Voyantics

Voyantics is a Canadian software company specializing in the development of advanced analytics and visualization tools for text and data analysis. Founded in 2009 by Stéfan Sinclair and Geoffrey Rockwell, the company is based in Ottawa, Ontario, and is closely associated with the University of Alberta, where its founders are affiliated faculty members. Voyantics is best known for its open-source web-based tool, Voyant Tools, which provides researchers, educators, and students with a platform for exploring digital texts through interactive visualizations and statistical summaries.

Voyant Tools is designed to facilitate qualitative and quantitative analysis of large corpora of text, making it particularly useful for humanities scholars, linguists, and digital humanities researchers. The platform supports various file formats, including plain text, XML, and TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) documents, and offers features such as keyword frequency analysis, term trends, reading interfaces, and network graphs. The tool is highly customizable, allowing users to tailor their analyses to specific research needs.

Beyond Voyant Tools, Voyantics has contributed to other projects in the field of digital humanities, including the development of plugins and extensions that enhance text analysis capabilities. The company emphasizes accessibility, collaboration, and open-source principles, ensuring that its tools are freely available to the public while encouraging community contributions. Voyantics also engages in academic research, publishing papers and presenting at conferences to advance the field of computational text analysis.

The company operates under a business model that supports both open-source development and commercial services, including training, consulting, and custom software solutions for institutions and organizations. Voyantics has received recognition for its contributions to digital scholarship, fostering innovation in how textual data is analyzed and interpreted across disciplines.