Tools

Natural Language Processing

The Scandroid 1.1

The Scandroid is a free program released under the GNU Public License for OS X and Windows environments designed to scan English verse in iambic and anapestic meters, either from a text file or entered by hand. The program explains its process as it scans the text, such as identifying syllables or lexical stresses, or dividing lines into feet, so users can learn about its analysis in addition from its output.

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Natural Language Processing

Prose (Virtual Muse)

Prose is a free program for OS X and Windows written in Python and designed to generate random sentences. Originally described in Charles O. Hartman's book Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry , it illustrates one approach to using computer programs as adjuncts to the process of composing poetry.

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Analysis

Concord, the Interactive Concordance Generator (Virtual Muse)

Concord is a free concordance generator written in Python for OS X and Windows XP (a new Windows version is forthcoming). It generates a KWIC concordance entry from a plain-text file for any word or phrase and permits sorting in a variety of ways. Concord can handle large text files, and preliminary testing with the modern Greek alphabet shows it supports non-Latin alphabets. This tool is described in Chris O. Hartman's book Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry .

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Search

InTEXT

InTEXT is a legacy, commercial suite of programs designed to supplement web search, intranet management and accomplish variety of document generation, search and manipulation functions. It includes natural language query, full-text search and retrieval and an intelligent document organizer. It runs in Windows NT and UNIX.

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Visualization

MAXQDA

MAXQDA is a commercial software package for facilitating qualitative and mixed methods research. It includes a graphical interface for organizing and categorizing data, and can import data in a wide variety of formats, including web formats, images, audio and video and spreadsheets. Data can be encoded in several ways, such as keywords, colours or symbols. It includes visualization and report generation.

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Natural Language Processing

LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count)

LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count) is a text analysis program available for purchase. It calculates the degree to which various categories of words are used in a text, and can process texts ranging from e-mails to speeches, poems and transcribed natural language in either plain text or Word formats. A free, minimalist web version is available through the website.

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Natural Language Processing

General Inquirer

The General Inquirer is a historically important program for content analysis of textual data originally developed in the 1960s by Philip Stone and his colleagues at the Harvard Laboratory of Social Relations. Though the original release used punched cards, a version the program is available by request, and can be obtained by e-mailing Roger Hurwitz from an academic address. A minimalist web version capable of processing small files is also available. The General Inquirer's homepage is maintained in Philip Stone's memory.

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Visualization

WORDij

WORDij is a free semantic network tool for capturing relationships between words and assigning word-pair link strengths. This information is used as the basis for more sophisticated analysis, such as word network structure mapping. WORDij requires registration for download.

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Analysis

UCINET

UCINET is a software package for analyzing network data, available for purchase and with a 90-day trial period. This tool has been in continuous development since the 1980s, and now includes the capacity to gather and analyze social network data.

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Natural Language Processing

CATPAC

CATPAC is a program available for purchase designed to summarize a text's main ideas. It is multilingual and primarily aimed at researchers in the sciences, and can handle large volumes of text. Text must be formatted in ASCII or RTF. The CATPAC website is no longer available or maintained as of 2014. An archived version of the site and its information can be viewed via the Internet Archive.

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