{"id":1039,"date":"2020-09-30T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T23:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:06:37","slug":"what-is-rb-dsp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/concept\/what-is-rb-dsp\/","title":{"rendered":"What is ReporterBase Digital Signature Proxy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Concept #6<\/h6>\n<h5>ReporterBase Digital Signature Proxy<\/h5>\n<p>ReporterBase Digital Signature Proxy (RB-DSP) lets agencies apply reporters\u2019 digital signatures to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/modules\/production\/pdf-transcripts\/\">RB-PDF Transcripts<\/a> through the normal production process. <strong>RB-DSP is a free and easy way to apply digital signatures to electronic transcripts efficiently in-house while maintaining the integrity of the signature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of RB-DSP<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It is automatic.<\/strong> A court reporting firm\u2019s production department does not need to know reporters\u2019 personal information, such as user IDs and passwords, to apply their signatures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It is quick.<\/strong> Applying a signature is a two-click process \u2014 production staffers do not need to go to a third-party website or application \u2014 it is all within RB9\u2019s PDF Transcripts function.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It is accurate.<\/strong> Production staff does not choose a reporter\u2019s signature for a transcript \u2014 the correct signature is already tied to the transcript based on who turned in the job.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It is monitored.<\/strong> Anytime a signature is applied via RB-DSP, it is automatically logged in both the reporter\u2019s and the agency\u2019s usage log. Usage logs track when a signature was used, on which transcript, and by which agency. Reporters can also choose to be automatically notified by email anytime their signature is used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Using RB-DSP<\/h2>\n<p>Agencies invite reporters to sign up for their free digital signatures on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reporterbase.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporterbase.net<\/a>. The reporters generate their digital certificates and add an image of their \u201cwet\u201dsignature there, then\u00a0choose which agencies can apply their signatures to their transcripts.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters can monitor which agency applied their signature to which transcript and when through the site. Agencies can monitor their own use of reporters\u2019 signatures in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/modules\/tools\/signature-proxy-usage\/\">Signature Proxy Usage<\/a> in RB9.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies that need to apply a digital version of their designated signer\u2019s wet signature to transcripts can create their own in RB9\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/modules\/setup\/set-preferences-for-shipping-labels-other-production-functions\/#proxy\">System Preferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: RB-DSP is for RB9 only. It does not work with RB Lite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TL;DR: Free digital signatures for reporters and agencies that agencies apply to RB-PDF Transcripts. Reporters retain control of their signatures while agencies are able to apply the signatures through their normal production process.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Related RB concepts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>RB-PDF Transcript:<\/strong>\u00a0PDF version of a transcript with built-in transcript-specific features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free digital signatures for reporters and agencies that agencies apply to RB-PDF Transcripts. Reporters retain control of their signatures while agencies are able to apply the signatures through their normal production process <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/concept\/what-is-rb-dsp\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,226],"tags":[228,81,82,80,161],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concept","category-lesson","tag-emailed-lesson","tag-rb-dsp","tag-rb-pdf-transcripts","tag-reporterbase-digital-signature-proxy","tag-reporterbase-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omtiblog.com\/reporterbase101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}