Nice work. I really like this, and hope it gets good use. Daniel
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Jen Bramley <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies if people receive this a number of times because it's cross > posted! > > Hey all, > > Poplus <http://poplus.org/>, the network that > mySociety<http://www.mysociety.org/>and Ciudadano > Inteligente <http://www.ciudadanointeligente.org/?lang=en>have founded, has > taken a big step forward today, thanks to the launch of > SayIt<http://sayit.mysociety.org/>. Our goal is to collaboratively build > pieces of technology that make it > quicker and cheaper for people around the world to build websites and apps > designed to make empower citizens. We would love users, developers, > activists NGOs and CSOs to contribute to this network in any way they wish. > It could be by building, using, testing or sharing components! > > > But I digress, back to the launch. > > SayIt <http://sayit.mysociety.org/> exists to make it easy to publish > beautiful, easy to search, transcripts of politicians’ speeches, > interviews, and the proceedings of trials. > > > We've uploaded some examples from the UK that are demos of what SayIt > could be used for: > > The Leveson Inquiry <http://leveson.sayit.mysociety.org/> An > investigation into press ethics in the UK > > The Charles Taylor trial <http://charles-taylor.sayit.mysociety.org/> The > former president of Liberia’s war crimes trial > > And the complete works of > Shakespeare<http://shakespeare.sayit.mysociety.org/>(you can search > them for any > keyword<http://shakespeare.sayit.mysociety.org/search/?q=unicorn>, > browse by character <http://shakespeare.sayit.mysociety.org/speakers>, or > by individual plays <http://shakespeare.sayit.mysociety.org/speeches>). > > However, the real goal of SayIt <http://sayit.mysociety.org/> is to > accelerate the launch of websites, all around the world, that keep track of > what is said by politicians and other powerful people. The idea is thatthis > component could be added to existing websites without having to > abandon all your current technology. We're currently only accepting > transcripts in the Akoma Ntoso standard for upload (because the project is > still in Alpha) but we've got a little documentation on how to parse to the > standard and we will be spending some time helping people who need help > with getting their data online. > > We’ve written a blog > post<http://www.mysociety.org/2014/01/15/introducing-sayit-a-poplus-component-to-bring-transcript-publication-into-the-modern-world/>about > the launch where you can see a little more information about what > this component does but for the technical people it's probably better to go > onto the site and look around. Please do browse, use and give feedback! > > All the best > > Jen > > -- > Jen Bramley > *International Project Development Manager* > mySociety | mysociety.org/international/ > Tel: 0044 (0) 7806 604 041 > Skype: JenMySoc > @mySocietyIntl > > If you have set up Alaveteli or FixMyStreet please fill in our surveys! > FixMyStreet > Survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10PnEmAgX9d3ZayB2O9xGKNbGaBWaPK9ioSs-rz4-SgM/viewform> > and Alaveteli > Survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1INYP6NUOukNWXhzHDWCGlxySE0_LibMaa1zqma_kuRc/viewform> > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. >
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