How to Search Public Meeting Recordings for Specific Agenda Items
The fastest way to search public meeting recordings for specific agenda items is to upload recordings to Cutsio, which uses Visual Intelligence to transcribe every discussion and index visual content, making every meeting searchable by topic.
How do you search public meeting recordings for specific agenda items?
The fastest way to search public meeting recordings for specific agenda items is to upload recordings to Cutsio, which uses Visual Intelligence to generate searchable transcripts of every discussion and index visual content like presentations and documents.
Government agencies and public bodies record thousands of hours of meetings every year. Finding when a specific agenda item was discussed, what was decided, or who spoke on a particular issue requires manual review.
How does Visual Intelligence make public meetings searchable?
Upload meeting recordings to Cutsio. Visual Intelligence generates transcripts for every discussion and indexes visual content including presentations, documents, and attendee appearances. Searching for "rezoning proposal downtown" returns every meeting where that topic was discussed. Searching for "public comment on the new park" returns the citizen testimony segment. Searching for "vote on the budget amendment" returns the exact voting moment.
How do Collections and Share support public access?
Collections organize meetings by year or council session. Share links allow citizens to access specific meeting discussions without watching full recordings. This makes government more transparent by enabling the public to find exactly what they are looking for without needing to request and review entire meeting recordings.
How does AI search serve the needs of journalists and researchers?
Journalists and policy researchers often need to track a specific issue across multiple meetings over months or years. Without searchable archives, they must request recordings individually, watch them in full, and manually note relevant timestamps. With Cutsio, a journalist covering a development controversy can search for "rezoning proposal downtown" and find every mention across all meetings in seconds, jumping directly to each discussion with surrounding context. This accelerates investigative reporting and policy research while reducing the administrative burden on government staff who would otherwise handle public records requests.
How does Agentic Chat help citizens find what they need?
Agentic Chat allows citizens to search meeting archives conversationally. A resident can ask "What was decided about the new park at the last three council meetings?" and Agentic Chat returns the relevant discussions by analyzing transcripts across those meetings.
What does the complete workflow look like for a government agency?
A city clerk uploads the week's council meeting recording to Cutsio. Visual Intelligence processes the file in the background, generating a transcript and visual index. Citizens access the searchable archive through a public portal. A journalist researching a development controversy searches for "rezoning proposal" and finds every council meeting where the topic was discussed in seconds, jumping directly to the relevant testimony. A resident wanting to know about a proposed park searches and finds the public comment segment. An XML export of the discussion can be shared with other staff or included in meeting minutes. The entire process — from upload to searchable archive — happens without manual transcription or logging costs.
FAQ
Can Visual Intelligence identify speakers in public meeting recordings?
Yes. Visual Intelligence includes speaker detection. Search for comments by specific council members or public commenters.
Can I search for documents or slides shown during meetings?
Yes. OCR capabilities detect text in presentations and documents displayed during meetings.
How does Cutsio's Storage pricing work for government agencies?
Cutsio charges by minutes of footage, not per agency or per department. All indexing and search are included.
Can the public access searchable meeting recordings?
Yes. Share links allow public access to specific meeting sections without requiring an account.
Can I export a specific discussion segment for official records?
Yes. Selected clips can be exported as standard video files for recordkeeping.