After a bit of deliberation and at the suggestions of the professor, I have decided to create a sort of mini-Voyant, suitable for a mobile device. I would like to see the ability of plugging in a simple URL into the phone that scrapes the text of a site (preferably one that has a digitized story) and lets you do a simple word search that will give you the location of all the times a word or phrase appear in the text. I would also like to create a rudimentary word cloud with the ability to change the scope for the type of words.
I will outline a proof-of-concept first before going into the coding, as it could take longer than expected. I hope to have a fully operable program by the time this is due, but I will set up a barebones framework first to demonstrate how the program would function.
This sounds like an excellent project, and the process that you outline– first the proof-of-concept, then the coding– seems like a good one. I’ll be eager to see your presentation on Tuesday.