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Two participants

Two complete readings of a shorter text, labeled Participant A and Participant B.

  1. Open your data in the Scanpath view and pick a trial in Select trial.
  2. Turn on Compare. In Trial B, choose another participant's reading of the same text.
  3. In Compare ▾, set View to Overlay, and name the two readings in Label A and Label B. To compare the complete readings, keep the Index range of both scanpaths at the full range, under Filters & highlights ▾ → Fixations · A and Fixations · B.
  4. In Figure & canvas ▾ → Screen & framing, tick Frame → Crop to data. Untick Margin → Auto and enter 50 px.
  5. Under Legends, set Compare (A/B) to Top center, outside and Side by side, with text size 24. Untick Show for Fixation sizes.

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scanpath-studio render --sample \
  -p l37_1129 -t l37_1129_2_2_4_Ele \
  --compare-with l7_1090:l7_1090_2_2_4_Ele --compare-legend --label-a "Participant A" --label-b "Participant B" \
  --legend compare=top-center-outside,side-by-side,24 --no-duration-size-legend \
  --crop-to-data --crop-margin 50 \
  --highlight-column '' \
  -o comparison.html

import scanpath_studio as sps

words, fixations = sps.load_sample_data()
pid, tid = "l37_1129", "l37_1129_2_2_4_Ele"
fig = sps.compare_scanpaths(
    words,
    fixations,
    (pid, tid),
    ("l7_1090", "l7_1090_2_2_4_Ele"),
    labels=("Participant A", "Participant B"),
    fit_to_monitor=False,
    crop_margin=50,
    show_legend=True,
    duration_size_legend=False,
    legend_layout={
        "compare": {
            "position": "top-center-outside",
            "arrangement": "side-by-side",
            "size": 24,
        }
    },
)

sps.save_figure(fig, "comparison.html")

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