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VigieChiro Companion is a desktop application developed by Echonuit and distributed as part of the Vigie-Chiro participatory bat monitoring program. Its purpose is to assist naturalist observers in preparing and submitting acoustic bat recording nights, guiding the user through the complete processing workflow from the field recorder's SD card to the final deposit of data on the national Vigie-Chiro platform. The application falls within the category of scientific data management and citizen science tools, specifically those supporting biodiversity monitoring and bioacoustics research. Typical use cases include importing raw acoustic recordings captured during a night of bat surveying, verifying the quality of those recordings before submission, preparing and tracking the deposit of data packages to the central platform, and reviewing the bat species identified from the submitted recordings. By structuring this sequence of operations, the software helps volunteers and field naturalists meet the data quality expectations of the monitoring scheme without requiring specialized technical expertise. A notable characteristic of the software is its local-first design: the data remain on the user's computer throughout the process rather than being stored on external servers, with information transferred to the national platform only through the managed deposit step. The catalog currently references version 2.193.0 of VigieChiro Companion, and a total of seven versions of the application have been published, reflecting ongoing development and maintenance of the tool by its publisher. The software thus serves as a practical bridge between field equipment and a national database, supporting the consistent collection of standardized bat observation data.
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