Massachusetts Committee Transcripts Made Easy: How T2T (Talk-to-Text) Works
Why Massachusetts Committee Transcripts Matter
If you’re trying to find Massachusetts committee transcripts — whether from committee hearings, floor debates, or legislative sessions — you know they can be hard to locate and even harder to search. Traditional transcript processes can take days or weeks, and then you have to comb through the text manually. That’s where talk-to-text, or T2T, changes the game.
What Are Massachusetts Committee Transcripts?
Committee hearing transcripts are written records of what was said during legislative committee meetings, including public testimony, bill discussions, and member comments. These transcripts help:
Track how lawmakers and stakeholders speak about specific bills
Research legislative intent and debate history
Prepare briefs or testimony for future hearings
Provide transparency for advocates and the public
h T2T, every word spoken at legislative committee hearings and floor debates is instantly turned into searchable text. Want to know if a word important to you was mentioned in a five hour hearing? Search for it, see every occurrence in context, click on the one you want and - Voila! - you are taken to that precise moment in the video.
In Massachusetts, official legislative actions and committee proceedings are recorded, but searchable transcripts have not been readily available in a text format — until now.
Introducing T2T: Instant Searchable Transcripts with Talk-to-Text
T2T is a powerful tool from MassTrac that instantly turns the audio of committee meetings and legislative floor sessions into searchable text. With T2T:
Every word spoken becomes indexed — so you can find exactly what you’re searching for
Search across hours of hearings using simple keyword queries
Jump to the exact moment in the video where a term is mentioned
It works on committee hearings, floor debates, budget debates, and more
This transforms how people engage with Massachusetts legislative transcripts by making them accessible.
Searchable Transcripts vs. Traditional Text
Traditional transcripts require lengthy manual editing and often arrive long after the event. By contrast, T2T technology combines:
Machine learning trained on the Massachusetts legislative vocabulary
Names of legislators, agencies, acronyms, and policy terms
Audio processing that converts spoken word into text with high accuracy
This means better quality committee hearing transcripts that are ready for research right away.
How T2T Search Works
With T2T, the process is simple:
MassTrac accesses audio/video of the committee hearing or floor session
T2T processes the audio into real-time text
The transcript becomes searchable by keyword or phrase
A human being reviews that transcript
You can click a search result and go straight to that moment in the video
This direct linkage between text and video is a huge advantage for researchers, advocates, lobbyists, and public users who need fast access to Massachusetts legislative transcripts without manual time-coding. Watch this video too to dive deeper.
Ready to make your legislative research easier? Explore T2T from MassTrac and get powerful, searchable Massachusetts transcripts in minutes — not weeks.
Want a demo? Contact us at info@instatrac.com to see T2T in action.