Closed captioning is a feature of most scopists' http://scopists.com stenographic machine software for people with hearing loss. Boston City Council webcasts lack an up to date stenographic service... http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/Announcements.asp SICUT PATRIBUS SIT DEUS NOBIS. CIVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA A.D.1822. BOSTONIA. CONDITA A.D. 1630 [ official seal ] http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/pdfs/appen_h.pdf BOSTON CITYCOUNCIL www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil city.council at cityofboston.gov One City Hall Square 5th Floor <> Boston, MA 02201 Phone 617 635-3040 Fax 617 635-4203 TRANSMITTED VIA EMAIL August 28, 2007 I am writing in further response to your public records request for the word processing computer output of the stenographer's records. You are in receipt of my previous response detailing the cost associated with receiving the hard copy print out of the stenographer's machine output. Please be advised of the following: > The stenographer's contract is a bid contract, under Massachusetts General Laws, and is published for bid every three years, as it is above the statutory threshold. http://www.cityofboston.gov/purchasing/bid.asp It was most recently bid in 2007 and Fritch and Associates was the only bidder > The electronic machine output is not a word processing document, simply an electronic record of the same characters produced on the tapes. The characters are recorded in a proprietary software specialized to the machine, and furthermore, the stenographer uses her own shorthand when typing into the machine. The only word processing document created from the stenographer is the weekly Council minutes that are available for viewing on the City's web page http://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil Sincerely, Ann Hess Braga Staff Director ann.braga at cityofboston.gov http://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]