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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 26, 2010 at 09:31 PM
Hugh wrote:
>Curiously the single piece of pure desktop
>text-analysis software that I’d previously heard of, Textanz, isn’t mentioned in
>the list on the second link.
I suggest you add it or inform the Textanz people; the resource is a wiki after all :-)
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 26, 2010 at 09:41 PM
The cross platform aspect is one of the main reasons for my using it too. The other is its impressive interface, great for info stands.
The java web interface has actually been available one way or another since version 1. At the time (2002 I think) they provided a development kit which could be used to integrate the web interface in a website. The company then focused on the enterprise market (TheBrain EKP) and stopped providing such functionality to its consumer clients. It took several versions to make it accessible again—I think it was in version 5.0. My understanding is that they rebuilt the program from scratch around the java application to make it cross platform, leveraging the development.
I expect that the core engine is now the same in both the web and desktop applications, which should provide a significant economy of scale in terms of development.
That said, I will agree that it is a formidable accomplishment.
Tom S. wrote:
>I want to highlight
>one characteristic of PB has that very few programs of its quality have. Its
>completely cross platform including a fully functional Linux desktop version. It
>also got a web interface that is in its infancy but which shows a great deal of
>potential. This is all the more amazing to me because of the complex graphical nature
>of the program.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Aug 27, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Hugh
>Curiously the single piece of pure desktop
>text-analysis software that I’d previously heard of, Textanz, isn’t mentioned in
>the list on the second link. Textanz is aimed at writers, not corporate or
>governmental data-miners, and is on the PC platform. It was last updated in 2009; a
>note on its website placed in 2010 says that a cross-platform Java version is being
>developed, but as the note spells its own software “Textans”, I don’t have high
>hopes!
I wouldn’t count Textanz as a text-analysis tool. What it does
- create a concordance (= a list of words used in a text)
- create a list of frequently used words and phrases
- show how often each word is used
- show where in the text a selected word is used
That is pretty useful for writers: I use the tool for checking my texts for repetitions.
But it’s not really what I consider text ANALYSIS.
Just my 2 cents.
Franz
Posted by Franz Grieser
Aug 27, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Hugh.
I just took a look at the https://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/Text+Analysis+Tools list. The list tools comparable to Textanz - e.g. TextSTAT and Wordstat. So, you’re right: Textanz is missing from the list.
Franz