For city clerks, school boards and public bodies
Live captions and minutes for public meetings
Saidwire turns the audio of your council, board or commission meeting into captions while people speak, and into a searchable transcript and draft minutes when the meeting ends. Captions help more people follow your meetings. They are machine-generated and can contain errors.
What you get
- Live captions. A web page that shows the words as they are spoken. Link to it from your meeting page or show it on a screen in the room.
- A searchable transcript. The full text of each meeting with time stamps, ready to search and download when the meeting ends.
- Draft minutes. A draft prepared from the transcript for your clerk to review, correct and approve.
How the free trial works
- Send the form. Give us a link to a stream or recording of a meeting your organization runs or has the right to share.
- Watch the demo. We send you a private page where captions appear live as that meeting plays, with a running transcript you can search and download.
- Use it for one month free. We caption your meetings for a month. No card is needed. Continue only if it is useful to you.
Price
One month free
Then $149 a month per public body, for up to 12 hours of meetings a month. Month to month, with no annual contract.
A public body is one council, board, commission or committee. No card is needed for the free month. If you need more than 12 hours a month, contact us and we will quote it.
Questions
Are the captions written by a person?
No. The captions and transcripts are machine-generated and can contain errors, most often in names, numbers and when several people talk at once. On clear speech the service gets about 96 words in 100 correct on a public benchmark (Coval, Nov 10, 2026). Room microphones decide the result, which is why the demo runs on one of your own meetings.
Can we publish the minutes as they arrive?
Please do not. A person should review the minutes before they are published. What we send is a draft built from the transcript; your clerk corrects it, and the approved minutes remain your organization's own document.
What do you need from us?
A link to the public stream or recording of a meeting your organization runs or has the right to share, and your meeting dates. There is nothing to install and no change to your room equipment or your streaming setup.
How do we cancel?
Email support@saidwire.com. The service is month to month, so it ends with the month you have paid for. If you stop during the free month, you owe nothing. If you need more than 12 hours a month, contact us and we will quote it.
What happens to our audio and transcripts?
Audio is processed in memory and not stored. Transcripts for the demo are kept so we can send them to you, and are deleted on request.
Request a demo
Saidwire LLC, 215 W Pershing Rd Ste 403 PMB 1093, Kansas City MO 64108. Contact: support@saidwire.com or hudsonleach@saidwire.com.