BORIS is an easy-to-use event logging software for video/audio coding and live observations. BORIS is a free and open-source software available for GNU/Linux, Windows.
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BORIS web site: www.boris.unito.it
Copyright 2012-2023 Olivier Friard - Marco Gamba
BORIS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or any later version.
BORIS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
To open an existing BORIS project, select the menu File > Open project. A BORIS project file is a container for all information related to a set of observations as the ethogram, the independent variables, and the subjects. BORIS allows creating an unlimited number of projects but only one project can be opened at a time.
You can import a project from a Noldus The Observer XT Coding Scheme Exchange file (.otx or .otb extensions). The Observer XT software allows you to save a project as a template (see the reference manual). This template can be imported into BORIS and then saved as a BORIS project (File > Import a project from ... > Noldus The Observer XT template)
The following information will be imported from the template file:
- Ethogram (coding scheme)
- Modifiers
- Behavioral categories
- Subjects
- Independent variables
The Observer is a registered trademark of Noldus Information Technology b.v. See the Noldus web site for details
The authors would like to acknowledge Valentina Matteucci and all others users that report bugs and/or request features for their precious help.
BORIS makes difference between lower case and upper case characters
- keys from a to z
- keys from A to Z
- keys from 0 to 9
- function keys from F1 to F12
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