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A working sandbox. No sign-up, no project. Sample data only.
- Four modes: Portraits, Ensemble, Timeline Chronicle, Thematic Assembly.
- Optional sections: Serendipities (recurring patterns), Facts, Editor's Note.
- Grounded in your project archive. The portrait covers only what the speaker actually said on tape.
- Export to .docx for the writing team.
Pick a speaker and click generate to draft a portrait from the sample transcripts.
How it works
Three steps from raw material to result.
Choose one character for a Portrait, several for Ensemble, organise by date for Timeline Chronicle, or by topic for Thematic Assembly.
A portrait is drafted from the indexed transcripts. The result is restricted to what the speaker actually said on tape.
Elena is the engineer who saw the failure coming and was told to be quiet.
In three separate sittings, Elena uses the same phrase without prompting.
Regenerate any section, mark Editor's Notes, then export to .docx for the director and writers.
Frequently asked questions
What grounds the portrait?
The indexed transcripts for the project. The portrait is restricted to material the speaker actually said on tape, with citations preserved internally so editors can verify any line.
What are the four modes?
Portraits is one document per speaker. Ensemble is one document covering several speakers in relation. Timeline Chronicle organises a portrait by date. Thematic Assembly groups material by topic across speakers.
What are Serendipities?
Recurring patterns spotted across sittings: a phrase a speaker keeps returning to, a story they tell three different ways, a contradiction between two interviews.
Can I export the result?
Yes, to a .docx file with the section structure preserved, ready to share with the director or writing team.
How fresh does the index need to be?
Character overviews use whatever's currently indexed. If you add new interviews and want them included, wait for indexing to complete (usually a few minutes) and regenerate.
Related capabilities
Further reading
Background guides and comparisons.
A documentary character profile gives directors a view of who they have across all interview hours. Here is what to include, what to leave out, and when in the production timeline it pays to write one.
A grounded language model is constrained to produce output traceable to specific source chunks. Here is what grounding means in practice, why it produces usable output, and where the model can still hallucinate.