CARMA: Software for Continuous Affect Rating and Media Annotation

CARMA is a media annotation program that collects continuous ratings while displaying audio and video files. It is designed to be highly user-friendly and easily customizable. Based on Gottman and Levenson’s affect rating dial, CARMA enables researchers and study participants to provide moment-by-moment ratings of multimedia files using a computer mouse or keyboard. The rating scale can be configured on a number of parameters including the labels for its upper and lower bounds, its numerical range, and its visual representation. Annotations can be displayed alongside the multimedia file and saved for easy import into statistical analysis software. CARMA provides a tool for researchers in affective computing, human-computer interaction, and the social sciences who need to capture the unfolding of subjective experience and observable behavior over time.

CARMA是一款旨在收集音频和视频文件播放过程中的连续评分的媒体标注程序。该程序旨在提供极高的用户友好性和易于定制的功能。基于Gottman和Levenson的情感评分刻度盘，CARMA允许研究人员和研究对象通过计算机鼠标或键盘实时提供多媒体文件的评分。评分尺度可以配置多个参数，包括其上下限的标签、数值范围及其视觉呈现。标注可以与多媒体文件一同显示并便于导入统计分析软件。CARMA为情感计算、人机交互以及社会科学领域的研究人员提供了一种捕捉主观体验和可观察行为随时间展开的工具。