Transana
Encyclopedia
Transana is a software package used to analyze digital video
or audio data. Although GPL licenced software, program development since version 2.0 has been supported through license purchase.
it, identify analytically interesting clips, assign keywords to clips, arrange and rearrange clips, create complex collections of interrelated clips, explore relationships between applied keywords, and share your analysis with colleagues. The goal is to find a new way to focus on the data
, and manage large collections of video and audio files and clips.
through the National Partnership for Computational Infrastructure at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the TalkBank
Project at Carnegie Mellon University.
Digital video
Digital video is a type of digital recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article.- History :...
or audio data. Although GPL licenced software, program development since version 2.0 has been supported through license purchase.
Features
Transana lets the user analyze and manage your data, transcribeTranscription (service)
A transcription service is a business which converts speech into a written or electronic text document. Transcription services are often provided for business, legal, or medical purposes. The most common type of transcription is from a spoken-language source into text such as a computer file...
it, identify analytically interesting clips, assign keywords to clips, arrange and rearrange clips, create complex collections of interrelated clips, explore relationships between applied keywords, and share your analysis with colleagues. The goal is to find a new way to focus on the data
Data
The term data refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which...
, and manage large collections of video and audio files and clips.
History
Transana is a product of the Digital Insight Project, and it is being developed with funding from the National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
through the National Partnership for Computational Infrastructure at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the TalkBank
TalkBank
TalkBank is a multilingual corpus established in 2002 and currently directed and maintained by Brian MacWhinney. The goal of TalkBank is to foster fundamental research in the study of human and animal communication...
Project at Carnegie Mellon University.