Research

Map your research by thinking out loud.

Mid-research, you're holding threads from a dozen sources and trying to see how they connect. Overscope lets you talk through what you're finding and watch the themes and open questions organize themselves into a map.

Why speaking beats typing here

Synthesis happens when you articulate how things relate, and that's easier said than typed. Speaking your way through findings surfaces connections and contradictions you'd miss while transcribing notes.

How it works

  1. Hold to speak and talk through your themes, key findings, and the questions still open.
  2. Overscope structures them into a map of themes with findings and questions branching off.
  3. Switch to cluster layout to group themes, refine nodes, then export a PNG.

What you get

  • Synthesize findings by articulating connections out loud.
  • Keep themes, evidence, and open questions visible in one structured map.
  • Use cluster layout to see which themes are well-supported and which are thin.

Overscope is a thinking surface for research — talk through what you've gathered and get a map of how it fits together.

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Research — FAQ

Talk through your sources, questions, and findings, and Overscope maps the relationships between them live. The cluster layout is good for grouping themes, while tree and org views show how findings ladder up to conclusions.
No. It doesn't browse, search, or fetch anything, and it isn't a chat assistant. It structures what you already know and speak aloud into a map, so it's a thinking and organizing tool, not a search engine.
Yes. Transcription happens on-device and the audio is discarded, never uploaded or stored. Your maps sync privately through your Apple account, and you can export any map as a PNG.

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