Getting started with Textual
Note that these instructions are for setting up a new account on Textual Cloud. For a self-hosted instance, depending on how it is set up, you might either create an account manually or use single sign-on (SSO).
Signing up for Textual
To get started with a new Textual account:
Go to https://textual.tonic.ai/.
Click Sign up.
Enter your email address.
Create and confirm a password for your Textual account.
Click Sign Up.
Textual creates your account and sends you an email message to activate the account.
After you activate your account and log in, Textual displays the Textual Home page, which you can use to preview how Textual detects and replaces values. For more information, go to Previewing Textual detection and redaction.
Using the Textual free trial
When you set up an account on Textual Cloud, you start a Textual free trial.
Using the Getting Started options
On the Home page, the collapsible Getting Started section provides links to tasks and information related to:
Using the Textual Python SDK
Working with datasets
Working with guided redaction
Working with custom entity types
To view the available options for a panel, hover the mouse over it. Hover over an option to display a tooltip to identify the action that the option performs.
Word count limit
During the free trial Textual scans up to 100,000 words for free. Note that Textual counts actual words, not tokens. For example, "Hello, my name is John Smith." counts as six words.
After the 100,000 words, Textual disables scanning for your account. Until you purchase a pay-as-you-go subscription, you cannot add files to a dataset.
Viewing your current usage
Textual displays the current usage in the navigation menu.
Next steps - pay-as-you-go or product demo
Textual also prompts you to purchase a pay-as-you-go subscription, which allows an unlimited number of words scanned for a flat rate per 1,000 words.
You can also request a Textual product demo.
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