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Aware makes keeping up with local government easier than ever

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City meetings are long. Most people miss them.

With Meeting Summaries, you'll get quick, plain- language recaps of decisions on zoning, policing, parks, budgets, and more.

Stay on top of what your local officials are doing, without watching a 3-hour video.

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Agendas and minutes are full of legal and bureaucratic terms.

Explain translates that govspeak into something anyone can understand, so you never have to guess what a policy means again.

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What happened with the school rezoning? Who voted
for the new budget?

With Ask Aware, you can search thousands of local meetings and find out exactly what was said, decided, or debated, without digging.

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Agendas and minutes are full of legal and bureaucratic terms.

Explain translates that govspeak into something anyone can understand, so you never have to guess what a policy means again.

Are you a government leader or administrator?

Help your constituents be engaged and informed.

Track the decisions that matter. No noise

Local meetings often run 2 to 4 hours — and most people don't watch or attend them.

1. Skip the full video

Local meetings often run 2 to 4 hours — and most of it doesn’t apply to residents.

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2. Read the summary in minutes

See what was voted on, discussed, or changed. We pull out just the parts that matter.

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3. Focus only on the issues that affect you

No fluff. No filler. Just the key decisions that impact your taxes, schools, neighborhood, and daily life.

Summaries in plain language. No legalese

Government language isn’t easy. Budgets, ordinances, motions — it can all sound confusing.

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Tap a button to turn complex terms into plain language

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No legal background needed

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No editorializing, just clean, accurate explanations

Ask Aware - get answers. No confusion

From “When did the park renovation get approved?” to “Has the school budget changed?” — Ask Aware saves time and brings clarity.

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Type in a topic, issue, or date

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Instantly see summaries and decisions from across cities

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Track patterns, follow developments, and compare outcomes

Key Benefits for Cities and its Residents

Never miss an important city decision

Curious homeowners, engaged parents, investigative journalists, civic organizers, researchers and academics.

Save time

No need to watch 3-hour meetings or read dense PDFs

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Stay informed

Know what’s happening before decisions are finalized

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Cut through jargon

Understand local policies in plain English

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Act with confidence

Make your voice heard with facts, not rumors

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Discover patterns

Track trends across towns and issues

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Stay connected

Follow only what matters to your life or community

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Keep the public engaged

City managers, business administrators, council members, mayors, school board officials, government staff, public information officers, urban planners.

Increase civic trust

Show transparency without adding workload

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Boost engagement

Reach more residents with clearer communication

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Highlight your work

Help residents see what’s being done on their behalf

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Modernize access

Replace outdated tools with mobile-first summaries

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Serve all communities

Offer free access to underserved or time-pressed residents

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Enable smarter decisions

Use analytics to see what issues resonate most

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Reach the public and keep it engaged

Keeping track of local decisions has never been easier. Help your constituents be engaged and informed.

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Are you a government administrator looking to make your meetings more accessible and show transparency?

We’ve build Aware Capture just for you.

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1. Receive a recording kit

We send you a ready-to-use tablet preloaded with the Aware Capture app. No IT support or special setup required.

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2. Press record

At your next meeting, open the app and tap “Record.” The device captures clear audio while you run the meeting as usual.

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3. We handle the rest

As soon as the meeting ends, the recording is uploaded automatically.
Our system transcribes the audio, summarizes key points, and creates a plain-English recap.

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4. Residents get informed

The summary is published on your city’s Aware page — ready to be read, shared, and understood by your entire community.

mission

Are you a government official looking to share meeting details publicly?

We’re on a mission to change this.

Government transparency exists. But awareness doesn’t

Just because information is posted doesn’t mean it’s seen or understood. Critical decisions often happen in plain sight, yet go unnoticed until it's too late to act.

Public meetings are long, hard to follow, and rarely watched

Local councils and school boards routinely publish multi-hour videos or dense meeting minutes. But very few residents have the time — or patience — to parse them.

Most civic information is written in inaccessible language

Agendas, budgets, and proposals are full of legal, financial, or bureaucratic language. Even interested residents struggle to decode what’s really being discussed.

How Aware makes local decisions effortless to track

1

Meeting held

Your local city council, school board, or committee meets and discusses public matters.

No more watching 3-hour videos

2

Summary processed

We analyze the meeting and generate a short, unbiased summary using AI.

No more decoding legal jargon

3

You get notified

You receive the summary via your preferred channel — push, email, or WhatsApp — so you’re always in the loop.

No more wondering what your city decided yesterday

Never miss an important local decision

Forget sitting through 4-hour city council meetings.
Being informed only takes a few minutes now.

We cover 3,877 cities

That’s an equivalent of 210 million people

3,463

town governments

1,395

school boards

Find Your Community

and 3,877 + other cities

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Now expanding across: U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand

Auckland, NZ
Bath, UK
Humble, TX
Millburn, NJ
West Palm Beach, FL
Atherton, CA
Estevan, SK
Kennebunk, ME
Tasmania, AU
Roselle Park, NJ
Washington, DC
Redmond, WA
Sioux Falls, SD
University City, MO
Napa, CA
Sioux Falls, SD
Auckland, NZ
Bath, UK
Humble, TX
Millburn, NJ
West Palm Beach, FL
Atherton, CA
Estevan, SK
Kennebunk, ME
Tasmania, AU
Roselle Park, NJ
Washington, DC
Redmond, WA
Sioux Falls, SD
University City, MO
Napa, CA
Sioux Falls, SD

Choose Country:

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Pricing & features

Canadian dollar

Currency

$

Aware Platform

581

Aware Capture

1045

First-Tier (Snapshot)

16

Second-Tier (Insight)

41

Third-Tier (Intelligence)

97

Fourth-Tier (Intelligence Pro)

278

SAVE, %

15

New Zealand dollar

Currency

$

Aware Platform

716

Aware Capture

1260

First-Tier (Snapshot)

20.5

Second-Tier (Insight)

50

Third-Tier (Intelligence)

120

Fourth-Tier (Intelligence Pro)

345

SAVE, %

15

Australian dollar

Currency

$

Aware Platform

639

Aware Capture

1148

First-Tier (Snapshot)

18

Second-Tier (Insight)

45

Third-Tier (Intelligence)

119

Fourth-Tier (Intelligence Pro)

305

SAVE, %

15

Great British pound

Currency

£

Aware Platform

310

Aware Capture

556

First-Tier (Snapshot)

8.95

Second-Tier (Insight)

22

Third-Tier (Intelligence)

52

Fourth-Tier (Intelligence Pro)

149

SAVE, %

15

United States dollar

Currency

$

Aware Platform

417

Aware Capture

750

First-Tier (Snapshot)

12

Second-Tier (Insight)

29

Third-Tier (Intelligence)

69

Fourth-Tier (Intelligence Pro)

199

SAVE, %

15

For governments

For governments

Give every city resident free access to unbiased summaries of your council and board meetings to keep them engaged and informed.

Aware Platform

For towns already publishing meeting videos.

Starts at

$

400

/month

Aware Capture

Includes:

Starts at

$

1,000

/month

Aware Platform

Full access to the Aware Platform for all residents.

Aware Capture

Everything you need to start recording meeting audio. No need to install, buy, or maintain costly video equipment.

All plans include:

  • Already on YouTube? We summarize automatically. Not on YouTube? Aware Capture gets you started fast.
  • Summarized + explained content people will actually read
  • Onboarding and support for staff and volunteers

Custom annual pricing based on city size and needs.

For civic-minded individuals

For civic-minded individuals

Know what’s happening in your town, without sitting through 3-hour meetings.

SAVE - x%

Snapshot

Stay informed

$

0

/month

Insight

Discover more

$

9

/month

Intelligence

BEST

Explore it all

$

17

/month

Intelligence Pro (5 user)

Go further together

$

210

/month

Plans start free for residents in partner cities. Upgrade anytime.

Get Started

All plans include:

  • Weekly or real-time alerts for your city
  • "Aware Explain" button to decode government jargon
  • Ask Aware: Al-powered Q&A over thousands of meetings
  • Access up to 5, 10, or unlimited cities (depending on your plan)

Plans start free. Upgrade anytime.

Technology we use

We put Artificial Intelligence at the service of citizen participation

Transcribe audio

We convert public meeting audio into accurate, timestamped transcripts using advanced speech-to-text models.

Translate "Govspeak"

Using our Explain tool, we convert technical or bureaucratic language into plain English so anyone can understand the impact.

Summarize with precision

We generate concise summaries that highlight what was decided, discussed, or deferred — all without editorializing.

Detect key topics

Our models identify decisions, motions, votes, and topics discussed — even when they’re buried in long conversations.

Here’s how we use Blockchain to ensure transparency:

Receive transcript

We collect the public transcript from a government meeting.

Create a digital fingerprint

We generate a unique code (a “hash”) that represents the exact
content of that transcript.

Publish the hash to the blockchain

This fingerprint is saved permanently on a public blockchain - a secure digital ledger anyone can inspect.

Link the summary to the source

When we publish the summary, we include a link to the blockchain record so you can see it’s real.

The principles behind the technology

No edits, no erasures:

The transcript cannot be changed after it's recorded.

No bias or spin:

Our summaries are generated from official transcripts with no political commentary.

Public proof:

Anyone can verify that a summary matches the meeting it came from.