The guide is in the software.

Open the guide

In VERA, press F1, or the book icon in the bar. The language follows Settings.

The same content is what the assistant can cite when it explains a view. There is no second guide on this site, so the two cannot drift apart.

What the guide covers

The first tab, Overview, follows one case from the seal to a cited answer: processing, the views, search, and example questions for the assistant.

Cases and seals, importing an extraction, views (messages, media, map, calls…), search, the assistant, examiner-validated mappings, and settings (including offline maps).

One installer. The licence key opens the software. AI can run on the workstation, on the service server, or at VERA Forensics (account, consent, balance). Server installation is read in the account.

In the account, the Get started tab goes from the installer to a first case, explains the libraries and how VERA signs in to your account, and says where AI runs.

Get the software

Request access. After approval, the VERA installer appears in the account. Links are personal and last ten minutes. Windows may show SmartScreen: More info, then Run anyway.

The installer does not include a world basemap. In the account: the Offline tab, Maps, download a .mbtiles file, then in VERA: gear, Offline, Import from this PC. Without that file, traces with coordinates still appear on an empty Map view.

What changes from one version to the next

The changes that matter to examiners are written up version by version on the What's new page. The guide inside VERA follows the version installed on the workstation.

See what's new