paperstackQuote Trace
Find the quote.
Keep the context.
Match draft quotes to a timestamped transcript. Review the speaker, time and surrounding words.
One local HTML file. No installation, account or model calls. Evaluation is free; no purchase or endorsement is required.
Same words. Different meaning.
Illustrative fictional transcript
[03:10] P01: I thought the new form would save time, but I still needed our coordinator to finish it.
Draft quote
P01 | the new form would save time
Exact wording match — P01, 03:10.
The words match. The speaker still needed help. Review context before publishing.
The downloadable kit includes twelve original fictional cases covering exact matches, repeated wording, missing text, formatting differences and speaker mismatch. This is a demonstration, not a real-world accuracy benchmark.
Setup, formats & limits
Try it in a few minutes.
- Extract the evaluation ZIP and open Quote-Trace.html in a desktop browser.
- Paste the included transcript and draft quotes, then select Check quotes.
- Compare the results with the guide. Download the JSON review to inspect the source matches.
For your own evaluation, use sanitized text you are permitted to process. The tool works from disk without sending your input to a server or saving it automatically.
Check the fit first.
Source turns must use [00:00] Speaker: words, with timestamps in order. Draft quotes go one per line, optionally as Speaker | quote.
Version 0.1 accepts plain text, up to 300,000 source characters and 100 quotes within the documented limits. It does not import audio, SRT, VTT, PDF or DOCX.
It checks wording and location. It does not verify factual claims, transcript accuracy, identities, themes or publication suitability.
Team licence / US$19
The proposed commercial licence is US$19, one time, for up to five users within one organization. It includes this version, source and seven calendar days of defect support after delivery. Custom formats, resale and public redistribution are excluded.
Card checkout is handled by Stripe. We email the team package and licence to your checkout address within 24 hours. Prefer a PayPal invoice or 19 USDC on Base or Solana? Email Meltemi Labs, which is also the place for feedback. No payment is due to evaluate the kit.
No subscription or future-version entitlement. See the evaluation and commercial licence. Share observations rather than participant data.
Development & privacy notes
Development and documentation were AI-assisted. Quote Trace uses deterministic text comparison and makes no AI model calls. No independent validation or editorial endorsement is claimed.
This page has no analytics or forms. If hosted publicly, the hosting provider receives ordinary page and download requests; transcript processing happens in the downloaded offline tool.