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Past KDnuggets Poll asked: What is your text mining experience?

Although the number of responders was relatively low, the results indicate a broad and growing level of experience with text mining, with free tools being slightly more in use than commercial tools.

The full results, based on 145 replies from 111 responders, are:

• None, no plans in 6 months - 27%
• None, but plan to in 6 months - 12%
• Have used commercial tools - 12%
• Have used free/research tools - 18%
• Currently use commercial tools - 14%
• Currently use free research tools - 16%