Turn council, board, and commission recordings into searchable text — so your clerk drafts minutes faster, the public gets captions and a posted transcript, and every meeting joins a searchable civic archive. Private Whisper, budget-friendly.
Built for clerks & public bodies
Diarization splits the meeting into speaker turns. Rename to Chair, Member, Clerk, or Public Comment; then attribute motions, votes, and comments correctly when you draft the minutes.
Start from a full, timestamped transcript instead of a blank page and the recording. Summarize decisions, lift exact wording of a motion, and cut the hours a clerk spends scrubbing audio.
SRT/VTT captions plus a posted transcript help meet ADA and Section 508 goals for public meetings, so residents who are deaf, hard of hearing, or watching later can follow along.
Every meeting becomes searchable text. Residents and staff can find when a project, a budget line, or a street name was discussed and jump to the exact moment — transparency without scrubbing hours of video.
Transcribe the meeting in the language it was held in, capture public comment given in another language, or export an English translation track — timing preserved for captions.
Private Whisper — no third-party service, no training on your uploads. PAYG at about 0.6¢/min (Pro pack); a two-hour meeting runs roughly $4. Follow your jurisdiction's retention rules for the documents.
Side-by-side
A working-transcript layer for the clerk's office — here's what it changes.
| Consideration | Whipscribe | By hand |
|---|---|---|
| Time for a 2-hour meeting | A full transcript in a minute or two to draft from | Hours of a clerk scrubbing audio |
| Caption file for the video | SRT · VTT ready to attach | Extra manual timing work |
| Attribute who said what | Chair / Member / Public labels you rename | Manual notes during the meeting |
| Search past meetings | Grep a topic across the whole archive | Read old minutes or re-watch video |
| Cost per meeting | ~$4 for a 2-hour meeting, PAYG | Clerk hours or per-minute vendor fees |
| Official record | Working transcript — your body still adopts official minutes | Same: minutes are adopted by the body |
Whipscribe speeds the draft — it is not the certified official record. For internal team meetings see meeting transcripts; for legal prep see legal work.
Questions clerks ask first
Yes. Diarization labels each turn; rename to Chair, Member, Clerk, or Public Comment to attribute motions, votes, and comments.
No. It's a working transcript that speeds the clerk's draft. Your body still adopts the official minutes through its normal process.
SRT/VTT captions plus a posted transcript support ADA and Section 508 goals for public meetings. Your accessibility officer confirms policy fit.
100+ languages, including public comment in another language, plus an English translation track. Timing preserved.
Private Whisper — no third-party service, no training on uploads. Delete anytime; follow your retention rules for the documents.
PAYG at about 0.6¢/min (Pro pack) — roughly $4 for a two-hour meeting, no per-seat fee.
Go deeper
Start free. About 0.6¢/min (Pro pack) pay-as-you-go after your free minutes — a two-hour meeting runs ~$4.
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