Find the signal in what people say
Discerne turns open-ended text into themes, sentiment, evidence and practical next steps.
For organisations with large volumes of open-ended feedback, research data, customer comments or verbatims.
The problem
Open text is valuable, but hard to use at scale.
Teams collect rich comments, reviews and feedback, but raw verbatims are slow to code and hard to turn into decisions.
Manual coding is slow
It takes time to read, tag and compare large volumes of comments.
Nuance gets flattened
Generic summaries can miss the reasons, emotions and trade-offs inside the data.
Stakeholders need decisions
The useful question is not only what people said, but what the organisation should do next.
What Discerne does
Structures unstructured comments into useful evidence.
Open-ended comments often contain the reasons behind churn, frustration, product friction or research findings. Discerne gives teams a structured view of what people are saying, why it matters and what to do next.
Illustrative product-output example
Service Quality theme breakdown
Example output: Service Quality feedback grouped into sub-themes, sentiment and supporting evidence.
What you get
Concrete deliverables, not just a summary.
Outputs are designed to help teams understand, compare, explain and act on open text.
Theme map
A structured view of the main themes and how they relate to each other.
StructureRanked themes
Theme and sub-theme lists that show what appears most often or matters most for the question.
PrioritisationSentiment drivers
An explanation of positive, negative and mixed sentiment, including what is driving it.
Feeling and contextEmerging issues
A view of new, rising or recurring concerns that may need attention.
Early signalsCoded table and quote bank
Structured rows and selected excerpts that make the evidence easier to review and compare.
EvidenceExecutive summary and recommendations
A concise explanation of the most important findings and practical next steps.
ActionIllustrative product-output example
From raw text to coded evidence
Three shortened examples showing how comments can become coded rows, evidence excerpts and actions.
Example review excerpt
"The agent was helpful and fixed my query quickly."
Use as supporting evidence for helpful support interactions.
Example review excerpt
"I sent documents but did not receive a response for several days."
Flag response delays as a recurring service-quality issue.
Example review excerpt
"Regular updates kept me informed, and the information was clear."
Capture clear communication as a positive driver to protect.
How it works
A clear process from data to findings.
Start with the question, then structure the analysis around the decision it needs to support.
Share your text data
Provide the comments, transcripts, reviews or tickets you want to understand.
Agree the analysis focus
Clarify audiences, comparisons, categories and the decisions the findings need to support.
Structure and analyse
Discerne codes the text into themes, sentiment, issues and evidence for interpretation.
Receive clear findings
You get structured outputs, selected quotes and recommendations written for stakeholders.
Where Discerne helps
Use it where comments contain the explanation.
For messy, high-value text sources where the detail matters and manual review is difficult.
Customer experience
Analyse complaints, reviews, support tickets and feedback forms to identify recurring friction and improvement priorities.
Employee listening
Structure pulse survey comments, engagement feedback and listening exercises into themes leaders can act on.
Market research
Code survey comments, research verbatims, interview transcripts and focus group notes into usable findings.
Product feedback
Group app reviews, user comments, feature requests and support notes into needs, objections and usability themes.
Public consultation
Structure consultation submissions, stakeholder responses and open survey comments into themes and evidence.
Brand and reputation
Analyse open-ended brand feedback, reviews and campaign comments to understand associations and concerns.
Trust and privacy
Handled carefully and confidentially.
Text data can include sensitive customer, employee or research material. Each project begins with clear boundaries for data use, reporting and audience.
Purpose-led scoping
Analysis focuses on the questions and decisions the data was gathered to support.
Careful reporting
Outputs avoid unnecessary exposure of individual comments or identities.
Clear boundaries
Specific data-handling, privacy and reporting requirements are agreed before work begins.
Start a conversation
Have open-ended data you need to understand?
Bring a sample, a question and the audience for the findings. We can discuss whether Discerne is a good fit.
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