Does it do my qualitative coding?

No. It writes a summary of one interview, with the quotes that support each theme left untouched. It does not code across your study, compare sessions or decide what a theme means. The synthesis stays yours.

Can I cite the summary as it comes back?

Treat it as a draft. Check each theme and each quote against the recording first; the transcript sits beside the summary for that. Verbato structures and attributes what was said, and you judge it.

Does one interview give me the summary and the quote bank?

Yes. A recorded interview comes back as both: this themed summary, and a quote bank that lists the participant's statements word for word under theme headings.

What if a question I meant to ask never came up?

The summary can note it under Open questions and follow-ups, when the session itself shows the gap. If nothing was left open, that section is left out.

Your interview comes back as themes, with the quotes to prove them.

Verbato writes an interview summary from the recording of your research interview. A research interview summary condenses one interview: the session's context, the themes that came up, each with the participant's own words, and the questions left open.

For researchers who run qualitative interviews: academic, UX and market research.

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What is said, and the interview summary you get back

Illustrative example

The transcript excerpt and the document are written to show the format. Every name, figure and quote is invented.

What is said · transcript excerpt

05:50
Interviewer
You said you check your balance while you're standing at the till. Any planning before that?
05:58
Participant
No. None.
06:02
Interviewer
So how do you decide what you can spend in a given week?
06:14
Participant
I don't plan the month. I look at the number right before I tap.

appears in this excerpt

What comes back · interview summary

Session context

P1. Remote interview on household budgeting habits.

Key themes

Budgeting happens at the moment of payment. P1 described checking their balance while standing at the till, and no planning before it. (appears in this excerpt)

P1: "I don't plan the month. I look at the number right before I tap." (appears in this excerpt)

Notable quotes

P1: "A spreadsheet feels like homework I set myself and then don't do."

Open questions and follow-ups

Whether the at-the-till check changes the purchase was not asked.

Illustrative example

End of the illustrative example. Neither the excerpt nor the document was produced by Verbato.

How your interview summary is written

What was observed and what it means are written in separate sentences.
No causal or statistical claim is drawn from one interview.
No quote, theme or finding is invented. A thin section says so.
Participants appear by code. The transcript keeps whatever was said.

Your format, not ours

The sections of your interview summary and the way it is written are yours to change. To fix a document, say what is wrong in your own words.

1You correct it
“Use bullets for the notable quotes.”
That interview summary changes. Nothing else does.
2You say it again
Make the same correction on a later interview summary and Verbato asks: “You've changed this before. Always?”
3You decide
Answer “Always” and it is kept as a rule, applied from your next interview summary on. Answer “Just this once” and nothing is kept. Documents already written stay as they are, and nothing becomes a rule unless you confirm it.
4Your rules
I use bullets for lists.Undo
Every rule you have kept is listed, and you can undo any of them. An undone rule stops applying from your next interview summary.

How it works

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Your recording

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Questions about the interview summary

Does it do my qualitative coding?: No. It writes a summary of one interview, with the quotes that support each theme left untouched. It does not code across your study, compare sessions or decide what a theme means. The synthesis stays yours.
Can I cite the summary as it comes back?: Treat it as a draft. Check each theme and each quote against the recording first; the transcript sits beside the summary for that. Verbato structures and attributes what was said, and you judge it.
Does one interview give me the summary and the quote bank?: Yes. A recorded interview comes back as both: this themed summary, and a quote bank that lists the participant's statements word for word under theme headings.
What if a question I meant to ask never came up?: The summary can note it under Open questions and follow-ups, when the session itself shows the gap. If nothing was left open, that section is left out.

Record the interview. Check the themes against it. Then cite.

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