Spoken Testimony

Spoken Testimony is an oral history recording app that preserves voices, stories, and histories with cryptographic integrity. Whether you are a community member sharing your story or an oral historian conducting interviews, Spoken Testimony provides a secure, accessible way to record and preserve spoken testimonies. STORYTELLER MODE • Share your story in your own words with free-form or guided recording • Consent and demographic collection built in • Available in 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Ukrainian, Somali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) HISTORIAN MODE • Manage interviewees and interview sessions • Record, transcribe, and summarize audio testimonies • Edit transcripts paragraph by paragraph with timestamps • Search across transcripts • Send consent forms and follow-up questions by text message • Share a recording and transcript securely with the interviewee • Import audio and video from other sources EVIDENCE INTEGRITY • Cryptographic signing of all recordings • Location tagging and verified timestamps • Recording continues when the app is in the background • Tamper-evident audit chain PRIVACY AND SECURITY • Sign-in required at every launch by default • Recordings encrypted at rest on the server • Consent-first workflows designed around interviewee dignity Built for communities documenting refugee experiences, immigrant stories, community histories, and oral traditions. Part of the Open Testimony project.