Our 40 years of innovating

A San Francisco Bay Area software consultant, Yong Lee, develops the first version of Reporterbase (RB) software to help court reporters manage job scheduling and billing, establishing Reporterbase Software, Inc.

RB Software develops Medical Records (MR) office management software for the records retrieval industry.

RB Software becomes OMTI, venturing into the development of educational and corporate training multimedia programs.

OMTI releases DOS versions of RB and MR.

OMTI relocates from San Francisco to Houston, TX, to better serve its growing national client base.

RB office management software for Windows operating system and RB Web online offices debut.

MR office management software for Windows operating systems debuts.

MR Web online office is released.

OMTI introduces subscription version of RB software and RB Web online office.

OMTI hosts its first annual user conference in Houston. The Team RB conference brings together legal support firm owners and managers from across the US and Canada to focus on technology and best business practices.

Online Repository is added to RB Web.

OMTI starts an online job exchange for RB users to find each other easily and take advantage of RB’s new feature that lets users share jobs without manually re-entering job information.

To reflect its use for tracking all kinds of records, Medical Records is renamed MetaRecords.

RB8 and RB Web 8, all new versions of the RB system, introduce new features such as a central case repository, SMS messaging, wireless/mobile access, Google Maps locator, data encryption and a word processor.

With the release of MR8 and MR Web 8, OMTI brings new features and technologies to the MR line similar to those in the RB8 products.

OMTI opens a development office in Korea to work on custom programming projects and aid in the future development of RB and MR products.

A PDF transcript creator and a points system rewards plug-in are added to RB8.

OMTI releases major upgrades to the MR product line.

A new version of RB PDF is released that provides many customization options clients had requested.

OMTI launches www.reporterbase.com, providing a free digital signature proxy service that works with RB-PDF Transcripts for court reporting agencies and their reporters.

Thanks to RB Web’s new E-commerce capability, court reporting firms can maximize copy sales and speed invoice remittances.

OMTI releases plug-ins that bring full-text search and streaming media capabilities to RB Web online repositories.

OMTI celebrates its Silver Anniversary, 25 years in business.

Electronic billing is added to RB8.

OMTI introduces RB Web Mobile Apps, connecting online offices to smartphones and tablets.

OMTI moves back to the San Francisco Bay Area to be in closer proximity to the Korean development office and the technology hub of Silicon Valley.

OMTI releases meTranscripts™, providing attorneys with transcripts that are designed to work natively on mobile devices.

With meTranscripts™ come RB Transcript Packages, which bundle the new transcripts with all of their related files. Attorneys can view attached exhibits, videos and other files in context, in a browser just by tapping on links.

With a new mobile plug-in, RB Web can be used on all mobile devices through a browser rather than in dedicated apps. For clients, this means cost savings, easier set-up and maintenance and faster upgrades than traditional mobile apps.

OMTI creates its own online offices, like RB Web & MR Web, giving clients online access to their RB & MR subscriptions, invoices, support tickets, training schedule, and our new Idea Collaborator, where they can submit product feature requests and vote on other users’ suggestions. (UPDATE 2024: The online office functions for RB users were moved inside RB9 and RB Lite making them more easily accessible to RB users.)

And real life imitates (programming) art with OMTI moving into their own office building in Burlingame, CA before the end of the year.

OMTI celebrates its 30th anniversary by releasing RB8 Cloud, a cloud-based version of RB8 that eliminates the need for server hardware and software making RB8 more secure and convenient.

OMTI releases MR8 Cloud, a cloud-based version of MR8 that — like its counterpart, RB8 Cloud — eliminates the need for server hardware and software making MR8 more secure and convenient.

OMTI Korea, OMTI's development department, moves into its own building in Seoul, South Korea.

OMTI releases RB9, a major upgrade to the ReporterBase system, which is browser based and maintained in the cloud. At the same time, OMTI releases RB Connect, the new version of RB Web that works with RB9.

OMTI relocates headquarters and the support team to Southern California.

OMTI adds a new website called RB9 Primer, which contains lessons about every RB9 module, function, concept, and plug-in. A part of RB9’s educational outreach called ReporterBase 101, RB9 Primer helps RB clients and potential clients understand what every function in RB9 can do for their business.

OMTI releases RB Lite, a smaller version of RB9 that focuses on scheduling and billing functions.

OMTI passes its first SOC 2 compliance audit.

OMTI SOC 2 compliance press release

OMTI moves the Customer Portal online offices for our clients into RB9 and RB Lite eliminating the need to sign into another website. At the same time OMTI moves the Agency side of ReporterBase.com for managing and applying reporters’ digital signatures to transcripts securely into RB9 eliminating another website sign-in.

At the same time as these online moves, OMTI moves headquarters from Fullerton, CA to Costa Mesa, CA.