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OpenVerbatim capability status

What works now, what is partial, and what is planned. Status comes from the same registry used by the application and browser sandbox. An API, fixture, or draft does not count as an implemented user capability.

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How to read the status

Implemented
A current user path and test evidence exist.
Partial
Part of the task exists, but the complete user outcome does not.
Planned
The audit includes the capability, but the product does not provide it yet.
Demo only
The capability is available in a synthetic browser demo, not a production workspace.

Data types

Audio upload

Implemented

Upload WAV, MP3, and M4A sources into the durable processing pipeline from the live workspace.

Current limit
  • Audio containers outside WAV, MP3, and M4A require an explicit format addition.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Text and subtitle import

Implemented

Import TXT, Markdown, SRT, and VTT through the main application or API with versioned text/time locators.

Current limit
  • Direct text files must be UTF-8 and no larger than 50 MB.
Verified 2026-07-16Proof current

Transcript correction

Implemented

Stage up to 200 transcript text, speaker, and timestamp corrections; preview their impact; recover conflicts; compare revisions; and compensate the latest ordinary batch without rewriting history.

Current limit
  • Correction batches edit existing lines only; insert, delete, split, merge, and reorder remain read-only diff outcomes from structural reprocessing.
Verified 2026-07-16Proof current

CSV and XLSX import

Implemented

Import CSV and XLSX cells with durable sheet, row, and column evidence locators.

Current limit
  • Import requires a unique, non-empty header for every populated column.
Verified 2026-07-16Proof current

Document import

Implemented

Import DOCX and PDF material while preserving source positions.

Current limit
  • DOCX locations use canonical extracted-text offsets because Word pages are layout-dependent.
  • PDF page regions require Poppler and scanned PDFs must be imported as images for OCR.
Verified 2026-07-16Proof current

Open-ended survey import

Partial

Import CSV or XLSX answers with questions, respondents, and variables.

Current limit
  • Response, respondent ID, and variable columns can be mapped, but typed participant/case variables and conflict handling remain part of M3.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Image import and OCR

Implemented

Import images, run OCR, and retain region anchors.

Current limit
  • The self-host image includes English OCR data; other languages require additional Tesseract data and OV_TESSERACT_LANG.
  • OCR review and correction is not yet a dedicated mapping screen.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Video import

Implemented

Import video and preserve audiovisual time anchors.

Current limit
  • Video currently uses the audio transcription path; frame-level visual analysis is not implemented.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Methods

Frozen method template selection

Implemented

Select, preview, freeze, and execute one of seven method disciplines with explicit starter-codebook rules.

Current limit
  • Named methods still depend on their separately tracked deep-workflow capabilities.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Thematic analysis workflow

Partial

Build, test, relate, revise, and review themes against exact supporting and counterexample evidence.

Current limit
  • Complete thematic reporting remains tracked separately in the reporting milestone.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Grounded theory workflow

Partial

Create a project whose coding prompt does not begin with preset codes.

Current limit
  • Constant comparison, axial/selective coding, memoing, and theory evolution are incomplete.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Framework analysis workflow

Partial

Apply a researcher-provided framework and pause automatic coding until its codebook exists.

Current limit
  • Framework matrices and case summaries are incomplete.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Analysis

Manual multimodal coding

Implemented

Select text, page or image regions, table cells, or media ranges and apply one or more human codes.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Codebook view and open exchange

Implemented

View complete code meaning and exchange current codebook snapshots through CSV, XLSX, QDC, or QDPX.

Current limit
  • This exchanges the current codebook snapshot; complete project QDPX round-trip remains a separate M6 capability.
Verified 2026-07-16Proof current

Complete codebook management

Implemented

Manage hierarchical codes, rules, history, merge, split, import, and reuse.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Cited project questions

Implemented

Answer project questions from confirmed evidence with quotes and source locations.

Current limit
  • Cross-project scope, saved comparisons, and complete export are not implemented.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Queries and evidence matrices

Planned

Run saved Boolean, proximity, case, and matrix queries with evidence drill-down.

Current limit
  • Structured queries and matrices are not implemented.
Not yet verifiedNo current proof

Multimodal annotation

Implemented

Code text, page and image regions, table cells, and audiovisual time ranges with overlap and multiple codes.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Versioned memos and research log

Implemented

Write private, team, or published memos with version history and exact evidence links in one research log.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Exact versioned evidence navigation

Implemented

Return from codes, memos, logs, questions, shares, and history to the exact evidence revision and location.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Annotations, bookmarks, relationships, and hyperlinks

Implemented

Create named evidence annotations, bookmarks, typed relationships, and safe HTTP or HTTPS hyperlinks.

Current limit
  • Hyperlinks are stored and validated but are never fetched by the server.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Filterable operation history and compensation

Implemented

Inspect coding, codebook, memo, and governance history and undo or redo reversible work through new audited actions.

Current limit
  • Consent withdrawal, permission removal, and retention actions require their dedicated governance recovery path.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Collaboration

Second-researcher review

Implemented

Agree, disagree, or comment on another researcher's current coding decision.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Dispute resolution

Implemented

Keep, modify, or reject disputed evidence with a durable reason and history.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Blind independent coding

Planned

Assign the same material to researchers who cannot see each other's work before submission.

Current limit
  • Blind assignment and submission are not implemented.
Not yet verifiedNo current proof

Coding agreement analysis

Planned

Compare coding boundaries and calculate percentage agreement, Kappa, and Alpha.

Current limit
  • Side-by-side comparison and agreement statistics are not implemented.
Not yet verifiedNo current proof

Delivery and exchange

Reviewed evidence sharing

Implemented

Share confirmed excerpts with redaction, consent, revocation, feedback, and access requests.

Current limit
  • Complete reports, charts, and media reels are not included.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Method disclosure draft

Partial

Summarize manual and automated confirmation activity for method disclosure.

Current limit
  • There is no complete, downloadable audit or methods package.
Verified 2026-07-13No current proof

REFI-QDA project exchange

Partial

Build a confirmed-evidence QDPX archive on the server.

Current limit
  • The web app has no export entry point and QDPX import is not implemented.
Verified 2026-07-13No current proof

Report builder

Planned

Deliver findings, citations, counterexamples, charts, actions, and media clips.

Current limit
  • A complete report builder is not implemented.
Not yet verifiedNo current proof

Privacy

External processor policy

Implemented

Allow or deny external processing before project data is sent.

Current limit
  • Administrators do not yet have a complete visual policy center.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

PII candidate review and redaction

Implemented

Review deterministic PII candidates individually or in a batch, apply per-kind replacement rules, and undo the latest batch through a new revision.

Current limit
  • The deterministic scanner currently covers email, phone, URL, and IP address patterns; semantic names, addresses, health data, and organization-specific classes require another detector or manual review.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Participant source withdrawal

Implemented

Preview and cascade removal through media, transcript, analysis, themes, and sharing.

Current limit
  • Precise cleanup of every historical Ask citation remains tracked separately.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Share redaction and consent

Implemented

Hide, mask, or explicitly confirm consent for each shared excerpt.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Platform

Browser review sandbox

Demo only

Run the review and manual-coding demo locally in the browser without an account.

Current limit
  • The sandbox is not a complete local production workspace.
Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Self-hosted deployment

Partial

Run the application, worker, database, and storage through the documented deployment stack.

Current limit
  • Administrator governance and disaster-recovery proof are incomplete.
Verified 2026-07-13No current proof

Mobile workspace

Planned

Review and capture research material from mobile devices.

Current limit
  • The main workspace currently has a desktop-only gate.
Not yet verifiedNo current proof

Capability truth registry

Implemented

Derive product, sandbox, documentation, and SEO capability states from one validated registry.

Verified 2026-07-14Proof current

Minimal acquisition lineage

Implemented

Preserve bounded landing, sample, template, and tool context through project and source creation.

Current limit
  • The lineage is project-scoped business metadata and does not create a cross-site profile.
Verified 2026-07-13Proof current

Synthetic sample

Automation adoption interview review

A synthetic interview study for reviewing AI suggestions and adding manual codes without uploading research data.

  • Review an AI coding suggestion: One suggestion has an explicit confirmed, rejected, or disputed state.
  • Create a manual coding: A selected transcript range is stored with a human-authored code.
  • Inspect the lightweight codebook: Code definitions and confirmed or suggested counts remain visible.
Open this sample

OpenVerbatim is an open-source (Apache-2.0) qualitative data analysis platform for coding and analyzing interview transcripts. AI-suggested codes stay marked as suggestions until a human reviewer confirms or rejects them, and every decision is kept in an audit trail. The full feature set is available when self-hosted; there is no paid feature wall.