Software Comparison
The following is an (incomplete) list of Ecoacoustics analysis software that we know of.
| Name | Paid? | Open? | Location | Interface | Performance | Acoustic Indices | User Guide |
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| Kaleidoscope Pro 5 |
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Local | GUI |
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| Raven Pro |
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Local | GUI | Quantitative assessment of detector performance |
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| AviaNZ |
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Local | GUI | Can test recogniser with performance metrics calculations. |
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| RFCx Arbimon |
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Cloud | GUI |
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Yes - webpage guides available on website. |
| Ecosounds |
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Cloud | GUI |
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Summary and spectral indices | Mostly no - some workshops / tutorials on website |
| QUT Ecoacoustics Analysis Programs |
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Local | Command line |
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Summary and spectral indices | Yes - some workshops / tutorials on website |
| BioSounds |
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? | Local (with internet connection) | GUI | N/A |
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| BioAcoustica |
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Cloud | GUI | N/A |
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Yes - help pages / guides available on BioAcoustica website. |
| Bugg |
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Cloud | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A |
| Seewave |
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Library | API (R Library) | N/A |
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Yes - reference manual & Vignette |
| MonitoR |
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Library | API (R Library) | (1) Can compare results from template detection to manually annotated spectrogram (2) Can compare performance of multiple templates and evaluate similarity between templates |
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Yes - reference manual & Vignette |