SayIt for transcripts?

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What is SayIt? It’s an open source tool for making transcripts really easy to read, search and share on the modern internet.

Why try to make transcripts better? Transcripts are a kind of oil that greases the wheels of well-functioning societies. They let people discover when powerful people have made pronouncements that affect less powerful people. We believe that by making transcripts function better, more people will end up learning about decisions and opinions that affect their lives.

Is SayIt open source? Does it use open standards or open data? SayIt is open source, licensed under the Affero GPL, and you can check out the code in our GitHub repo. The data standard we use is a subset of the Akoma Ntoso data standard – a standard developed specifically for use in parliaments and assemblies.

http://sayit.mysociety.org/about/transcripts

Here's an example from Charles Taylor trial

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[robertocarroll]

Good idea (discussion with JL). To be discussed after ICC Beta.