For the first time, survivors have somewhere to go before the police station.
AubreyAlert gives every survivor — of every gender, background, and age — a private, guided way to document what happened, preserve evidence, and build a record that stands up in court. In their own words. On their own terms.
Aubrey was raped on Christmas Day by someone she had trusted. Afterward, she spent hours driving between hospitals searching for one with a rape kit. Then more hours at a police station, reliving every detail across a desk from a stranger, while the evidence that mattered most was already fading.
"I know I am not the only one. If you are reading this and you have those smells or sights that start suffocating you — just know, you're not alone."
— Aubrey, founder & survivor
Starting in 2018, Aubrey's team began building the tool she wished had existed. The core technology is now complete. Your donation gets it into the hands of every survivor who needs it.
The reality
The system fails survivors before they ever speak.
63%
of sexual assaults are never reported to police
2%
of cases ever reach a courtroom
1 in 5
women experience completed or attempted rape in their lifetime — 1 in 2 experience some form of sexual violence
1 in 6
men experience sexual abuse before age 18 — 1 in 3 will experience it in their lifetime. Most never report.
Not because assaults don't happen. Because by the time a survivor is ready to come forward, the evidence is gone, the memory is questioned, and walking into a police station feels impossible. AubreyAlert changes what happens in those first critical hours.
What it does
A guided journey — not an interrogation.
AubreyAlert walks survivors through a private, self-paced digital interview — gently, at their own pace, with no strangers in the room. It was designed around one core belief: whatever you share, however you say it, is enough.
Safety first, always
Before a single question about the assault, the system asks: are you safe right now? If the answer is no, everything stops. Crisis resources appear immediately. Nothing continues until the survivor is ready.
Control from the first screen
Nothing begins without consent. The interview can be paused, saved, and returned to at any time. A one-tap exit clears the screen instantly — if someone walks in, there is nothing to explain.
Testimony in their own voice
Survivors record their story on video, in their own words, at the earliest moment — before memory fades, before doubt sets in. Not a form. Not a checkbox. Their voice. Their truth. Preserved.
Evidence guidance before it's too late
The system tells survivors exactly what to do right now to protect physical evidence — the 120-hour SANE exam window, how to store clothing, what not to do. Information most survivors never receive in time.
A record that belongs to them
At the end, the survivor receives a documented case file — a timestamped report they can deliver to law enforcement on their own timeline, or keep private until they are ready. No one else decides when.
For the first time
A survivor's voice has a place in the courtroom.
The video recording is the authoritative record. Should the defense challenge the survivor's account, the prosecuting attorney can present the original video testimony directly to the jury.
What the jury sees is not a written summary interpreted by others, condensed by a machine, or stripped of its humanity. They see the survivor. They hear the survivor. The testimony speaks for itself.
For the first time, a survivor's words — their emotion, their truth, preserved at the moment it happened — have a place in the courtroom that no one can take away.
The technology is built. Help us deploy it.
AubreyAlert was built by a small team, funded by a father who refused to let his daughter's experience be in vain. Every dollar raised goes toward the clinical experts, legal reviewers, and development work needed to reach the survivors who need this most.
Every section was designed around how trauma actually works.
The AubreyAlert interview is built on three DOJ-validated clinical frameworks: IACP trauma-informed guidelines, Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview (FETI) methodology, and cognitive interview techniques. Fragmented, non-linear memory is treated as normal and expected — never as a reason to question credibility.
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Consent & control from screen one
Nothing begins without explicit consent. The interview can be paused and returned to at any time with a private case PIN. A one-tap "HIDE ME" quick-exit is available on every page — clearing the session and redirecting to a safe decoy page instantly.
"You are in control at every step. You can pause, skip, or come back to any part of this at any time."
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Video testimony — not a form
Video is the primary evidence. Your voice, your tone, your hesitation, your strength — recorded and preserved. A written transcript is a reduction of testimony. The video is the testimony. Real-time transcription (Deepgram Nova-3) and an AI-generated executive summary support law enforcement routing without replacing the original record.
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Silence is a feature, not a failure
The recording continues through pauses — the system waits 90 seconds before any gentle prompt appears. Silence during trauma is not an inconsistency. It is a documented trauma response, treated as such throughout the clinical design.
"We want you to know that we believe you. Whatever you share, however you say it, is enough. Trauma affects memory — that is normal and expected, and it does not affect the validity of your report."
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IACP-aligned questioning — zero blaming patterns
All 12 IACP "avoid vs. try" question pairs were reviewed against our question set. No "why didn't you fight back," no "what were you wearing," no chronological pressure. Two partial gaps identified in the initial audit were corrected the same session. Our question set contains zero blaming-pattern questions.
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A direct message to the prosecutor
The final section gives survivors the option to write directly to the prosecutor reviewing their case — not filtered through a detective, not paraphrased by an advocate. Their words, verbatim, preserved in the case file.
"Is there anything you want the prosecutor to know?"
What survivors leave with
A document that belongs to them.
Video testimony
Their story in their own voice — preserved, timestamped, and court-admissible.
Executive summary
AI-generated routing document — gives law enforcement what they need to open an investigation immediately.
Perpetrator record
Name, description, contact info — documented as allegation until verified by legal process.
Evidence inventory
Clothing status, SANE exam details, digital evidence — all in one structured record.
Message to prosecutor
Their words, verbatim, in the case file — not filtered or paraphrased.
QR-linked case file
SHA-256-hashed, password-protected. Released to law enforcement via court order only.
A critical legal distinction
The voice-to-text transcription and AI-generated executive summary give law enforcement exactly what they need to initiate an investigation — without the survivor having to walk into a police station and repeat their story.
Because the summary is explicitly AI-generated for routing purposes only — and is clearly labeled as such — it cannot be introduced by a defense attorney as the survivor's own words. It is a case-opening tool, not a statement.
The video recording is the authoritative record. For the first time, a survivor's voice — their words, their emotion, their truth, preserved at the moment it happened — has a place in the courtroom. Should the defense challenge the survivor's account, the prosecuting attorney can present the original video testimony directly to the jury. What the jury sees is not a written summary interpreted by others, condensed by a machine, or stripped of its humanity. They see the survivor. They hear the survivor. The testimony speaks for itself.
Trauma causes fragmented, non-linear recall — routinely used against survivors.
FETI methodology treats this as normal. The report documents it explicitly for the court.
Evidence gone before reporting
Survivors don't know the 120-hour SANE window exists. Evidence disappears.
Preservation guidance and SANE routing delivered at the first moment a survivor opens the app.
Re-traumatization by the system
Police interviews use chronological, fact-first questioning that conflicts with traumatic memory.
IACP-aligned questions. Private. Self-paced. No stranger. No judgment.
Male survivors silenced by stigma
Existing resources are gendered. Men fear disbelief. Most never report.
Fully gender-neutral — "victim" and "perpetrator" throughout. Every survivor, same dignity.
No record, no prosecution
Verbal testimony without documentation rarely leads to charges, even when believed.
Timestamped PDF aligned to DOJ/OVW NCJ 228119 — designed for law enforcement hand-off.
Language is a barrier
Non-English speakers are excluded — a federal civil rights issue under Title VI.
Five languages live today with bilingual PDF output. More planned.
Federal alignment
Built to the standards prosecutors and law enforcement already trust.
Every compliance claim is backed by a line-by-line gap analysis against the source document. No contradictions with any federal protocol were identified.
DOJ/OVW NCJ 228119 National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations, 3rd Ed. (Sept 2024)
Victim-centered response, trauma-informed care, victim autonomy, 120-hour SANE window, confidentiality, and court-order-gated release all verified aligned. Gap analysis on file — no contradictions found.
VAWA 2022 Violence Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. § 10449)
Forensic exam access regardless of reporting, victim confidentiality, no polygraph precondition, and kit ID tracking all aligned. Platform never initiates law enforcement contact on the victim's behalf.
All 12 IACP "avoid vs. try" question pairs reviewed. 10 of 12 aligned on first review. 2 gaps identified and corrected same session. Zero blaming-pattern questions in the question set.
Fragmented, non-linear memory treated as normal. Chronological pressure removed from all narrative questions. Sensory follow-up prompts scaffolded after free narrative.
Child track uses NICHD funnel structure — open-ended invitations first, no leading questions. Mandatory reporting auto-flagged. Perpetrator safety check before guardian consent. 72-hour evidence window documented.
HIPAA Posture HHS Office for Civil Rights — Security & Privacy Rules
HTTPS in transit, per-request auth, full audit logging, and court-order-gated release are live. BAAs with cloud sub-processors, at-rest encryption, and breach runbook are pre-production requirements — tracked and funded.
Gaps are named, not hidden
Our compliance documents distinguish "aligned," "partial / planned," and "out of scope" explicitly. Known gaps — LGBTQ+-specific module, anonymous reporting mode, advocate-connection, vulnerable-adult consent flow — are tracked, prioritized, and funded by this campaign.
Aligned — verified by gap analysis
Partial — planned, tracked, funded
Built to be trusted
The technical decisions behind victim safety.
Every architectural choice in AubreyAlert is a trauma-informed decision — not just a technical one. The authentication model, the recording pipeline, and the court order process were all designed around the specific threat model that survivors of intimate partner violence actually face.
PIN-only auth
No SMS, no email, no biometrics — because abusers frequently control those channels. PIN is device-independent and uninterceptable.
Court-order-only release
Raw video, transcripts, and the full audit trail are never released without a valid court order. SHA-256 hash on every release package.
HIDE ME on every page
One tap clears the session and redirects to a safe decoy page. If someone walks in, there is nothing visible to explain.