Mavericks Inc. Adds 'Sample Slides' for Local Government Operations to its Video Generation AI 'NoLang', Automatically Generating Explanatory Videos from Complex Documents like Minutes and Ordinance PDFs

Mavericks Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Founder CEO: Shota Okuno), the provider of the Japan-made video generation AI 'NoLang', has newly added 'Sample Slides for Local Governments' specialized for municipal operations to its slide generation feature. This function allows users to automatically generate slides with charts and headlines simply by inputting PDFs or text from sources like assembly minutes, ordinance texts, and budget proposal documents, which can then be directly output as narrated videos. With sample slide templates available for frequent tasks such as council reports, ordinance explanations, budget briefings, and service window guidance, high-quality explanatory materials and videos can be produced quickly without specialized design skills, significantly reducing the burden of material and video creation for municipal employees.

## 68% of Municipal Employees are Positive about AI, but Structural Issues Hinder DX.

Municipal operations require the daily creation of a wide variety of materials, including explanatory documents for residents and report materials for assemblies. However, many local governments face structural challenges such as a shortage of digital talent, the external contracting costs for video and material production, and difficulties in agency-wide deployment. These burdens of material and video creation are straining frontline operations.

First, the shortage of digital talent is severe. According to a survey on the state of administrative digitalization (2023, targeting 477 municipalities), 31% cited 'no suitable personnel within the agency' and 30% cited 'difficulty in budgeting' as barriers to digitalization (*1). Furthermore, among municipalities with a population of 50,000 or less, 292 have one or fewer staff members in charge of DX and information-related tasks, highlighting that the talent shortage is more pronounced in smaller municipalities (*2). The DX promotion plan formulation rate is also only 35% in municipalities with a population of less than 50,000 (*1). Next, the cost of video and material production is also a major barrier. Outsourcing PR video production to a video production company typically costs between 200,000 to 1,000,000 yen per video (*3). Even when there is a desire to create explanatory videos for every ordinance revision or system change, the man-hours and costs for composition and design are substantial, making it difficult to maintain a production system. Furthermore, the difficulty of agency-wide deployment cannot be overlooked. When deploying a single document or video across the entire agency, all wards, and all branch offices, it often needs to be recreated for each department and location, making unified design for mass deployment extremely difficult.

In addition to these structural issues, there are also content-related challenges in municipal information dissemination. The need to adhere to the language of laws and official documents tends to complicate the text, making it 'difficult to understand' for residents in many cases (*4). While the importance of conveying information through visual means like videos and slides is increasing, the resources to achieve this are lacking.

On the other hand, the willingness of municipal employees to utilize generative AI is high, with 68% considering it positively, and expectations for 'improving the efficiency of creating external documents' reaching 63% (*1). In response to these frontline challenges and expectations for utilization, NoLang has newly added 'Sample Slides for Local Governments' to its slide generation function.

## From Slide Creation to Video Production in One Go. New Sample Slides for Local Governments Added.

NoLang's slide generation function automatically generates slides with charts, graphs, and headlines from materials like text and PDFs, and can then output them directly as narrated videos. A key feature is that it completes the process from slide creation to video production within a single service. This streamlines a process that traditionally required separate tools for material creation and video production, each with its own learning curve.

This time, we have added sample slides specialized for municipal operations to this slide generation function. By selecting a sample slide as a template, users can immediately start creating slides with a design and structure suited to their purpose. For example, to create a report video for an assembly, one simply selects the relevant sample slide and uploads the minutes PDF to automatically generate a well-organized slide with charts and headlines. This enables the production of high-quality explanatory materials and videos without professional design skills, reducing the burden on municipal staff.

## Introducing Various Sample Slides for Frequent Tasks like Council Reports, Ordinance Explanations, and Budget Briefings.

Here are five representative use cases from the newly added sample slides for local governments. All of them address the frequent needs for material and video creation in municipal work.

First is the 'Slide for Summarizing Minutes.' This sample automatically structures a summary of assembly minutes into a slide with charts and headlines, which can be made into a video. It meets the need to create explanatory videos for council members every time an assembly is held. By simply inputting the minutes PDF or text as source material, a distributable video can be produced immediately. Traditionally, summarizing, documenting, and video-producing minutes were separate processes. This sample significantly shortens this series of tasks, enabling rapid information sharing after each assembly.

Second is the 'Visualization Video for Laws and Ordinances.' This allows for the generation and video conversion of slides that visually organize text-heavy laws and ordinances with diagrams and flowcharts. It streamlines the creation of videos for staff training and resident briefings that occur with every ordinance revision or system change, and can directly use law/ordinance texts or system explanation PDFs as source material. By visually conveying the overall picture and procedural flow of systems that are difficult to grasp from text alone, it promotes understanding for both staff and residents.

Third is the 'Explanatory Video for Budgets and Plans.' This sample generates and converts to video slides that explain the use of budgets, urban plans, and outlines of new facilities in an easy-to-understand manner with charts and graphs. For instance, it shortens the time needed to create materials for explaining the annual budget proposal to residents or reporting on a new facility construction plan to the assembly. Visual explanations with numbers and graphs enable information provision that is easy for residents to understand, contributing to improved administrative transparency.

Fourth and fifth are sample slides designed for mass deployment to multiple departments and locations.

Fourth is the 'Service Window and Procedure Explanation Video (for Agency-wide Deployment).' This can generate and convert to video service window guidance and procedure explanation slides with a common design for all departments. It is designed to allow for variations based on a single base video to match the procedures of all ward offices and branch offices, and can be updated agency-wide at once during system revisions. This provides explanations for frequently used service window operations with a unified design and ensures they are always kept up-to-date.