dembrane is a transcription, analysis (sense-making) and reporting platform built for in-person, multilingual conversations. It's a complete solution for real-world stakeholder-engagement scenarios where reliability and ease of use matter. dembrane started under a "move fast and break things" philosophy while serving early partners. To better serve the public, we're moving to a privacy-first and security-first approach.
Scan and Record |
Transcribe and Store |
Insights at Scale |
Chat with your Data |
There are many transcription tools. dembrane is built for one job and does it well:
- Hybrid conversation transcription at scale — events, async feedback collection, breakout rooms
- Multilingual support across many languages
- Real-time processing and analysis
- Chat and reporting powered by language models, including an agentic chat that explores your data and cites where it found things
- An interface designed for accessibility and ease of use
It's a complete solution for handling transcription in real-world settings where reliability and ease of use matter.
The platform is actively maintained by Dembrane B.V. (dembrane.com) and is open to community contributions. We're committed to growing this codebase with the public-sector community.
- Privacy and security: the current implementation was not initially built with privacy-by-design or security-by-design principles. We're actively improving this and welcome contributions (PRs) in these areas.
- Design philosophy: the initial version prioritized rapid development and real-world testing. The architecture co-locates many functions for AI-first development.
If you're interested in using dembrane but aren't sure where to start, reach out to evelien@dembrane.com.
We offer several ways to get started:
- Managed services
- Event management facilitation
- Support contracts
- Commercial licenses
- User guide / documentation (built from the
echo-user-docsfolder) - Developer documentation
We believe in open source and community collaboration. Before forking, consider:
- We're committed to investing significant resources into this repository's development.
- We welcome direct contributions and are open to discussing maintainer roles.
- If you're considering a commercial fork, we'd love to chat first — this could be a collaboration opportunity. Please note our license prohibits commercial use or forks without prior approval.
If you discover security vulnerabilities, please report them following our security policy. We take these reports seriously and will work to address them promptly.
dembrane is currently independent but working towards becoming steward-owned. We're open to community members joining our advisory board to help guide the project's future. Reach out to bram@dembrane.com for more information.
- For contributions: see CONTRIBUTING.md
- For urgent PRs: sameer@dembrane.com
- For legal inquiries: bram@dembrane.com
- For mission/vision and press: jorim@dembrane.com
- For all other inquiries including hosting and support: evelien@dembrane.com
We welcome contributions! Please see our CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
Thanks to everyone in the community who has contributed to this project!
