference capable. |
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Tampa |
Courtroom 8A
- Analog Phone, Speaker Phone, VCR, Document Camera, Scanner, Large
Screen |
Courtroom 8B
- Analog Phone, Speaker Phone, VCR, Document Camera, Scanner, Large
Screen, Judge Monitor, videoconference capable. |
Courtroom 9A
- Analog Phone, Speaker Phone, VCR, Document Camera, Scanner, Large
Screen, Judge Monitor, videoconference capable. |
Courtroom 9B
- Analog Phone, Speaker Phone, VCR, Document Camera, Scanner, Large
Screen, Digital Audio |
Courtroom 10B
- Analog Phone, Speaker Phone, VCR, Document Camera, Scanner, Large
Screen, Digital Audio, videoconference capable. |
Courtroom 21 at William and Mary Law School
Designed to give courtroom participants the visual and technological information
they need in preparing for trial in any participating courtroom in the
U.S.
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