April 24, 2007
Transana 2.20
I haven't tried this software program for qualitative coding, but I've looked into - pluses include that it's open source and that it's reputedly one of the better coding programs for collaborative coding.
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research is pleased to announce the release of Transana 2.20.For those of you not familiar with the program, Transana is software for the transcription and qualitative analysis of video and audio data. It runs on Windows and Mac OS X, and is available in single-user and multi-user (collaborative) versions.
Highlights include:
The Mac OS X version is now complete, not an alpha test version. Audio extraction and waveform generation finally work right on the Mac!
Transana now supports QuickTime *.MOV and *.MP4 video on both platforms and *.WMV video and *.WMA audio on Windows, in addition to the formats supported in earlier releases.
You can now replace the Waveform with a visualization that shows your
coding.
There is a set of new maps and graphs (designed by Nicolas Sheon) that allow you to explore coding across time for multiple episodes, allowing (among other things) a graphical form of longitudinal qualitative analysis.
You can export clip data for external statistical analysis.