https://github.com/jmgirard/carma
CARMA: Software for Continuous Affect Rating and Media Annotation
https://github.com/jmgirard/carma
affective-computing annotation annotation-tool media-annotation multimedia psychology research
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CARMA: Software for Continuous Affect Rating and Media Annotation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jmgirard/carma
- Owner: jmgirard
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2017-05-25T05:27:21.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-12T06:42:45.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-17T03:37:19.322Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: affective-computing, annotation, annotation-tool, media-annotation, multimedia, psychology, research
- Language: MATLAB
- Homepage: http://carma.jmgirard.com
- Size: 37.2 MB
- Stars: 17
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: license.txt
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README
# CARMA
Software for Continuous Affect Rating and Media Annotation
(c) Jeffrey M Girard, 2014-2023
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. CARMA enables researchers and study participants to provide moment-by-moment ratings of multimedia files using a computer mouse, keyboard, or joystick. The rating scale can be configured on a number of parameters including its labels and numerical range. 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.
## Download
* The latest release of CARMA will always be available from
* Documentation for CARMA can be accessed via the wiki at
* Issues can be reported and features can be requested at
## Screenshots
## History
CARMA was first published by Jeffrey Girard in 2014 under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPUv3). Users are free to use, distribute, and modify the program as outlined in the license. CARMA is meant to be a modernization of Gottman & Levenson's affect rating dial. A journal publication describing CARMA and its use was published in 2014. However, note that the program and its functionality have changed a lot since that initial publication.
## Citation
Users must agree to cite the following article in all publications making use of CARMA:
Girard, J. M. (2014). CARMA: Software for continuous affect rating and media annotation. *Journal of Open Research Software*, 2(1), e5. http://doi.org/10.5334/jors.ar
```
@article{Girard2014e,
author = {Girard, Jeffrey M},
journal = {Journal of Open Research Software},
title = {{CARMA: Software for continuous affect rating and media annotation}},
year = {2014},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
pages = {e5},
doi = {10.5334/jors.ar}
}
```
## Papers Using CARMA
* Kaczmarek, L. D., Behnke, M., Enko, J., Kosakowski, M., Guzik, P., & Hughes, B. M. (in press). Splitting the affective atom: Divergence of valence and approach-avoidance motivation during a dynamic emotional experience. *Current Psychology*. doi:
* Dhamija, S., & Boult, T. E. (2018). Automated action units vs. expert raters: Face off. In *Proceedings of the IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision*.
* Leins, D. A., Zimmerman, L. A., & Polander, E. N. (2017). Observers' real-time sensitivity to deception in naturalistic interviews. *Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology*. doi:
* Hammal, Z., Cohn, J. F., Heike, C., & Speltz, M. L. (2015). What can head and facial movements convey about positive and negative affect? In *Proceedings of the International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction*. doi:
* Hammal, Z., Cohn, J. F., Heike, C., & Speltz, M. L. (2015). Automatic measurement of head and facial movement for analysis and detection of infants' positive and negative affect. *Frontiers in ICT*, 2(21). doi:
* Dworkin, J. (2015). Capturing emotional suppression as it naturally unfolds in couple interactions. Haverford College. Retrieved from