TextQuest - Text Analysis Software

Last update: 1. June 2006


Overview

Name of the program TextQuest
Version 2.0
type of software text analysis
development Harald Klein, Social Science Consulting
distribution Social Science Consulting
languages menu and help system English, German, Spanish
manual languages English and German
hardware requirements 64 MB RAM, 5 MB free disk space
software requirements Windows 9x, for sorting in version 2.0 Windows XP/2000
test version yes
test version restrictions 100 text units only, printing disabled


Applications

The following applications can be performed by TextQuest:


Features

The following applications can be performed by TextQuest:

  • list of words, sorted by alphabet or by frequency, ascending or descending, also with exclusion lists (STOP-words) that come with the program (for English, German, and French)
  • list of word sequences
  • list of word permutations
  • KWICs - key word in context with variable line length
  • SITs - search patterns in text unit
  • content analysis with powerful features like interactive coding, control files, and negation detection
  • control of multiple search patterns
  • readability analysis for English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish and German texts
In the next versions the following modules will be added:
  • word comparison of more than 2 files
  • category system editor


Short description


TextQuest is a program package for the analysis of texts. It runs under Win9x, WinME, WinNT, WinXP, and Windows2000, but not under Win3.1. The previous version named INTEXT runs under MS-DOS in protected mode. INTEXT was awarded with a certificate for "appreciated work and participation" of the German University Software Competition 1990. More ...

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