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FTR Minutes

FTR Minutes also streamlines the minutes approval process and makes it easier for councils, boards and commissions to share meeting proceedings with the public.

FTR Minutes is a companion product to FTR MinuteMaker that offers clerks and meeting participants with an easy and efficient way to take notes during meetings. Ordinarily, meeting participants take notes during meetings and try to remember the details of what happened while they're reading the notes. FTR Minutes takes the "guess work" out of this process by making it possible for them to take notes that can be easily verified against the actual recorded meeting proceedings.

Producing a set of meeting minutes usually requires recording a meeting using a tape recorder while taking notes by hand, and then creating minutes while referring to the notes and listening to the tape. FTR MinuteMaker condenses this tedious process into one easy step by combining everything a clerk needs to digitally record meetings while simultaneously taking notes in Microsoft® Word.

Each note automatically generates a time-stamp with a dynamic hyperlink to the exact part of the related audio where the note was taken. Users can then click on each link and listen to the proceeding to be sure their notes are complete and accurate. FTR Minutes also includes convenient shortcut tools to record attendance and voting results quickly and accurately. Representatives, meeting chairpersons and other participants can use FTR Minutes to verify what was actually said and decided during meetings, and to easily locate and listen to portions of the meeting that are relevant to them.

How FTR Minutes Helps You Create Notes More Easily and Efficiently

• Contains everything meeting participants need to take accurate, relevant notes during
proceedings.
• Interface is easy to understand and use.
• Each note links directly to the related part of the recorded proceeding.
• No fast-forwarding or rewinding cassette tapes is required to find needed information.
• Includes shortcuts to automatically input speakers' names, voting records, attendance records, resolutions and other frequently used terms.
• Streamlines the minute approval process by eliminating confusion over what was really said during meetings.
• Simplifies the minute creation and approval process without requiring changes to established procedures.
• Doesn't require an overhaul of existing audio systems or network infrastructure.

FTR Minutes Includes:

• TheRecord PlayerT
• WordLinkT, a Microsoft® Word add-in
• 5-pack of TheRecord CDT's
• TheRecord CD Marker
• Headset
• USB Foot Control
• Service Contract

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