Illustrative workflow
One place. Many records. A reviewable research trail.
An illustrative workflow connecting photographs, scanned records and an interview around a single research question.
Read the workflowLOCAL ARCHIVE INTELLIGENCE YOU CAN VERIFY
Find the knowledge in your archive. Keep the evidence in view.
Explore photographs, documents, audio and video with AI-assisted discovery and source-linked review. Built around the collection you need to understand.
Pilot 1.0 · Private demonstrations
01 Preserve the context
02 Connect the evidence
Explore your collectionImages, documents, audio and video.
Follow the sourceReturn to the supporting material.
Keep judgment humanReview context before concluding.
YOUR ARCHIVE’S HIDDEN STORIES
Find. Connect. Verify.
Explore images, documents, audio and video—with the original sources at the center.
START WITH WHAT MATTERS TO YOU
What could your collection reveal?
Your archive might be a century old.
Or it might be yesterday’s work.
01 / ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
Make a collection easier to explore.
Find relevant material across records and formats.
Explore collection discovery ↗ 02 / RESEARCH & KNOWLEDGETrace a finding back to its source.
Inspect the passage, image or recording behind it.
Explore evidence review ↗ 03 / MEDIA & ORGANIZATIONSFind the moment that matters.
Move from hours of material to a passage you can review.
Explore recorded knowledge ↗FOUR SUITES. A CONNECTED VIEW.Different material.
Different material.
The same need for evidence.
Choose a starting point. We’ll shape the demonstration around your question.
FROM A RESULT TO ITS SOURCEAI-assisted discovery.
AI-assisted discovery.
Human-led understanding.
A useful finding gives you somewhere to look next.
Follow this simple public-source example to see the difference between an image, a description and a source you can inspect.
How VAIMS approaches review ↗ILLUSTRATIVE SOURCE REVIEW1 / 3
Start with the original image.
A striking image is a useful starting point. Its subject, date and context need a source.
Read the original NASA source ↗
Earthrise source photograph: NASA. Educational example; no affiliation or endorsement. This is not a live VAIMS result.
PRACTICAL POSSIBILITIES
All workflows ↗Start with a question you recognize.
Illustrative workflow
From a long interview to a checkable passage
An illustrative audio and video review workflow that follows a topic from transcript search back to the original recording.
Read the workflowA USEFUL FIRST CONVERSATIONBring a question.
Bring a question.
Leave with a clearer next step.
See the workflow, inspect the evidence and discuss whether an evaluation fits your collection.
Request your demonstration ↗- 01
Describe your collection
The formats, the question and any handling requirements. No archive upload is needed.
- 02
Follow a complete workflow
From a query to a result, then back to the source and its context.
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Decide what to evaluate
Agree on a permitted sample, review criteria and a practical next decision.
FIELD NOTES
Read all insights ↗Better questions. More useful archives.
Evidence & trust
An answer is not the evidence
A useful archive answer should make its supporting material easier to inspect. Here is what to ask for before you trust a polished summary.
Read the article
Evaluation
Bring a question, not your entire archive
A focused archive demonstration starts with a real retrieval problem, an approved sample and a clear definition of a useful result.
Read the articleCollection practice
Your duplicate folder may contain a story
Similar files can be drafts, crops, annotations or evidence of change. Review what differs before deciding what is redundant.
Read the articleWHY THE WORK MATTERSKnowledge worth preserving.
Knowledge worth preserving.
Discoveries worth making.
Historic records and everyday working files both hold information worth understanding. VAIMS brings discovery closer to the source—and keeps your expertise central.
Meet the project ↗LET’S EXPLORE IT TOGETHER
Bring us an archive problem.
Tell us about your collection and the question you need to answer.