aeneas is a Python/C library and a set of tools to automagically synchronize audio and text (aka forced alignment)

• General purpose open source tools
• Speech recognition

Record, reflect, report: At lightspeed

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

An AI project uses natural language processing to identify and neutralize hate speech on community radios in eastern DRC, enhancing social cohesion and stability in conflict-affected areas by providing reliable information through adapted radio content.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• hate speech
• peace

• Media and social media analysis
• Natural Language Processing
• Speech recognition

Minute is a secure AI transcription service that produces customisable summaries in the formats that public servants need.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Meeting tech

Let participants record conversations, we transcribe and help you analyse it in minutes..

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

Argument and transparency in public debate

• Quality education
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

CivicSearch is a search and discovery tool for everything that is said in local government meetings, texts, and laws. It covers 547 cities and towns in the US and Canada.

• local

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Government transparency

Discover the modern engagement platform powered by natural language AI to help you gather feedback, manage your data and understand what is being said.

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

LocalView is a database co-created by Soubhik Barari and Tyler Simko to advance the study of local government in the United States. It is the largest dataset of local government public meetings — the central policy-making process in American local government — as they are captured on video.

• YouTube

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Archives

A paper published in Nature introducing a database of public meetings in the US

• YouTube

• Artificial Intelligence
• Communicating with the government
• Academia

We make parliamentary debates more transparent and accessible

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Transparency and accessibility in council action; videos, transcripts, voting records, and legislation -- all searchable under a single website.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Meeting tech

Human-Led + AI-Supported Listening

• apps

• The Tech
• Media
• Engagement tech

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

Loomio is a flexible decision-making tool that helps you create a more engaged and collaborative culture, build trust and coordinate action

• coop

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Group decision making