Live Word Cloud

Ask a room and watch the answers turn into a cloud

Shows a QR code; people send a word or a short phrase from their phones, and the cloud on the screen grows within a couple of seconds of each answer. Every answer counts whole, so "climate change" stays one answer instead of two words, and a "no" in a yes-or-no check is kept rather than dropped as a common word. The more people send the same answer, the bigger it gets.

It is for the moments a show of hands can't capture: a teacher checking what a class already knows, a speaker opening a talk, a workshop collecting ideas before a break. Nobody needs an account, the presenter included:

• A QR code and a 5-letter code: phones scan the code, or go to limeconvert.com/join and type the letters
• Answers per phone: one, three, five or no limit
• Moderation: remove any answer, and it stays out if someone sends it again
• Hide and a timer: collect answers with the cloud hidden and show it when you are ready, or close answers after 30 seconds, 1 or 2 minutes
• Full screen: the code and the cloud fill a projector, with Pause, Hide and the answer list a mouse move away
• PNG and CSV: download the cloud with its question, or every answer with its count

Already have the answers, say from a survey export? Paste them into the Word Cloud Generator instead.

Run an interactive word cloud

1. Type a question, such as "One word for how you feel today?". You can leave it empty and ask out loud.
2. Pick how many answers each phone may send, then press Start a live session.
3. Press Full screen and put the page on the projector.
4. People scan the QR code, or go to limeconvert.com/join and type the code under it.
5. Answers appear in the cloud as they come in. The buttons under the cloud pause or hide them, More clears them, and the cross next to an answer removes it.
6. Press End session when you are done. The final cloud stays on the page, ready to download as a PNG.

Need a question? Here are 20 icebreaker questions that make a good word cloud, for check-ins, social calls, workshops and retros. Each one has a Start link that types it into the question field here.

When someone types something rude

In a room of thirty teenagers, somebody will try. Three things keep it off the screen:

• The filter: Hide rude words is on from the start and drops common swear words and slurs, also spelled as f*ck or sh!t
• Remove: the cross next to an answer in the list takes it out of the cloud, and the same answer sent again never shows
• Pause: stops new answers while you deal with it

The phone that sent it still sees "Sent", so trying again gets nobody a reaction. The filter catches English words only. For anything else, the remove button is there.