Civic Tech Field Guide
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https://localview.net/Active

LocalView

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 โ€” the central policy-making process in American local government โ€” as they are captured on video.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
2023
Archives, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio processing, Communicating with the people, Participatory democracy, Public meetings, Speech recognition
YouTube
https://openparliament.tv/Active

Open Parliament TV

We make parliamentary debates more transparent and accessible

Germany
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio processing, Government transparency, Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Speech recognition, Watchdogging and transparency
https://www.dembrane.com/Active

Dembrane

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

Netherlands
2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio processing, Digital participation platforms, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Speech recognition, Tech for your meetings
https://councildataproject.org/ActiveOpen-source

Council Data Project

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

Seattle, WA, United States of America
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio processing, Citizen Engagement, Digital Public Infrastructure, Natural Language Processing, Public meetings, Public records, Speech recognition, Watchdogging and transparency
https://blockparty.studio/Active

Block Party

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

New York City
2020
Archives, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audio processing, Civic and social impact companies, Communicating with the government, Data science for social good, Engagement tech, Natural Language Processing, Open civic data, Participatory democracy, Public meetings, Speech recognition