Ecos: A Memory Can Be Incomplete and Still Be Worth Keeping

Description and use

Ecos is a browser‑based archive that preserves incomplete memories, enabling users to keep multiple versions of events without imposing a single narrative.

Problem

Family archives risk losing voices when uncertain memories are forced into a single narrative.

Outcome

Ecos retrieves passages by meaning, preserves original text and uncertain dates, and allows users to keep multiple versions of a memory without forcing a single narrative.

Workflow

• Enable private search and download ~135 MB model files
• Query a memory (e.g., "A celebration without electric lights")
• View highlighted source passage and original line/character range
• Choose "Keep this passage" and add to Remembrance shelf
• Download a plain‑text keepsake or portable JSON archive
• Compare conflicting accounts (e.g., Clara 1987 vs Rui 1989) and keep both

Evidence

Ecos finds passages by meaning, keeps them attached to the original words, and gives uncertain dates somewhere to stay.

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The public collection is entirely fictional: eight short Duarte-family memories…

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I built Ecos, a small, browser-based archive for written memories. It finds passages by meaning…

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The model is essential to this search. If it cannot load, you can still read and export, but the app does not quietly substitute keyword matches and call them model results.

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