Aware Access

Your town's meetings, made clear. Watch, read, and understand local government — accessible video, accurate captions, transcripts, and plain-English summaries, straight from the official record.

Local decisions shape daily life: schools, budgets, roads, zoning. But meetings run long and the record is hard to search. Aware Access makes it simple to follow what your local government is doing — and to take part when it matters to you.

WATCH ACCESSIBLY

• Full meeting video with accurate, synchronized captions
• Audio description of key visual content
• A media player built for screen readers, keyboard navigation, and captions on every device

READ THE RECORD

• Complete, searchable meeting transcripts
• Speaker attribution — know who said what
• Jump from any search result to the exact moment in the video

UNDERSTAND IN MINUTES

• Plain-English summaries of every meeting: what was discussed, what was decided, what comes next
• No spin, no commentary — everything comes straight from the record

ASK QUESTIONS

• Ask about anything your community has discussed in its public meetings and get clear answers grounded in the official record, with sources you can check

BUILT FOR EVERYONE Aware Access is designed to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards, so every resident — including people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have low vision — can access the public record on equal terms.

Available in participating communities, with new towns, cities, and school districts added regularly. Features may vary by community.

Your local government, in your pocket. Understand it. Participate in it.