These are comments taken from a CPS judge. Generally good advise when you are a witness testifying in a court proceeding, too.
2. Give the Court Reporter a glossary containing technical terms, proper names, witness names, acronyms, etc.
3. Spell out proper names; clarify acronyms. (The letters m and n, b and d, f and s, p and t are easily confused. You can eliminate a potential misunderstanding by using a name to clarify, such a M as in Mary, N as in Nancy, etc.
4. A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence. And, but, or, yet, for, nor and so are conjunctions. These little words make a big difference in the meaning of a sentence so speak clearly and accurately.
6. Remember, the reporter is a neutral party in the courtroom.
8. If requesting the Court Reporter to mark an exhibit, please give him/her time to mark such exhibit before resuming questioning.