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VoiceOfTheTexts

Local-first writing provenance and copy review. It connects with Focalane through FocalaneCapture: notes written on the iPhone reach VOTT's Mac relay, and VOTT proposes copy for Focalane's scripts.

State
Private writing-provenance project
Form
Private product
Updated
2026-09-24
  1. Write in FocalaneCapture
  2. Relay to the Mac
  3. Provenance review
  4. Copy proposals

Screens

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VoiceOfTheTexts landing page headed “The rewrite is the signal.” beside an illustrative card listing Source, Assistant draft, Owner rewrite, and Approved cut, marked as showing no private writing.
VOTT's landing page, run locally. The card is illustrative; no private writing is shown. Captured 24 September 2026.
VOTT section “Most systems keep the final text.” with four steps: preserve the source, keep every useful stage, notice what repeats, and confirm before learning, above the line “One rewrite is evidence of one decision.”
The working loop. Captured 24 September 2026.
VOTT section “Useful now. Still testing.” separating what is useful now, such as owner revision records, from claims that still need evidence, such as reliable measurement of personal voice, above a note that one measurement approach failed its gate.
What is useful now and what is still research, as the page states it. Captured 24 September 2026.
VOTT section “From the first thought to the final frame.” showing VOTT, Focalane, FocalaneCapture, and FocalaneRecorder as related products.
How VOTT's page places itself beside the Focalane family. Captured 24 September 2026.
01

Problem

Voice and copy decisions rest on weak evidence when nobody tracks which passages are the author's own, pasted, or AI-assisted.

02

Actual state

Provenance review of the writing corpus is complete, the owner-revision workflow has produced accepted filming copy, and the signed Mac relay is installed for notes from FocalaneCapture. Voice-measurement research is halted after failing its gates.

03

System architecture

Each block of writing is labelled mine, pasted, or AI-assisted and stays on the machine. The Mac relay receives notes from FocalaneCapture; import, review, and analysis stay manual. VOTT proposes copy revisions without write authority over Focalane.

04

Christian's role

Directed capture, same-bundle restoration, and state inspection; defined the private release checks and the helper/CloudKit boundary analysis, and reviewed and tested the implementation.

05

Verified evidence

releasePrivate publication and same-bundle restore verified
attendedRelay delivery of a single note physically accepted
releaseSigned Mac relay installed and accepted
06

Safety, privacy, and authority boundary

  • Private writing is not public evidence
  • Relay delivery is not backup, and cloud sync is not implied
  • VOTT proposes copy; it cannot write to Focalane
07

Current limitation

  • Unattended synchronization and conflict policy remain open.
  • Voice-measurement research failed its gates and is halted.
08

Next milestone

Select and validate one durable synchronization model.