How this works
In one paragraph
We collect publicly recorded meetings of Vigo County, Terre Haute, and nearby town and township governing bodies, transcribe them, and write up consequential decisions and exchanges. Highlights link to the relevant moment in a recording or source document. This archive uses AI-assisted drafting and editorial review under the owner’s direction.
Where the material comes from
Public bodies and their meeting-video channels provide the recordings; city, county, town, and township sources provide available agendas and other records. Each meeting note identifies the sources used and any known limitations. The archive works from public records and does not attend meetings or rely on private sources inside government.
What is automated
- Finding new meetings, and fetching the video and agenda.
- Transcribing the audio, and separating who is speaking from whom.
- Drafting the meeting record, the highlights, and the entity timelines.
- Checking highlight citation coverage, timestamp structure, and consistency with the available source.
How review and publication work
Drafts stay outside the published archive until an editorial review checks their claims, source anchors, vote wording, and attribution. Entity records receive a separate review for identity, duplicate records, and timeline accuracy. Unresolved source problems can keep a draft on hold; published uncertainty is marked.
The September 12, 2026 catch-up run used Terra agents for drafting and Sol agents for editorial gates. The owner authorized that automated run and its vault updates. Individual source checks in that run were performed by the agents.
The owner directs the archive and can review the records, request changes, and issue corrections. Machine transcripts are generated directly from cached transcription results and carry their own unreviewed-transcription disclosure.
What we deliberately do not do
- We do not endorse candidates, score officials, or make recommendations.
- We do not host comments — it changes the moderation burden and the trust profile entirely.
- We are not a local news site. We cover meetings, not the town.
- We do not use engagement mechanics: no infinite scroll, no streaks, no notification pressure.
Where it is weakest
Being straight about the limits:
- Names. Automatic transcription mangles surnames. When available, we check them against official rosters and in-meeting naming evidence, but an unusual name can still slip through. Anything attributed to a named person at lower confidence is marked.
- Speakers. We can usually tell voices apart, and often work out who is who from the roll call and from the chair addressing people by name. When we cannot, we say "a resident" or "a councillor" rather than guess.
- Coverage. See coverage for which bodies we cover and how far back.
If something here is wrong, tell us — corrections are published, not quietly patched.