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AI-Powered Live Captioning for Public Meetings

Accountable

Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI)

Functional Modes

Sensing (Perceptive AI)

Autonomous

Purpose

Accessibility

Input Dataset

Biometric Identifiable data

Algorithm or Model

Speech & Audio

Output Dataset

Generated content Identifiable data

Details

This system uses Zoom's automated speech recognition to generate live closed captions and full transcripts during NYC Open Data Week public meetings. Captions appear in real time for meeting attendees and are later embedded in recordings uploaded to YouTube. The system is operated under a collaboration between the NYC Office of Data Analytics and the civic-tech non-profit BetaNYC, with the explicit goal of improving accessibility. The underlying speech recognition model is proprietary to Zoom.

Sources for this disclosure

AI register
NYC Automated Decision Systems Use Case Register — Zoom Automated Captions
NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, Office of Data Analytics, 2025 report, first used March 2021.

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

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NYC - DTPR AI Register

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NYC - DTPR AI Register