Reader

What you see

1. HeaderKind, version (a version picker when there are several), tags, a badge such as Read-only source, Saved version or Read-only transcript, and the text’s sha256. Buttons: History, and for editors Re-extract, Edit, Upload new version and Archive; Original Word file for a converted .docx.
2. CoverAn optional picture for the document. Editors can Upload cover or Generate cover.
3. Reader toolsFind (/ or Ctrl F), Outline to jump to a heading, and Line with Go to jump to a line number.
4. TextOne passage per paragraph, with its line numbers. Known names are underlined: hover or tap one for a short card. A note marker in the margin opens that passage’s notes.
5. Side panelFacts (canon and pending candidates citing this document, with their line), Notes, Images and Ask (a chat about this document).

Add a fact from the text

1. Select the words that say it, within one paragraph.
2. Press Add fact in the bar that appears, or F.
3. Under What does this passage establish?, edit the sentence until it says one plain thing.
4. Open Who, where and when to check Who or what, Does what / is what, the place, and From, Until or Roughly under When in the story.
5. Pick the Subject type (and the Object type when the fact names someone or somewhere) from your project’s entity types, so a new name gets a wiki page of that type instead of Other. It starts as the type of the name’s page, if it has one.
6. Press Add to canon if you’re sure (your name goes on it as the one who decided), or Send to review to let a teammate decide.

Add an entity or a note

1. Select a name and press Add entity (E); pick its Type and press Create page, or Open page if it already has one.
2. Select words and press Add note (N), write the Note and press Add note to pin it to that passage.
3. Notes are for the team and never become canon; they show in the margin and in the Notes tab.

Research or check selected words

1. Select words in the text.
2. Press Research this (R) to ask Research about them in Ask, with the quote attached; outside answers never become canon.
3. Press Check continuity (C) to check them against accepted canon; the report opens in Ask with sources and suggested fixes, never applied.

Re-extract or edit a document

1. Press Re-extract to ask the AI for candidates again; only new ones go to Review, anything already in the project is skipped.
2. Press Edit to change the text; saving makes the next version and the old one stays as it was.
3. Press Upload new version to pick a file (any name, such as a revision called “Ep101_Blue”) and store it as this document’s next version; the AI reads it in the background.
4. Press History to see every version and what changed between them.

Good to know

• The quote of a new fact must appear word for word in the passage. Smart quotes, dashes and line breaks are matched loosely, but the passage’s exact words are stored.
• New facts and notes always go on the latest version. On an older version you can only read, research and check continuity, with a link to the latest.
• A recording’s transcript shows a player and a play button with the time of each passage. Script vs recording (or Compare with a script) compares it with its script, and editors can press Transcribe again.
• For a converted Word file, Original Word file downloads the .docx exactly as it was uploaded.

Who can do what

Viewer

Read, find, jump, play recordings, research selected words and check their continuity in Ask.

Editor, admin, owner

Also add facts, entities and notes from a selection, re-extract, edit, tag the document and set its cover.

Roles are per studio. Roles and permissions has the full list.