Johnny Jay Jackson, In Memoriam
We are saddened to announce the passing of Johnny J. Jackson, RPR, RMR, RDR, founder and owner of Stenovations, Inc., on October 1, 2024.
Johnny dedicated his life to court reporting, both as an official and freelance court reporter and as the developer of digitalCAT software and the Lightspeed steno writers. He achieved his dream of creating the world’s most advanced steno keyboard with the Lightspeed writers. His impact on the court reporting profession was profound, and his leadership and creative genius will be truly missed.
We would like to assure all our customers that business at Stenovations will continue as normal. We appreciate you and will continue to serve you as always.
Final arrangements will be announced when they become available.
You may send condolences to condolences@stenovations.com
When I first switched to Digitalcat, Johny worked one on one with me for a full weekend teaching me the program.
I really appreciated his patience as well as his kindness. We have truly lost a very talented contributer to the court reporting world. He will be missed. Condolences to all his family and friends.
I am so saddened to hear this. Johnny helped me get onto the software so many years ago. I was in a dire situation where I needed to upgrade my software while I had a lot of transcripts I needed to get out the door. I was faced with making a decision and paying out a huge amount of upfront money that I didn’t have at the time. Then I found out about DigitalCat. Johnny overnighted the installation disks to me, was personally available for any support and questions. It was an amazing relief. And he said there would be a free-of-charge trial period for 90 days. I have never forgotten this. He will be truly missed. I am sure that his tremendous dedication to the court reporting profession came second to his dedication to his beautiful family. They are in my prayers.
This is Lois Jones from San Francisco. I was referred to Johnny Jackson as a new employee and he was very cordial to me and told me when ever I had a problem that I could call hom any time. I am sure he worked hard to build his profession so I would like to acknowledge him and I am sure he will be missed.
The Mad Scientist of court reporting (much more scientist than mad, but you’d have to be a little for some of his ideas). His writers saved my career (bought the original LS sight unseen on launch) and never looked back. Talking to him about some of his writing techniques (double tapping, etc) was eye opening. Will be truly missed. A more adamant defender of the profession has never existed. <3
Johnny was a genius innovator. I discovered his Lightspeed, with its keys which you tap on lightly, at a time when we were just beginning to tap on our phone screens. It saved my knuckles, it saved my career at a time when I thought I couldn’t write any more. I had so much fun transitioning to his writer that it became like a religion for me. I wanted all reporters to know about it. I made sure to get his most recent writer to have as a backup. He will be greatly missed.