Wolfram Alpha Pro

Today, an advanced version of the scientific search engine Wolfram Alpha Pro is officially presented. This is the most significant update for the lifetime of the search engine. Although it was difficult to call it a “search engine” before, now it is something completely different.

So what is Wolfram Alpha Pro able to do for five dollars a month?
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First, to take advantage of the “premium” features, you need to register and pay a subscription ($ 4.99 per month, $ 2.99 for students), which is now provided for free for 14 days.

After logging in to the site, you will see the same interface, but with small icons behind which there are great opportunities. Here are icons for entering data in different ways.



For example, the pictogram calls the keyboard with special characters.



As Stephen Wolfram himself says , these additional input options embody the original ideology of Wolfram Alpha, which was conceived as a universal interface for processing information in any form that a computer can perceive and process. Therefore, Wolfram Alpha goes even further and allows you to submit input data not only with text, but also with pictures ( ).



After downloading a picture and pressing Enter, the search engine automatically does image analysis. If there is text, then it is recognized.



Then you can process the image with the help of various commands in a free linguistic form. This is especially effective in combination with the CDF format (about it below) - an interactive format for offline work with data.

Wolfram Alpha supports the loading and processing of 60 file formats .



For each type of data is different processing. For example, here’s what it looks like for a sound file.



But the analysis of the usual binary.



But the fun begins when data is imported ( ), it does not have to be your own tables, you can take some ready - made selection and start working with it. This is the most remarkable feature of Wolfram Alpha Pro: the system performs automatic data analysis and compiles a report.



The report is precisely tied to specific data. If you give other data, the report will be completely different. There may be graphs, charts, tables, statistical methods or some other data analysis methods, Wolfram Alpha can solve this on his own.



And this is not a static report, each element has drop-down menus for in-depth analysis.

When you hover on any item, five new icons will appear.

zooms out any schedule.

allows you to customize graphics in different formats, you can choose combinations of colors. Stephen Wolfram says that many users have asked for this feature.

Another feature demanded is called , it is an opportunity to download raw data from Wolfram Alpha, that is, raw tabular output.



And these are not only JSON or CSV tables for building ordinary graphs, but 60 more file formats , including data for 3D geometry (they can be used, for example, in a modeling program or for printing on a three-dimensional printer), audio files, molecular specification data vector and raster graphics, etc.

In addition to individual files, you can download the issue entirely in CDF (Computable Document Format) format . This is an interactive format that allows you to manipulate data offline in the CDF Player program — scale charts, change parameters with sliders, etc.



via Wolfram Alpha Blog