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Capture

Tesseract

Combined with the Leptonica Image Processing Library Tesseract can read a wide variety of image formats and convert them to text in over 40 languages. This code is a raw OCR engine. It has no output formatting and no UI. It can detect fixed pitch vs proportional text. Nevertheless in 1995 this engine was in the top 3 in terms of character accuracy, and it compiles and runs on both Linux and Windows. Training code is included in the open source release. The core developer on the project is Ray Smith (theraysmith). Thomas Breuel (tmbdev) and Ilya Mezhirov (mezhirov) work on the OCRopus project, for which Tesseract is one of the pluggable OCR engines; OCRopus also provides layout analysis and statistical language modeling. Most of the work on Tesseract is sponsored by Google.

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Content Analysis

Korbo

Korbo is a powerful aggregation platform for gathering Linked Data objects relevant to your area of research into single workspaces or “baskets”. Korbo is targeted primarily at developers who want to build applications on top of its API and make full use of the linked cultural data from sources such as Europeana, FreeBase and DBPedia. Korbo is currently in the early stages of development, but you can already try out a demo version of the platform.

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Visualization

TileMill

Open source map design studio for creating and styling web tile maps, based on either provided free MapBox Geodata, or data imported as a variety of file formats. It uses the CartoCSS styling language to customize interactive visualizations, with powerful control of symbols, zoom levels, labels, and other cartographic details. The finished maps can be exported either as images or tiled web maps. Though the TileMill software is free, there may be a fee to host the created tiles on MapBox or elsewhere.

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Visualization

visual.ly

Easy-to-use web-based software for creating infographics and data visualization, including a platform to share your work and discover works by others.

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Dissemination

Piazza

Web-based discussion tool (not a full-fledged learning management system, but you can link to Piazza from your LMS, including Blackboard, Moodle, and Coursera) that allows student to ask questions and interact with instructors and other students in a public space. A wiki style format enables collaboration in a single space and features LaTeX editor, highlighted syntax and code blocking. Questions and posts needing immediate action are highlighted and instructors endorse answers to keep the class on track. Anonymous posting encourages every student to participate. Subjects include computer science, biology, chemistry, economics, psychology, engineering, mathematics, and physics. Once in a subject area, you can view what professors from where are teaching or answering questions on what. This is a great tool for students looking to get extra or more in-depth help beyond the classroom. Companies can use Piazza for recruiting college students, and it is this function for which users pay.

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Creation

Xtranormal

Easy-to-use web-based animation software. Offers educational pricing.

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ScribTeX

Web based LaTeX editor that features a LaTeX complier, version control, and online storage space. Allows collaborative editing and offline editing.

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VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. For example, you can use a Windows computer to create a Mac or Linux environment to test software or websites.

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Gathering

Pocket

Pocket was founded in 2007 by Nate Weiner to help people save interesting articles, videos and more from the web for later enjoyment. Once saved to Pocket, the list of content is visible on any device — phone, tablet or computer. It can be viewed while waiting in line, on the couch, during commutes or travel — even offline.

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Creation

Google Drive

Available as a web-based service and as an app for iOS, Mac, PC, and Android, Google Drive allows users to create, store, edit, and share files across all their devices. Online and offline file access available. Requires a Google account for use, but allows files from Drive to be shared with non-Google users. Drive allows users to upload, store, and share any type of file (e.g., JPEG, MP4, JS, INDD, AI). The majority can be previewed, and many can be edited within Drive. Some files (e.g., DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) can be converted into compatible file types for editing, commenting, and more. Drive is the platform for Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, and many other approved applications. Files saved in Drive sync to all other devices, with an activity monitor that can be useful for version control (see what edits have been made and when, and revert back to previous instances if needed). Offers both free and paid accounts, priced by data capacity: 15 GB (free), 100 GB ($1.99/month), 1 TB ($9.99/month), 10 TB ($99.99/month), 20 TB ($199.99/month), 30 TB ($299.99/month). Teams with more than five people can purchase unlimited storage for $10/user/month.

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