Verbatim

A free, open-source platform for paperless debate, built as a template for Microsoft Word. Learn more.

Download the latest version:

Verbatim version 6 is coming Summer 2022 with major new features, bug fixes, and security enhancements! If you’re downloading now, please make sure to update when it comes out.

Other downloads.

Having trouble? Read the manual.

Tired of typing citations? Try the Cite Creator Chrome extension.

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Caselists

Intel, scouting, and open source evidence for your debate community.

College:

openCaselist NDT/CEDA Wiki

NFA/LD Wiki

High School:

(sponsored by the National Debate Coaches Association)

NDCA HS Policy Wiki

NDCA HS LD Wiki

NDCA HS PF Wiki

NDCA Open Evidence Project

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Help

Email advice and basic support for Verbatim, Stratus, and the caselists is always free.

Contact

If you need something more extensive to get up to speed with paperless debate and are looking for hands-on help, then I’d be happy to work with you and your team, either in-person at your institution or virtually. Contact me and we can work something out.

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Stratus

Work better as a team with coauthoring and optional cloud storage for all your debate files. Coauthoring is simultaneous editing with multiple authors in a single Word document, and it’s amazing for debate. Learn more.

See the list of features.

About

Verbatim, Stratus, the caselists, and everything else here is maintained by Aaron Hardy. Questions, feedback, bug reports, and feature requests are always welcome.

Contact

Having issues? Check the Verbatim FAQ. If that doesn’t answer your question, use the form below, or send an email to support@paperlessdebate.com.

If you have a troubleshooting question, please include your operating system, version of Word, and version of Verbatim.

You do not need to email to be added to a caselist wiki, you can add a school yourself with the link on the wiki sidebar.