Transcript or official report: which should I use?
In Dixit, a sitting’s transcript is for knowing and reacting; the official report is for quoting in a signed note.
Two texts, two uses. Knowing which to take is what makes a deliverable verifiable.
In detail
Dixit gives you both, and they serve different moments in your work.
| What you want to do | The text to take |
|---|---|
| Know what has just been said, during the debate | The transcript, available during the sitting |
| Warn your management within the hour | The transcript, with the debate summary |
| Find a passage and listen to it | The transcript, with its clickable timecode |
| Quote a statement in a signed note | The official report, with its date and its meeting |
| Do archive work on a parliamentarian | The Interventions tab of the search, drawn from the official reports |
What to know about the transcript
It is produced by a transcription engine that relies, for the Assemblée, the Sénat and the European Parliament, on the list of speakers’ names: parliamentarians, government members or MEPs. Each intervention is attributed to its speaker when the speaker is identified with certainty. The official report condenses, the transcript restores what was said: that is exactly what you need to read fast and decide. The official report, for its part, is the text of record, and that is why the published quotation goes through it.
The rule to remember
A note that picks up a parliamentary statement rests on the official report, with its date and its meeting. That is what makes your work verifiable by the person reading you, and it is the difference between an analysis and an impression.