Municipality of Ommen

Facial recognition is a method used by local authorities. They want to check whether a person’s ID matches the person standing at the counter.

The algorithm highlights personal data in documents. A member of staff must review all pages and check that the document has been properly anonymised. The software then removes all highlighted information and redacts it. The documents can then be published, for example in accordance with the Open Go...

ReadSpeaker is a feature on the council’s website. This feature reads out text aloud. Visitors can click a button to have web pages read aloud. This makes the website easier to use for people with visual impairments, dyslexia or language difficulties. It helps visitors to understand the information ...