FaceReader
Get started fast, expand when it matters
FaceReader gives you everything you need to begin your research right away. When your questions get more complex, or study demands more detail, you can easily expand your setup.
From early explorations to advanced research labs, there’s a package that works for you.
Essential
Automated emotion analysis- Detect and quantify the universal expressions:
- neutral, happy, sad, angry, scared, disgusted, surprised
Advanced
Our most popular option- Includes everything in Essential, plus:
- In-depth analyses and visualizations
- Event markers and stimuli
- Action Units analysis
- Custom expressions, such as attention, confusion, or laughing
- Facial models for infants / babies
Premium
Go beyond facial expressions- Includes everything in Advanced, plus:
- Vital signs, gaze tracking, and voice intensity
- Analysis of multiple faces at once
- Detection of consumption behavior
FaceReader - Essential | Automated emotion analysis
Getting started with FaceReader is simple. All you need is the software, a standard PC or laptop, and a webcam or video input to record participants. Once installed, the software guides you step by step, so you can start analyzing right away without complicated setups.
- Automatic facial expression analysis
- Analyze faces live or from video
- Easy export of results
FaceReader - Advanced | Flexible software suite for all your tests
Advance your facial expression analysis with advanced visualizations, event markers, stimuli, action units, custom expressions, and infant expression analysis.
Identify facial expressions
FaceReaderTM helps you understand people’s emotions by analyzing facial expressions like happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, and fear.
Classify Action Units (FACS)
Understand the subtle mechanisms underneath facial expressions by measuring the activity of individual facial muscles.
Design and control your study
Mark key events, compare groups, generate clear reports, and save time by automating repetitive analysis.
Study infant emotions
Baby FaceReader is designed for testing young children between 6 and 24 months, perfect when verbal feedback isn’t an option.
FaceReader - Premium | Your all-in-one tool for emotions, gaze, vital signs, and more
Combine facial expressions, voice, eye gaze, and physiology in one view.
See how people feel, sound, and react all at once.
This gives you a more complete picture of
behavior, without switching tools or losing context.
Pick up body signals
Track heart and breath rate completely contact free. Measure stress, excitement, or focus with just a webcam.
Track the eye gaze
Use eye tracking with visual outputs like heatmaps and gaze plots. No bulky hardware required.
Capture emotions from speech
FaceReader now also measures voice intensity and speech patterns to uncover how people really feel, beyond their words.
Analyze multiple faces
Speed up research while capturing richer, more natural group responses and shared emotional dynamics.