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− | + | When you want to write down thoughts instead of data. Main tool for [[Lifelogging]]. A type of [[Manual input]]. The research method is called Diary Studies.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_studies</ref> | |
− | + | == How to quantify written text == | |
+ | While journaling can be useful to put data into context, it is hard to quantify.<ref>https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/NaturalLanguageProcessing.html</ref> | ||
− | + | One option is to summarize each entry with a few keywords. Writer could identify such keywords with hashes making hash tags. Keywords could be automatically determined algorithmically by building an index of all words used and removing the ones too common in language<ref>https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/wordnet/index.html</ref>.<ref>https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/corpus/vignettes/corpus.html</ref> | |
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− | + | Second is to automatically determine user's [[Mood]] using sentiment analysis.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentiment_analysis</ref><ref>https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SentimentAnalysis/index.html</ref> | |
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− | + | Many show and tell investigators prefer pen and paper. Paper text can be converted to electronic using OCR.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition</ref> | |
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+ | * Notepad++. Easily handles hundreds of thousands of lines. Time stamps require some setup. | ||
− | + | On a smart phone similar tools exist. I use Mysymptom's built in notes field instead of a proper notepad. [[User:DG|DG]] ([[User talk:DG|talk]]) | |
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− | = | + | Apps specifically designed for this: |
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+ | * dayoneapp.com | ||
+ | * logg<ref>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digieggs.deathstar.logg</ref> | ||
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