I think this is the output from a court stenography machine, which produces a 'shorthand' form of language. See http://www.stenograph.com/ to see if there are tools to translate it out to natural language. Bob Sandusky On 5/23/2012 12:27 PM, LeVan,Ralph wrote: > Looks like baloney to me. I wouldn't touch it. > > Ralph > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > don warner saklad > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: How do you get plain language, plain English out of the > .sgstn stenograph stenonote record of the public meeting?... [see other > message] > > How do you get plain language, plain English out of the .sgstn > stenograph > stenonote record of the public meeting of Boston City Council ?... > [see other message] >