Have the OKhuman Companion running and active when you write. OKhuman captures the evidence of your involvement as you write: the time that you spent and the parts that you wrote. Your words never leave your device. When you stamp a document, a stamp link gets added to your text. This can be shared with your reader to share your effort in the writing.
What you need
A Mac running macOS 14 or later, or a PC running Windows 10 or later.
Sign up here using your email address. You can also sign in with your Google or Microsoft account. Use your institution email ending in .edu if you have one. This will tie your stamps to the institution. Review and consent to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use when prompted.
macOS: open the downloaded .dmg file and double-click Install OKhuman.
Windows: open the downloaded .exe file and follow the installer.
One-time setup
Grant OKhuman the Accessibility permission. This lets the app validate your involvement in your writing.On Windows, clicking Grant is all it takes; there's no system setting to change. On macOS, the app will open your System Settings window to the list of apps granted Accessibility permissions. This permission needs to be manually flipped on. Learn how the app uses this permission.
Sign in to your OKhuman account. The app opens the website to sign you in, then returns you to the app.
If you write in Google Docs, you need to make a configuration change in Google Docs for OKhuman to work with it. Do this for every Google account you write with:
Open any Google Doc.
Go to Tools → Accessibility.
Check Turn on screen reader support and Turn on braille support, click OK.
Important: Open the same settings again and confirm both are still checked. A Google Docs bug often clears them the first time.
The app walks you through these steps the first time, including your first stamp. If your class is part of a pilot, do the short practice activity before the graded assignment so any setup problems show up early.
