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Voyant is a low barrier text analysis tool that delivers a rich, interactive interface and a variety of visualizations (all of which are explained in the help file). Input format can be plain text, a PDF (with OCR), a MS Word Document or a URL for HTML analysis. Please feel free to bring your own material for upload to the workshop, understanding that upload of any material will be subject to the Voyant privacy policy. Sample texts and URLs for analysis are listed below for experimentation, in case you run low on ideas.
- Sample texts for upload are below, courtesy of Project Gutenberg. Download plain text version to your local machine for upload into the Voyant interface
- . For the Term of his Natural Life
- Churchill, James FenimoreMorss, . The Last of the Mohicans
Gibbons, Helen Davenport, 1883-1960. The Red Rugs of Tarsus, A Woman's Record of the Armenian Massacre of 1909
- Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566. A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies 1796?-1863. A Treatise on Acupuncturation - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50985
- Sample PDFs
- Supreme Court of the United States. Website with opinions, dissents, etc.
- Jones, Adam. 2006. Except of Chapter 1 from Genocide: a comprehensive introduction. London: Routledge.
- Sample URLS: copy and paste into the Voyant upload browser window to get started.
Economics of Crisis - http://www.economicsofcrisis.com/indications.html
Instructions to major John Sullivan. Washington, George, 1732-1799. The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
- Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code - http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92preface.html
- Sample Visualization
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- nGram tool - delete the words and supply your own.
- Guerrilla Theater Groups
- Contrast "acupuncture" as found in publications of USA and Great Britain
- Contrast "convict ship" as found in publications of USA and Great Britain
- When are we "patients" and when are we "healthcare consumers"?
- Paris...of the Nile/along the Nile/of Egypt/etc.
- Words for destroying populations
- Spanish words in English publications
- El Norte in English and Spanish
- Punk Rock Bands
- Terms related to racial integration
- "Ebola" 1975-2008 in various languages (compare with data from WHO on Ebola outbreaks and a map of official languages of African countries)
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