ReConstitution recreates debates through transcripts and language processing by Nathan Yau.
From Nathan’s post:
Part data visualization, part experimental typography, ReConstitution 2012 is a live web app linked to the US Presidential Debates. During and after the three debates, language used by the candidates generates a live graphical map of the events. Algorithms track the psychological states of Romney and Obama and compare them to past candidates. The app allows the user to get beyond the punditry and discover the hidden meaning in the words chosen by the candidates.
The visualization does not answer the thorny experimental question: Do presidential debates approach semantic zero?
Well, maybe the technique will improve by the next presidential election.
In the meantime, it was an impressive display of read time processing and analysis of text.
Imagine such an interface that was streaming text for you to choose subjects, associations between subjects, and the like.
Not trying to perfectly code any particular stretch of text but interacting with the flow of the text.
There are goals other than approaching semantic zero.