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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Natural Language Processing
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.
Natural Language Processing
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.
This very useful tool for OSX users allows you to open, browse and convert Microsoft Access databases into SQL and CSV formats.
Organizing
Meaki allows you to clip, organize and share web pages into a visually engaging Clipset. It is similar to other pinboard applications like Pinterest, but allows users to clip entire websites rather than just images and organize them in a sharable, visual collection. Meaki has a built in social component, clipsets are public and can be browsed by anyone. Meaki is a brower application. Just make an account on Meaki.com and put the “Bookmark Button” in your bookmarks toolbar. Once you come to a webpage you want to clip, click on the Meaki button, and it will guide through clipping and saving the page. Features: Simple and easy to use. Save webpages for later viewing purposes – never loose a website you love. Search other clippings and Clipsets on Meaki to find new and interesting websites. *NB At the time this review was written (Nov 10/14) the Meaki.com website was not online and no message about the future of the service was available.
Visualization
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.
Collaboration
There is an unlimited number of videos, PDFs, etc. that can be used for education, training, instruction, or professional development. Finding and curating them into playlists, integrating with existing workflow, and sharing with others is time consuming, inefficient, and often limited by ‘vendor lock-in.’ Media Share is a productivity tool that saves time, requires no training to use, and does not limit how or where content can be used.
Week of 8 Nov – 14 Nov
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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
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