Let me know when there's an API - I've got a project I'd love to try it on :)
If anyone wants to get a flavour for the variety of responses and
doesn't have an iPhone I'd recommend the random feature on the website
- http://www.textal.org/random
Jumping through a couple of inevitable look-ups of people's own names
on Twitter searches, I quickly stumbled across this Alice In
Wonderland text from Gutenberg
http://www.textal.org/gallery/f8f52928ba31
---
James Morley
www.jamesmorley.net / @jamesinealing
www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
www.apennypermile.com / @APennyPerMile
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Melissa Terras <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks all!
>
> All of the processing is server side - and we will be releasing this as an
> API for others to use soon. The app is a skin that connects to the back
> end, and we started with iOS as we knew how to do that. We're a small team
> with a miniscule budget (its me, and two early career researchers, all with
> day jobs doing this in our spare time, but it helps that we have servers at
> UCL we can crank this through!). If it takes off, we'll learn how to do
> Android too. Part of this - for me - was very much about learning how to
> make an app!
>
> We went with mobile as it seems that that is the computer most people have
> around with them at the moment - and the way most people access twitter,
> etc, on the fly. We plan to make a slightly different iPad app next, that
> will make more use of the bigger screen. We wanted to make a web version
> too - we got a bit stymied by the HTML5 rendering, but again, revisiting
> this is on the list... lots of plans, if we have the time!
>
> Text analysis is a major technique in my home discipline - Digital
> Humanities - so we wanted to bring a simple version of that to as wide an
> audience as possible: we see Textal very much as a public engagement
> activity.
>
> We're pleased with how it is going - 16 million words have gone through it
> in the past 7 days! But I'd appreciate people telling their networks about
> it, or mentioning it on twitter, etc, to get the word out.
>
> Nick, will email you offlist and try and figure out your bug!
>
> Best,
>
> Melissa
>
>
>
>
> On 15 July 2013 04:28, James Morley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> +1 to what Mike said, especially as I don't have an iPhone so could
>> only be teased by nice looking screengrabs! And are there any plans
>> for an API?
>> ---
>> James Morley
>> www.jamesmorley.net / @jamesinealing
>> www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
>> www.apennypermile.com / @APennyPerMile
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Hi Melissa
>> >
>> > Cool app - thanks, have downloaded and had a play. It works well, looks
>> nice and is fun to use.
>> >
>> > I'm wondering though whether you could expand on why you chose to
>> implement it as a mobile app? The functionality and usability seems much
>> more web-app like to me - things like entering a URL, viewing an output on
>> a small screen etc - wouldn't this be better off as a pure web app?
>> >
>> > cheers
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _____________________________
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike Ellis
>> >
>> > Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency:
>> http://thirty8.co.uk
>> >
>> > * My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12 Jul 2013, at 19:48, Melissa Terras <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi folks,
>> >>
>> >> I thought that some of you may be interested in hearing about our new
>> >> iPhone app, Textal, which is now up for download for free in the app
>> store!
>> >>
>> >> Textal is a free smartphone app for iOS that allows users to analyze
>> >> documents, web pages and tweet streams, exploring the relationships
>> between
>> >> words in the text via an intuitive word cloud interface. The app
>> generates
>> >> visualizations and statics that can be shared without effort, which
>> makes
>> >> it a fun and useful tool for both research and play, bridging the gap
>> >> between text analysis and mobile computing.
>> >>
>> >> What does it do? For an example, see a twitter search on the #musetech
>> >> hashtag visualised: http://www.textal.org/gallery/bf5754a67330 -
>> although
>> >> you have to look at it in the app for the full functionality to see the
>> >> stats of the underlying words.
>> >>
>> >> You can read more at www.textal.org, and download Textal for free at
>> >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textal/id646764497. We're also on
>> twitter,
>> >> at @textal.
>> >>
>> >> Textal was made by UCL Centre for Digital Humanities and the Bartlett
>> >> Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis . We're gradually telling the world
>> >> about it now - it would be really great if those of you with iPads or
>> >> iPhones could try it out, and we look forward to your feedback.
>> >>
>> >> best,
>> >>
>> >> Melissa
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >> Reader in Electronic Communication
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> Reader in Electronic Communication
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> Department of Information Studies
> Foster Court
> University College London
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