Powerful Features for Field Research
Everything you need to collect, transcribe, translate, and analyze qualitative data in Indian languages.
Comprehensive tools for qualitative fieldwork
Interview Recording
Record in-depth interviews with automatic GPS tagging, timestamped bookmarks, and speaker labels. Supports mono and stereo recording for multi-speaker setups. Bookmark key moments during the interview for easy reference later.
Custom Survey Forms
Build complex survey forms using JSON Schema with skip logic, validation rules, and conditional branching. Supports 11 question types including text, number, single-select, multi-select, date, time, GPS, photo, audio, rating, and matrix questions.
Field Notes
Voice-first field journal that lets you capture observations quickly. Attach photos with GPS coordinates, add tags and categories. Your field diary stays organized and searchable across all your research projects.
Focus Group Discussions
Specialized recording mode for focus groups with facilitator guide support. Track multiple speakers, manage turn-taking, and capture group dynamics. Generate participation summaries automatically.
Informed Consent
Digital consent forms with audio recording for illiterate participants, signature capture, version tracking, and IRB-compliant audit trail.
Powered by Bhashini for 22 Indian languages
Speech-to-Text (ASR)
Automatic speech recognition powered by Bhashini for 22 Indian languages. Upload your recordings and receive accurate transcripts within minutes. Handles background noise, accents, and mixed-language conversations common in field settings.
Machine Translation
Translate transcripts between any supported Indian language and English. Maintain the original alongside translations for verification. Ideal for researchers who conduct interviews in local languages but publish in English.
Text-to-Speech
Convert translated text back to speech for community feedback sessions. Play back translations in the local language to verify accuracy with community members. Supports natural-sounding voices in multiple Indian languages.
7 digital participatory tools for community research
Social Mapping
Digital social and resource mapping with community participants. Draw on satellite imagery, mark resources, institutions, and boundaries. Export maps as geo-referenced images.
Matrix Ranking
Pairwise and matrix ranking exercises with automatic scoring. Compare options across criteria defined by community members. Generate visual ranking results instantly.
Seasonal Calendars
Create seasonal and historical timelines with community groups. Track activities, events, and resources across months or years. Visualize patterns and trends over time.
Venn Diagrams
Interactive institutional Venn diagrams for mapping relationships, influence, and access. Participants can drag and resize circles to represent organizations and their importance.
Wealth/Well-being Ranking
Multi-ranker card sorting with community-defined categories and concordance analysis.
Trend Analysis
Historical trend analysis tools for tracking changes over time. Community members can plot how key indicators have changed across years or decades.
Transect Walks
Digital transect walk recording with GPS tracks, photo documentation, and structured observation forms. Automatically generate transect profiles with mapped observations.
From raw data to publishable insights
Qualitative Coding
Code interview transcripts with hierarchical themes. Create code trees, apply codes to text segments, and track code frequency. AI-suggested codes help you discover patterns you might have missed.
Cross-Interview Search
Search across all interviews and field notes simultaneously. Find patterns, compare responses, and identify themes across your entire dataset. Filter by language, location, date, or custom tags.
Export Options
Export transcripts, translations, coded data, and survey responses in multiple formats. Supports CSV, Excel, PDF reports, and ATLAS.ti/NVivo compatible formats for further analysis in your preferred software.
Cloud Sync & Backup
Secure cloud synchronization keeps your data safe and accessible across devices. Share projects with team members with role-based access control. All data encrypted in transit and at rest.
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