Voyant Tools

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Voyant tools 1.0 Beta (2014)

Developed by: Stefan Sinclair & Geoffrey Rockwell
License: Free&Closed source
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type : Web application

The last edition of this page was on: 2014/03/18

The Completion level of this page is : Medium

SHORT DESCRIPTION

[[has description::Voyeur is a web-based text analysis environment. It is designed to be user-friendly, flexible and powerful. Voyeur is part of the Hermeneuti.ca, a collaborative project to develop and theorize text analysis tools and text analysis rhetoric. Voyeur Tools: See Through Your Texts (retrieved 3/2014).

In Yoyeur, you can

use texts in a variety of formats including plain text, HTML, XML, PDF, RTF and MS Word
use texts from different locations, including URLs and uploaded files
perform lexical analysis including the study of frequency and distribution data; in particular export data into other tools (as XML, tab separated values, etc.)
embed live tools into remote web sites that can accompany or complement your own content]]

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is easy to use.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for Text mining.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for Data extraction, Data analysis, Data visualisation.

IMPORT FORMAT : HTML, TXT, XML

EXPORT FORMAT : CSV, TXT, XML

Tool can perform:

Data extraction of type: Screen scraping

Data analysis of type: Data mining methods and algorithms
Data visualisation of type: Sequential Graphic, Chart/Diagram, Map, Tag Cloud, Drawing (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers

Teachers/Tutors/Managers

Researchers

Developers/Designers

Organisations/Institutions/Firms

Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS: Basic

PROGRAMMING:

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:

DATA MINING MODELS: Basic

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Tool version : Voyant tools 1.0 Beta 2014
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Developed by : Stefan Sinclair & Geoffrey Rockwell
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Tool Web page : http://voyant-tools.org/
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Tool type : Web application
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Free&Closed source

SHORT DESCRIPTION[edit source]

Voyeur is a web-based text analysis environment. It is designed to be user-friendly, flexible and powerful. Voyeur is part of the Hermeneuti.ca, a collaborative project to develop and theorize text analysis tools and text analysis rhetoric. Voyeur Tools: See Through Your Texts (retrieved 3/2014).

In Yoyeur, you can

use texts in a variety of formats including plain text, HTML, XML, PDF, RTF and MS Word
use texts from different locations, including URLs and uploaded files
perform lexical analysis including the study of frequency and distribution data; in particular export data into other tools (as XML, tab separated values, etc.)
embed live tools into remote web sites that can accompany or complement your own content

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS[edit source]

Tool orientation	Data mining type	Usability
This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.	This tool is designed for Text mining.	Authors of this page consider that this tool is easy to use.

Data import format	Data export format
HTML, TXT, XML.	CSV, TXT, XML.

Can perform data extraction of type:
Screen scraping

Can perform data analysis of type:
Data mining methods and algorithms

Can perform data visualisation of type:
Sequential Graphic, Chart/Diagram, Map, Tag Cloud, Drawing (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

ABOUT USER[edit source]

Tool is suitable for:
Students/Learners/Consumers:☑	Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑	Researchers:☑	Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑	Others:☑

Required skills:
Statistics: BASIC	Programming:	System administration:	Data mining models: BASIC

OTHER TOOL INFORMATION[edit source]

Links:

Official

Other

Simple text analysis with Voyant Tools, Jan 2014 in by Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame
Comparing Corpora in Voyant Tools
Tapor.ca provides excellent summaries of Voyeur tools, for example:
- Voyant Bubblelines, Last Updated: Oct 30, 2013 (as of 3/2014)
- Voyant Links
- Voyant Corpus Term Frequencies
Voyant Tools (PDF slides)
Voyant Tools and Textual (Short overview)

Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences
☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data ☑ Predicting student performance ☑ Student modelling ☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA) ☑ Constructing courseware	☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors: ☑ Recommendations for students ☑ Grouping students: ☑ Developing concept maps: ☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring ☑ Experimentation/observation