An entire folder — not one file at a time. One table, one key, and the same fake names across the whole corpus: Dupont stays the same character from interview 1 to interview 40. We have found no one else selling it this way.
Take a folder out.
Bring it back.
A separate application. The app proposes who to protect, you approve, you confirm the fake names, you create copies, you bring the identities back. It is not the single-file identity labelling in the Editor. It is not a certificate of compliance.
“The app proposes, you decide.”
The app draws up a list; you remove, you add, you merge. The rule is stated without varnish: a name left off the list stays visible in the copies. Human review is not a safety net — it is the product.
Fake names that read like names — not [PERSON_1] labels.
The output is two files per document: a Word file with every substitute
in red for review, and a Markdown twin for the work
with the AI. The details →
Restoration returns the real names — including in text rewritten by the public AI. And it never locks up: subscription expired, your tables and the way back remain.
The journey, in five steps
IDesignate a folder (or a file) — the app searches for the names. IIReview the list — remove, add, merge. IIIConfirm the fake names and choose your restoration key. IVThe app writes the copies — the originals do not move. VRestore when the folder comes back. Each step in detail →
Corpus processed: French — the airlock is sized for it (the Editor, which speaks five languages, is another product). Three systems from the very first installer: macOS, Windows and Linux.
Pricing
One price only. No student tier. On expiry, the tables already made and the way back remain; only new processing closes. Prerequisite: the automatic name search relies on a local AI assistant (LM Studio or Ollama) — without one, you write the list yourself.
Yearly
€39.99
incl. VAT / year
Monthly
€4.99
incl. VAT / month — the fallback
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A PSEUDO- key arrives
by email. You paste it into Settings. A Pro key does not open Pseudo.
Terms of sale: article 10.
Download
Signed installers. Not the Mac App Store. Updates come through the app (Help → Check for updates). For the automatic name search, also install a local AI assistant — LM Studio or Ollama, setup guide; without one, you write the list yourself.
What the software does — and what it does not
It is not an impact assessment done in your place, nor a certificate of compliance. It is an aid to pseudonymisation, in the GDPR sense: it does not replace a careful review. This is the product's risk notice.
- The review is yours. A name left off the list goes out in the clear. This is not a backup: your copies and their table stay on your disk.
- Of a .docx, only the body is read — not the comments, headers or metadata.
- Cross-referencing is not handled. Dates, places and sequences of events can still identify someone.
- The local store (
etat.json) keeps the source texts in the clear on your machine. - The table is encrypted; it travels with your copies and opens with your restoration key — no back door.
- The assistant is yours. The app sends the text to the assistant you declared — not to NMA. This computer, the local network, an SSH or WireGuard tunnel: the app warns, it does not block. The network is your responsibility to own. A sending door “beyond your responsibility” exists in the engine; it stays closed.
Your data, your responsibility
You are responsible for the case file — solely responsible: the corpus, the table, the processed copies, what you do with them, where you send them, and their backups. The software is a tool in your hands: it does not pick your legal basis, does not decide what may leave, and does not replace your review. NMA Conseil never sees those files and cannot restore them: no one but you holds your data.
On NMA Conseil's side there is only the sale: email, PSEUDO-… key,
subscription status, Stripe invoice.
Details: privacy policy — Pseudo.
How long the tables live
As long as you keep them. The app does not erase them when the subscription expires: the tables already made and the return of the identities remain. Only new processing closes. Forgetting is a movement of your own: Start over clears the current session, and the bundles of copies already written — with their table — stay on your disk until you delete them yourself. The legal retention period for your folder is yours.
The review is yours to do. Palimpseste Pseudo is an aid to pseudonymisation, in the GDPR sense. It does not replace a careful review. You are responsible for the data, for what you do with it, and for its backups. NMA does not see your files.