What a Text Message Pattern Report Looks Like, Page by Page
Reviewed by Jacob Reed, founder of Verity ·
Short answer
Verity's sample report, made from a fictional 50-message conversation, runs 11 pages. It opens with how many of one person's messages were flagged (6 of 23) and a health score with a line on what it means. Then come the patterns, with example messages and the research behind them; each flagged message with the message before and after it and its number; who starts conversations and how fast each person replies; how the report was made; and the numbered message list with a declaration page to sign. You can open the sample PDF before buying anything.
Before paying for a report, you should be able to see one. Here is the sample, explained.
Open the sample report (PDF). It is the Detailed report followed by the numbered message list, made by the real engine from a made-up conversation between two parents.
Page by page
1.The cover
It opens with a count, not a verdict: “6 of Jordan’s 23 messages were flagged (17 were not); each is shown with the messages around it.” Then the health score (60, “moderate red flags”) and one line on what the score is: it starts at 100, goes down for each warning pattern, more for serious and repeated ones, up a little for healthy ones, and describes this conversation only, not a person.
2.The summary
Each pattern with how many messages showed it (gaslighting 3, DARVO 2, coercive control 1, emotional manipulation 1), the healthy patterns found, the date range, and a note that one message can show two patterns, so the counts can add up to more than the messages flagged.
3.The patterns
What each pattern means, the example messages quoted word for word, and the published research it comes from, such as Stern on gaslighting, Freyd on DARVO and Stark on coercive control.
4.Each flagged message, in context
Every flagged message is printed with the message just before and just after it, with its date and its number, for example #3, #4 and #5. The numbers are the same as in the numbered list, so any line can be found there with everything around it.
5.Who starts and who replies
A month-by-month table counted from message times alone: how many messages each person sent, who started each conversation, and each person’s usual reply time. It ends with a caution: reply times show a pattern, not its reasons.
6.How the report was made
A plain account of the method: the conversation was read in the browser and not sent anywhere, the phrase lists and the research behind them, how timing is counted, when the on-device model can lower the score, and how the score is calculated.
7.The numbered message list
A cover with the message count, senders, date range, how many timestamps couldn’t be read, how many gaps of seven days or more there are, which time zone is shown, and a fingerprint (SHA-256) of the printout. It says plainly what it is and isn’t: a chronological printout, not a forensic image of a phone. A one-page declaration follows for the person who exported the messages to sign, then every message, numbered, with its date and time.
Standard, Detailed, or just the list?
- $19: the numbered message list on its own.
- $99 Standard: the report with up to 20 flagged messages in context, plus the numbered list.
- $149 Detailed: every flagged message, with the research references, plus the numbered list.
Lawyers often ask for the conversation in order before anything else; see how to send your texts to your lawyer. What the declaration page is for is explained in authenticating text messages.
What the report doesn't do
It doesn't diagnose anyone or decide what anyone meant, and it says so. Like any check, it misses some messages and flags some ordinary ones; our methodology page publishes how often. See also what judges actually read in text evidence.
This is general information, not legal advice. The sample conversation is fictional.
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