+ INSIDE THE PLATFORM
An examination.
A connected record.
A comparative image workspace with contemporaneous documentation, evidence-linked evaluation and controlled verification. A workspace designed around the examiner, the source material and the documented basis of the opinion.
The source material.
And its context.
Original captures retain their identity and provenance. A different capture is not automatically a different physical specimen, and each observation belongs to a particular source.
The material under examination.
A distinct physical source.
An image of that source.
A documented contribution.
ANALYSIS / COMPARISON / EVALUATION / VERIFICATION
Follow the examination.
THE ANALYSIS STAGE
Record the detail in front of you.
Examine the questioned material. Mark features, define regions and document observations, uncertainty and contemporaneous notes before opening the reference.
Features · Regions · Quality · NotesTHE COMPARISON STAGE
Bring the sources together.
Work side by side with questioned and reference imagery. Relate features, examine their context and record the similarities and differences that inform the comparison.
Source detail · Correspondence · Comparison notesTHE EVALUATION STAGE
Explain the basis of the opinion.
Develop the evaluation from the submitted comparison. Connect supporting observations, discrepancies and limitations to the proposition being addressed.
Propositions · Evidence citations · Evaluation reportTHE VERIFICATION STAGE
Make independent review part of the record.
Preserve the verifier’s independent examination before disclosing the target. Connect the subsequent review to the exact examination and observations being considered.
Independent baseline · Controlled disclosure · Cited reviewAN INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTION / A CONNECTED REVIEW
Independent examination
Record and seal the verifier’s own baseline.
Controlled disclosure
Open the submitted target at the defined boundary.
Evidence-linked review
Document agreement, differences and the basis of the review.
CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION
The finding
and the explanation.
Specialist tools record features, regions, orientation, maps and counts in source coordinates. Notes and assessments document interpretation and uncertainty alongside the imagery.
- Source-linked features, maps and notes
- Manual ridge counts and comparative measurements
- Image calibration and measurement context
SPOKEN NOTES / RECORDED COMMENTARY
Describe what you see.
Keep the account.
Speak an observation while examining the imagery. PROFAS connects original audio, a reviewable transcript and the wording you choose to record. The aim is to make detailed documentation less interruptive.
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Record the observation.
Dictate beside a note field or record commentary from the examination canvas. Keep the original audio.
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Review the wording.
Review the machine transcript, correct terminology and retain the uncertainty or qualification you intended.
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Link it to the record.
Accept the wording through the usual recording workflow, with its audio linked to the particular note or report.
Return to the original account.
Replay the source recording alongside the accepted text. Original audio, machine output and reviewed wording remain distinguishable, including when the transcript needs correction.
Across the examination workflow.
Use spoken notes for observations, assessments, measurement qualifications, Evaluation and verifier reports, with audio-backed educator feedback in teaching exercises. A study’s protocol determines whether dictation and commentary are available.
Audio follows the record’s access and disclosure rules. Recording, processing and acceptance times are retained separately, with clip-level timing to place commentary in context.
EVIDENCE-LINKED EVALUATION
The submitted opinion.
Its stated basis.
Build the evaluation from the submitted Comparison record. The proposition, supporting observations, discrepancies and limitations can cite the recorded observations.
Keep the proposition, supporting detail and explanation together for subsequent review.
Preserve the earlier work.
Document what follows.
Submitted stages, subsequent amendments and independent contributions remain distinguishable within the workflow.
Examination history
Return to recorded revisions and inspect the development of the examination.
Fixed submissions
Analysis, Comparison and Evaluation preserve the stage that was submitted.
Linked amendments
Later work starts as a separate linked encounter; the earlier target remains identifiable.
Return to the record.
Define the extraction.
Inspect the development of the examination and prepare structured datasets from submitted work, with source identity and subsequent review retained.
Specialist methods.
A shared foundation.
Modules contribute their tools and vocabularies. The common platform retains source context, contemporaneous recording, submitted versions and controlled review.
LET'S DEFINE THE NEXT QUESTION
What would you like to explore?
A research question, a teaching exercise or a comparative examination workflow. Start with the intended use.
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