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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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QuarkXPress

QuarkXPress desktop publishing software is commonly used to create page layouts for a variety of print publications such as books, newspapers, magazines, posters and brochures. Similar in function to InDesign, the main differences are Quark's unique features for exporting documents as interactive webpages as well as its widespread use by printers, typesetters and page designers. Features: Enables the production of HTML and XML content without the need to convert or refine documents Supports direct PDF importing and outputing according to regulations Fully supports Adobe Photoshop files, avoiding complicated and time-consuming conversions Uses OpenType and Unicode, making font and character settings easy Free TypeTricks XTension locates overset text boxes as well as widows and orphans Presents intuitive colour-management tools that includes the unique option of hexachrome printing Allows the customisation of line and border dashes and stripes as well as the merging of boxes to generate complex shapes Text runaround for hidden layers may be turned off Shared Content instantly incorporates any text or graphic changes consistently throughout a project XPress Composition Zones allow team members to work simulatenously on a project, with all modifications being updated instantly Job jackets keep print job specifications consistent throughout the project, ensuring their clarity and memorability

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Recogito

Recogito is an online platform for collaborative document annotation. Recogito provides a personal workspace where you can upload, collect and organize your source materials - texts and images - and collaborate in their annotation and interpretation. Recogito enables you to make your work more visible on the Web more easily, and to expose the results of your research as Open Data.

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Scribe

Scribe is a note-taking program that allows you to manage your research notes, quotes, thoughts, contacts, published and archival sources, digital images, outlines, timelines, and glossary entries. You can create, organize, index, search, link and cross-reference your note and source cards.

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Annotating

Skim

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taking software, with different colors of highlighting, annotation, sticky notes, numerous export formats and searching and filtering notes.

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Annotating

Snapzen

Snapzen is a browser tool that is used to collaborate with others about the information on any web page - right from your browser. Discuss information on web pages with your colleagues, friends or family. It is easy to collaborate with others because they see exactly what you see on the web pages. If you still use copy and paste, screenshot tools, email or chat to discuss web pages, Snapzen will show you a better way.

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Sonic Visualiser

Sonic Visualiser is a free, open-source application for Windows, Linux, and Mac, designed to study a music recording closely. It's designed for musicologists, archivists, signal-processing researchers, and anyone else looking for a friendly way to look at what lies inside the audio file. Its latest release was September 2021. Its main functions are visualisation, analysis, and annotation of music audio recordings.

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Geoffrey Rockwell

Cool Voyant Tools

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Holly Pickering

Audio Production Software

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

TATR: Text Analysis for Twitter Research

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

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