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Visualisation of text: page thumbnails

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Visualising text

In Inaugurate, the content of the speeches of 12 US presidents are compared and analysed for the occurrence of specific terms. Tooltips reveal parts of the speeches that contain the terms.

A screenshot of Inaugurate, with images of past US presidents and outlines of their inauguration speeches below them

Source: Inaugurate

When the focus is on topics and emotions in text, a technique that is sometimes used is to highlight parts of the analysed text on “little pages” and pull some quotes from the text for illustration.

A visual comparison of speeches by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Source: ‘Stronger Together’ and ‘I AmYour Voice’ — How the Nominees’Convention Speeches Compare

More examples of examples of text visualisation techniques can be found in the Text Visualization Browser, and in the replies to this tweet by Tiziana Alocci

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