Passagekeep

Find the quote again, exactly, months later.

This browser workroom is for journalists, documentary editors, podcasters and oral historians who work from interview transcripts. An authorized interview transcript becomes a drawer of passage cards: exact wording, the timecode it came from, the lines on either side, and a note of who checked it.

Open the sample interview

The transcript stays in this browser. No account and no upload. The app's network use is limited to optional billing and Cloudflare's cookie-free page-view count, and neither sees your transcript.

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  1. 00:00:06Lena OrtizThe first sign we repaired was the small blue arrow from the west entrance.
  2. 00:00:18Niko ShahWhy begin with that one?
  3. 00:00:22Lena OrtizPeople kept missing the workshop after dusk, and the arrow had the clearest original lettering.
  4. 00:00:37Lena OrtizWe photographed every layer before lifting paint, then numbered the fragments in paper envelopes.
  5. 00:00:54Niko ShahDid the numbering change how volunteers worked?
  6. 00:00:59Lena OrtizIt slowed the first hour down, but it stopped three fragments from being placed on the wrong panel.
  7. 00:01:17Lena OrtizThe surprise was a narrow orange stripe under the blue. Nobody remembered seeing it.
  8. 00:01:31Niko ShahHow did you decide whether to reveal it?
  9. 00:01:35Lena OrtizWe made two removable samples and asked the market committee to compare them in morning and evening light.
  10. 00:01:55Lena OrtizThey chose to show a short section and leave the rest protected beneath the blue.
  11. 00:02:09Niko ShahWhat should the next team know?
  12. 00:02:13Lena OrtizKeep the envelope numbers with the photographs. A label without its image is only half a record.
  13. 00:02:30Lena OrtizAlso, schedule one quiet review before the sign goes back up. People notice missing details when the ladders are gone.
  14. 00:02:48Niko ShahThat sounds like the real finish line.
  15. 00:02:52Lena OrtizYes. Reinstallation is a milestone, but retrieval is how the work remains useful.

SEG-001first card in the drawer

The first sign we repaired was the small blue arrow from the west entrance.

Lena Ortiz00:00:06

Fictional interview. This page only reads it; the workroom is where cards are captured, checked and frozen.

  1. 01 Import the authorized transcript
  2. 02 Capture an exact range with its context
  3. 03 Check it against text or local media
  4. 04 Freeze an edition and hand off the packet

A smaller, sharper job

Not transcription. Not automatic reading.

Transcription platforms make text. Qualitative-analysis systems code documents. This workroom begins after an authorized transcript exists and answers a narrower question: can another person retrieve the exact passage, its source revision, and its surrounding context?

Passage wording is derived from selected segments and cannot be silently edited. Titles, summaries, topics, destinations, and verification notes stay visibly human-authored.

Source

Four transcript formats

Plain speaker and timecode text, strict delimited files, SRT, and WebVTT with fatal decoding and atomic intake.

Listen

Session-only local media

Link audio or video from the device, seek to timed segments, and record what was checked. Media is never saved by the app.

Retrieve

Exact range plus context

Capture a segment range, keep before-and-after context, filter by text, speaker, topic, status, or destination, and jump back to time.

Prove

Fingerprint and drift findings

A source digest binds every captured passage to the transcript revision. Replacement text makes stale passages blocking, never quietly close enough.

Review

Human verification ledger

Distinguish unreviewed, text-checked, and media-checked passages with dated notes. The state records work; it does not certify truth or rights.

Handoff

Eighteen passive files

Export exact passages, context, topics, speakers, findings, chronology, source fingerprint, checkpoint, checksums, and a script-free reader.

Honest boundary

The app never decides whether a quotation may be used.

It does not obtain consent, identify speakers, transcribe, redact, anonymize, verify facts, infer themes, determine copyright or publicity rights, clear quotations, or approve publication. The owner records access and rights context, and the real project remains responsible for review.

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Field notes

Every answer page in this build

Short, specific write-ups on transcript intake, locators, verification, and handoff. Each one links back into the workroom.