For journalists and writers

Can you prove that line?

Bring your sources and transcripts (PDF, Word documents or scanned). Save leads to a story board, build the chronology, and check every claim against the page it came from before it runs.

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Reading, markup, the board and search are free. Pro is ₹499 a month, AI included.

Time

Get through the document dump.

Ask across every source at once and let the chronology put the events in order.

Confidence

Every claim, against its source.

Answers come from your sources and show the page. What cannot be found in them is marked, not guessed.

Outcome

Publish what you can prove.

Fact-check and chronology on the board, with click-to-verify citations for every line.

What you can make

Pick what you want to make.

Choose your sources, choose a tool, go. Everything it makes points back to the page.

Fact-check

Check each line against the source page.

Claims from your draft checked against your sources: supported, contradicted or not found, each with the page. Click to verify.

  • Fact-check map
  • Click to verify
  • Not found is marked

“The council was warned in March.”

SupportedCouncil minutes, 12 March · p. 7

Chronology

What happened, in order.

Dates and events from minutes, emails and transcripts in one chronology, each with its page.

  • Chronology
  • Timeline report
14 FebBudget memo circulatedp. 3
12 MarWarning recordedp. 7
2 MayContract signedp. 22

Story board

Leads, sources and quotes, linked.

Save leads as you read and link them to sources, people and events on a story board.

  • Story map
  • Save as lead
The March warningMinutesMemoPress releaseSource B
supportscontradicts

Ask your sources

One question, every document.

Ask in your own words; the answer comes from your sources and shows the page.

  • Page citations
  • Unverifiable marked
Who attended the 12 March meeting?
Six councillors and the finance director. p. 6

Compare versions

Two statements, side by side.

Spot what changed between a draft and a final, or two accounts of the same event, with pages.

  • Comparison
  • Every cell cited
DraftFinal
Cost£2m£4m
WarnedMarchNot stated

Quick Learn

Background, fast.

A short lesson on a policy area or a technical subject before the interview, every point cited.

  • 5 or 15 min
  • Every point cited
Council budget rulesp. 2p. 5

Audio lesson

Background on the way in.

Turn a report into an audio lesson: one narrator or two voices, as an MP3.

  • Natural voices
  • Two voices
  • MP3
▶
06:05

How journalists use it

Gather. Order. Verify.

  1. 01

    Gather

    Save leads as you read.

    Highlight a line in the minutes or a transcript and save it as a lead, with the source and page.

  2. 02

    Order

    Build the chronology.

    Events from every source in one timeline, each one a click away from its page.

  3. 03

    Verify

    Check every line before it runs.

    Each claim in your draft checked against the sources: supported, contradicted or not found.

Audio lessons

Background on the way in.

Turn a report into an audio lesson: one narrator or a two-voice discussion, as an MP3. Three a month free, 60 a month on Pro.

Specialisations

Whatever your beat.

Pick your area; the templates and examples follow it.

  • Investigative
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science & health
  • Technology
  • Data journalism
  • Fact-checking
  • Editing & publishing

What's free

Free is a real plan.

Free

₹0

for ever

  • Reading, markup and search
  • The board
  • Up to 20 files
  • 3 audio lessons a month
  • AI with your own key
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Pro

₹499

a month

  • Unlimited material
  • AI credits included
  • 60 audio lessons a month
  • Redaction
  • API access
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Every line, checked against its source.

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