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Counter 4.0 is data
acquisition and quality control software that emulates an expanded manual
mechanical counter.
Counter can speak the category name as it is tallied. Users
report that touch-typing with speech feedback allows a 4X increase in
the number of samples counted.
Spreadsheet-like functions include:
Add, insert, and delete for both samples and categories;
Edit counts for any category in any sample at any time;
Edit any category name or sample name at any time.
Other functions:
Add or subtract counts by 1 or 10 counts per click;
Distinct audible sounds for add and subtract;
User defined Interval alert (audible tone);
Multiply counts above a cut-off (good for estimating the dominants while
counting the rare and common).
Count data is saved as a tab-delimited text file with sample names occupying
the first column, categories (species names) in the first row and count
data in the intersecting matrix of cells. The data file may be opened
with any spreadsheet, word processor, statistics or plotting application.
Text files are saved as Excel text spreadsheets.
Counter features an unlimited number of counts and automatic totaling.
Each time you click a category button or type a hotkey, Counter
tallies a count for that category and speaks the category name. An audible
tone may also be generated each time a count is tallied, and a distinct
"alert" tone is generated each time the total tally reaches
a multiple of the alert interval. Errors may be subtracted from any category
tally (and the count total), simply, by switching to the subtract mode.
Multiple data files, each in its own window, may be open simultaneously.
Windows may span across multiple monitors. Counter may be operated
from a digitizing tablet, but most users find the ability to register
counts by touching a key or clicking the screen negates the need for a
tablet.
Coming soon in free update to version 4.0:
Histograms and data growth
charts provide built in quality control that ensures the best balance
between statistical validity and the time taken to collect the data.
At any time during the data collection process, a histogram and a growth
chart may be displayed to monitor data development.
Counter 4.0 features:
Multiple Data Views:
- Data entry buttons
- Scrolling clickable list
- Speech: audible feedback eliminates the need to look away from the subject
- Histogram chart of current sample (free update)
- Growth chart of relative percent and cumulative categories (free update)
Spreadsheet-like functions:
- Add, Insert, and Delete samples
- Add, Insert, and Delete categories
- Edit counts for any category in any sample at any time
- Edit category names or sample names at any time
Counting functions:
- Add or subtract counts to a category by click or hotkey
- Count interval can be 1 or 10 counts per click or hotkey
- Speaks the category name
- Distinct audible tone
- Automatic totaling
- Interval alert (audible tone at user defined count interval, e.g. 100
counts)
- Multiplier factor and cut-off
- Custom screen configuration
- Plus many more features
Data:
- Unlimited number of counts
- Unlimited number of categories and samples (memory)*
- Data saved as ASCII text file
- Data is ready for use in spreadsheet and statistics applications
- Data files ready for immediate plotting and analysis with WellPlot 3.5
*Caution: Only the most recent version of Excel is capable of opening
files with more than 256 columns.
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Counter 4.0 for Windows and MacOSX
