MemoVellum: Oral History

About MemoVellum: Oral History

MemoVellum is a private oral-history field studio for independent oral historians, families, educators, museums, libraries, and community archives. It brings the interview workflow together without requiring an account, a subscription, or a remote service.

Prepare a question run sheet and participant record before the conversation. Capture a 48 kHz, 24-bit mono WAV master with a live level meter and timecoded field markers. Record consent, access terms, repository plans, and review status alongside the interview rather than in a separate spreadsheet.

After recording, use the transcript desk to organize timecoded segments, review states, authority names, subjects, and sensitivity notes. Add local artifacts, preserve their metadata, and calculate SHA-256 checksums for fixity. The preservation desk exports a self-contained MemoVellum archive, transcript text, CSV data, checksum manifest, and a PDF collection dossier.

KEY FEATURES
- 48 kHz, 24-bit mono WAV field recorder
- Live input meter and timecoded field markers
- Participant, consent, access, and repository workflow
- Reusable interview question run sheets
- Timecoded transcript segments and review states
- Authority names, subjects, and sensitivity notes
- Local artifact import with SHA-256 fixity
- Self-contained MemoVellum archive export
- Transcript TXT, CSV, checksum manifest, and PDF dossier
- Shortcuts actions and a collection-readiness widget
- Responsive iPhone and iPad layouts
- Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels, and reduced-motion support
- No account, ads, analytics, tracking, IAP, or subscription

MemoVellum stores interview records and imported material on the device. Exports occur only when the user requests them through the system share sheet. The included reference links open only when selected by the user.