Technological Developments in the Dutch Parliamentary Reporting Office
Marker’s screen
VLOS Digital Reporting Support System VerslagLegging Ondersteunend Systeem, VLOS
Reporting process in VLOS Capturing proceedings Collecting metadata Assigning takes to reporters for transcription Publishing Indexing video content
Voorzitter!
List of speakers
Mr Blok
List of marked events
Aan de orde is het wetsvoorstel ...
Agenda in VLOS
List of markings: examples of entries Speaker Agenda item Break / adjournment / closure Withdrawal of amendment Proposal of motion Vote ...
Stopwatch + time indicator Click to mark end of sequence Red: your “successor” is late!
Content of one “take” to be transcribed
Assigning job to reporter Ready-made text segments Markings Audio Record Segment of audio Word file + audio = part of report
Framework for report in MS-Word
XML-tags in Word document
Task Pane in Word
Further processing of report Review by editors of the reporting office Collating parts of the report in the making Publication of intermediate version on the internet Review by MPs and ministry officials Publication of final version (print and PDF)