For researchers who work with text
TAPoR catalogues concordancers, annotators, topic models, stylometry packages, and visualization environments. Every record notes the platform, the license, and what the tool is actually good for.
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Analysis
Part of the McGill Characterization Process family. Examines all the texts in a data directory and uses the output from the Character Parser to pick out all the aliases for the characters in the aforementioned texts. Output is in JSON format and is required for the rest of the tools in this family. Extensive setup required. Please consult the readme on github for setup instructions.
Analysis
Part of the McGill Characterization Process family. Examines all the texts in a data directory, and using the analysis already done by the Collocate Parser, Alias Identifier, and Character Parser, gives data for the centrality of characters for each text, allowing the texts to be ranked against each other based on this. Extensive setup required. Please consult the readme on github for setup instructions.
Analysis
Part of the McGill Characterization Process family. Parses all the texts in a data directory and picks out all the characters and their aliases. Output is in JSON format and is required for the rest of the tools in this family. Extensive setup required. Please consult the readme on github for setup instructions.
Analysis
Part of the McGill Characterization Process family. Examines all the texts in a data directory and uses the output from the Alias Identifier to find the collocates for the words in the aforementioned texts. Output is in .tsv format and is required for the rest of the tools in this family. Extensive setup required. Please consult the readme on github for setup instructions.
Analysis
Meandre is a graphical programming language for creating text analysis flows, built on top of the Seasr infrastructure. Meandre uploads its flows to a Seasr server where they can be accessed and used by anyone who can access the server.
Analysis
Meld is a free, open source tool for comparing files, directories and version-controlled projects developed in Python by Kai Willadsen. It features two- and three-way comparison of files and directories, supports numerous version control systems, and is particularly useful for reviewing changes to code. This tool can be downloaded or run without an install via the command line by copying the source code directly from the repository.
Week of 1 Nov – 7 Nov
Three tools from the catalogue, each rated at least 3 stars. A new set appears each Sunday.
Curated list created by experience authors in the fields.
Geoffrey Rockwell
Not all Voyant tools show up in the default view or skin. Here is a list of some of the other tools worth trying.
4 tools
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Holly Pickering
Interested in audio production and editing? Here are a few programs that can help you get on your way. Some of them are free, some not, but all are helpful and useful.
3 tools
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Jason Bradshaw
This list compiles a suite of tools that make up Kynan Ly's Text Analysis for Twitter Research (TATR) Library. Recipes to these notebooks can be found on methodi.ca
6 tools
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