File #: 21-020    Version: 1
Type: Other Proposal Status: Passed
File created: 11/16/2020 In control: Judicial Council
On agenda: 1/22/2021 Final action: 1/22/2021
Title: Judicial Branch Technology | Futures Commission Directive, Voice-to-Text Language Services Outside the Courtroom (Action Required)
Attachments: 1. 20210122-21-020, 2. 20210122-21-020 Voice-to-Text Language Services, 3. 20210122-21-020 Translator Demo Alternate v1

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Judicial Branch Technology | Futures Commission Directive, Voice-to-Text Language Services Outside the Courtroom (Action Required)

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Summary

Summary

Following the final recommendations in the Report to the Chief Justice: Commission on the Future of California’s Court System, 2017, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye directed the Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) to explore and make recommendations on three initiatives:

 

1.                     Remote Video Appearances in Most Non-Criminal Proceedings

The council accepted this report at its September 25, 2020, meeting.

2.                     Intelligent Chat for Self-Help Services

The council accepted this report at its November 13, 2020, meeting.

3.                     Voice-to-Text Language Services Outside the Courtroom - the subject of this report.

 

With the council’s review of this report, ITAC will have completed all three of its assigned Futures Commission directives. To that end, ITAC recommends the Judicial Council accept the Voice-to-Text Language Services Outside the Courtroom: Workstream Report findings and final report. The report presents the approach and activities taken by the workstream, the considerations that should be given when using the technology, and sets forth recommendations surrounding the potential of a pilot project.

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Recommendation

Recommendation

ITAC recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 22, 2021, accept the Voice-to-Text Language Services Outside the Courtroom: Workstream Report to satisfy the Chief Justice’s third, and final, directive assigned to ITAC and resulting from the Commission on the Future of California’s Court System’s (Futures Commission) final report.

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Speakers

Speakers

Hon. Sheila Hanson, Chair, Information Technology Advisory Committee

Hon. James Mize, Executive Sponsor, Voice-to-Text Language Services Outside the Courtroom Workstream

Mr. Rick Walery, Chief Information Officer, Superior Court of San Mateo County

Ms. Heather Pettit, Information Technology