Write Faster.
Protect Your Sources.
Document interviews, capture story ideas, and draft under deadline pressure. Contextli's local processing ensures your sources' identities and sensitive information never touch a cloud server.
Source Protection Is Non-Negotiable
Confidential sources put their careers, relationships, and sometimes safety at risk to share information. Cloud-based transcription creates digital records that could be subpoenaed or breached. With Contextli's local processing, notes about your sources never leave your device.
Interview Notes
Capture key quotes and observations immediately after interviews while details are fresh.
Deadline Writing
Draft stories 4x faster under pressure. Speak your story structure and key points, refine in editing.
Source Safety
Notes about confidential sources stay on your device. No cloud database. No subpoena risk.
Built for Journalism
Contextli understands the pressures and ethical requirements of journalism.
Confidential Source Notes
Document sensitive meetings securely:
- Off-the-record conversation notes
- Background information from sources
- Document and evidence descriptions
Critical Privacy: Source identity notes are never transmitted. Local processing only.
Interview Documentation
Capture interviews while details are fresh:
- Key quotes and context
- Subject demeanor and setting observations
- Follow-up questions identified
Privacy: Interview notes stay on your device until you choose to share.
Story Drafting
Write faster under deadline pressure:
- Story outlines and structure
- First draft sections via voice
- Breaking news rapid documentation
Privacy: Unpublished story drafts remain confidential on your device.
Investigation Documentation
Build your investigative record:
- Document and evidence descriptions
- Timeline construction notes
- Connection and pattern observations
Critical: Investigation notes reveal methods and sources. Local only.
After Meeting a Source
Michael, Investigative Reporter
Major metro newspaper, corporate accountability beat
7:30 PM: Michael finishes meeting with a confidential source who provided documents about corporate safety violations. The source is a current employee who could lose their job if identified.
7:35 PM: In his car, Michael activates Contextli's local-only mode and speaks:
"Source confirmed documents are authentic, originals from internal safety audit dated March 2024. Source present at three meetings where executives discussed suppressing report findings. Key quote: 'They knew about the ventilation problems but calculated lawsuit risk was cheaper than fixing it.' Source will provide additional documents showing timeline of decisions. Requested absolute protection of identity - has mortgage, two kids in school. Will only continue if I guarantee no identifying details. Follow up next week after source can access archived emails."
7:38 PM: Notes are saved locally. Michael can reference them for his investigation without creating any cloud-based record of his source's identity or information.
Source protection: No audio or text was transmitted to any server. The source's identity exists only on Michael's device.
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