A transcription network having linked computer terminals for a court reporter and for examining, defending, and/or associate attorneys is disclosed. A stenographic court reporter's terminal provides speech to text conversion and communicates the text in real time through the network. An attorney terminal displays the communicated text for real time viewing, and has a user interface that enables a user to select portions of the communicated text and associate supplemental information with the text. A user, during review, can then sequentially view selected portions of the text by skipping unselected portions of the text. The attorney terminal may be located off-site, and other terminals may also be connected to the network. Secure message exchange is provided between select terminals.