ConsentTape

ConsentTape is a mobile + web app for recording oral histories where legal/ethical consent and long-term usability are the default, not an afterthought. It guides interviewers through a simple workflow: pre-interview consent (who can access, when, where, and for what uses), recording with time-stamped notes, and automatic packaging of files with standardized metadata (speaker, location, topics, restrictions). It produces a shareable “rights + provenance bundle” that archives, museums, and family historians can actually trust and ingest later. It also supports restricted sharing links that enforce embargo dates and audience rules, reducing the risk of accidental over-sharing. This is not a glamorous consumer app; it’s a practical tool for institutions and serious hobbyists who need to avoid messy permissions, lost context, and unusable recordings.