Every trial judge exercising criminal jurisdiction of this state shall arrange and provide for the electronic recording or stenographic reporting with computer-aided transcription capability of any and all oral evidence and testimony given in all cases and hearings, including both questions and answers, all rulings of the judge in respect to the admission and rejection of evidence and objections thereto, and any other oral matters occurring during the hearing in any proceeding. The recording device or the computer-aided transcription equipment shall be selected and approved by the court and may be placed under the supervision and operation of the official court reporter or such other person as may be designated by the court. The court may, in its discretion, eliminate shorthand or stenographic reporting of any recorded matter. When computer-aided transcription equipment is used to record oral matters in felony cases, a printed transcript shall be produced and maintained as a court record for fifty-five years. If a transcription of the recorded matters has not been prepared, certified and filed in the criminal proceeding, the electronic recording of all oral matters, together with a log denoting the individuals recorded and meter location of crucial events, or floppy disk and stenographic paper notes, shall be maintained as a court record for ten years in all misdemeanors or fifty-five years in all felony cases.

The judge of the court in which the oral matters were recorded may direct the court reporter or any other responsible, competent person, in his discretion, to make a transcription of recorded oral matters and certify the accuracy of the transcription. Upon certification, the transcription of recorded oral matters shall have the same effect as if made from shorthand or stenographic notes.