11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions configured to execute on at least one computer processor to enable the computer processor to control a system for assessing sentiment of text, comprising an input device and a display, to perform operations comprising: receive text input via the input device, the text associated with a review relating to a particular topic; and as the text is being inputted, determine, based on respective scores calculated for each of one or more words included in the received text, a real-time orientation value reflecting a sentiment of the received text; and modify an appearance of a visual display element on the display based on the determined real-time orientation value.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions configured to execute on at least one computer processor to enable the computer processor to control a system for assessing sentiment of text, comprising an input device and a display, to perform operations comprising: receive text input via the input device, the text associated with a review relating to a particular topic; and as the text is being inputted, determine, based on respective scores calculated for each of one or more words included in the received text, a real-time orientation value reflecting a sentiment of the received text; and modify an appearance of a visual display element on the display based on the determined real-time orientation value. 14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the real-time orientation value is determined at the end of each input word of text.