Jointly promoting the use of ICT in administrative affairs and technological development through public-private collaboration
Advanced Media Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Chairman and President: Kiyoyuki Suzuki; hereinafter referred to as "Advanced Media") and Toride City Council and Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture, announced on April 4th (Wednesday) "Voice Tech-related Technology Collaboration" We would like to inform you that we have concluded an agreement.
[Background and purpose of the agreement]
The Toride City Council Secretariat has been using Advanced Media's voice recognition system since March 2006, and has been working to reduce costs while quickly creating minutes for various meetings within the city council. .
This time, we will further enhance the "Demotech (=Democracy x Technology) Strategy" that aims to create a new democracy, such as online initiatives at the Toride City Council, and work together to improve operational efficiency and develop technology through the use of ICT in administrative affairs. I decided to aim for it.
Advanced Media's voice recognition technology, AmiVoice, not only helps clarify and deepen discussions through the visualization of what is being said during online meetings, which are expected to increase in the future, but also provides consideration for people with hearing impairments. The public and private sectors work together to demonstrate their respective knowledge and improve the areas in order to identify and resolve issues with equipment, software, and applications.
[Summary of cooperation agreement]
The collaboration agreement period will be until the end of 2023, which is the same as the “Demotech Strategy” agreement period, and we will proceed with the following.
① Provided a set of camera equipment inside the Toride City Council Chamber to Toride City (Toride City Council)
Advanced Media will provide Toride City (Toride City Council) with a complete set of cameras, camera controllers, etc. for live streaming of the assembly within the Toride City Council chambers, free of charge. (Installed in November 2020)
② Verification of real-time subtitle display function for plenary and committee statements
We will verify the real-time subtitle display function of plenary session/committee statements and aim to build a system that can display more accurate subtitles to citizens and observers.
③ Verification of text data summary related functions
We will verify the functions related to text data summaries, and aim to build a system with the ability to automate the editing work of summarizing manuscripts such as parliamentary newsletters, which is currently performed by parliamentary secretariat staff.
④ Verification of automatic text conversion of citizen correspondence history in administrative affairs
We will use voice recognition technology to verify the transcription function for consultations, interviews, etc., and use an automatic text conversion system for the history of citizen consultations and interviews to work towards faster and more accurate administrative work efficiency. I will do it.
⑤ Hold a meeting for system development and quality improvement for ②, ③, and ④ above.
Advanced Media Co., Ltd., Toride City Council, Toride City Council Secretariat, and Toride City will hold a meeting for the purpose of sharing information and exchanging opinions regarding the system obtained through the verification of ②, ③, and ④ above.
[Comment from Shingo Fujii, Mayor of Toride]
We would like to express our gratitude to everyone at Advanced Media for their generous support in terms of equipment and for their various technical guidance and cooperation in promoting the Demotech strategy of the Toride City Council. In recent years, the various affairs of Toride City's executive department have become more sophisticated and diverse, and human resources are limited. We need to standardize things that can be standardized as much as possible, and use the power of AI to save labor so that we can allocate more resources to creative areas and business fields that will be needed in the future. think.
We believe that the development of Advanced Media's speech recognition technology, centered on transcription, holds great promise. I believe that there are many fields in which this technology can be applied in the future, so I would be grateful if we could coordinate each field one by one and further collaborate.
[Comment from Hisayo Saito, Chairman of Toride City Council]
Advanced Media has updated the camera equipment since November of last year, and the images are now very clear. Thank you. We have received comments of joy from citizens, such as ``It's really amazing'' and ``The images are now clearer.''
In addition, since 18, we have been using AmiVoice to support the creation of meeting minutes. Before its introduction, the work was a heavy burden on parliamentary secretariat staff, but I have heard that the technological innovation is actually leading to a reduction in workload and costs.
The assembly is also aiming for more exchange of opinions and open assembly with citizens, but there are various barriers. I think that one way to remove that barrier is to have subtitles based on voice recognition results appear on the screen, making it possible for people with hearing disabilities to feel closer to the Diet even online. Masu.
I would like you to cooperate with us in the parliamentary reform based on the Demotech Strategy, which we in the parliament are working hard on, and I would like to do my best to work on a new democratic parliamentary reform.
[Advanced Media Director Shinya Oyanagi, comment]
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Toride City, the Toride City Council, and the secretariat for their cooperation.
Advanced Media continues to provide the world with services that use AI technology, including voice recognition technology, based on the vision of "making yesterday's impossible things tomorrow's commonplace." Through this agreement, we will further support the advanced initiatives of Toride City and the Toride City Council, and we will also support the citizens of Toride in realizing a society where "yesterday's impossible things are tomorrow's commonplace." We will do our best to contribute to the realization of a prosperous society.
Technologies such as voice recognition are still in the evolving stage. We will continue to work hard to improve our skills by taking on various challenges, and we will also do our best to give back to you as a result.
In the future, Advanced Media will work on the development and utilization of technologies related to improving the efficiency of administrative work, centered on voice RPA, and will proceed with the rollout to local governments across the country.
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