Hi All,
The project 'Text simplification' which we are working is most interesting and has tremendous benefits to a varied group of people .
The word text simplification says it all,simplifying a complicated text which normal users find it difficult to read, into more simpler one so that they can read it without much effort . The reason for it to be interesting is not just to simplify the complex words by simple ones but also to retain the meaning of the sentence in that context.
Many research scientists have already published many papers for this topic ,which acts as a source of reference for our project . Our project take inputs from various existing systems and we are interested in implementing the already existing one with enhancing/improvising the same.
We started off with this project with a group of four and learning process till now has been absolutely interesting so far by exploring new methods to solve this problem .
I was able to learn python(programming language ,free of use) , NLTK(Natural Language Toolkit) which houses sample data,libraries,documentation and various other useful packages.
and also subversion which is a version control system for managing files and directories for this project
We were acquainted with python debugger and Wordnet(the most interesting and useful package) . These two packages are very useful for all python programmers.
The learning process with my friends has been absolutely fascinating and enthusiastic all the way.... we were assigned individual tasks that made us to explore more and work on that topic and the same were to be presented the next day..
Mutual idea sharing and discussion with the team made us tweak into the new topics suitably
I was never bored of any tasks which was given to us ...including the 'coffee and lunch breaks ':P
The day I started my project ..the word text simplification is all over my mind :P ,from then on whenever I read a newspaper/blog or wikipedia articles ,and if there is a need for me to look up thesaurus or dictionary ,I would just say to myself that this part of the text needs simplification and I am glad that I am working on one such project.:)
Each day there was something to learn and progress and that made me feel happy and contended.
The idea for text simplification is to break the passage into sentences and scan those sentences for complicated words and then replace those words with simpler ones .
The sentence with replaced word is rated based on the frequency of usage and the one with most frequently used is replaced to make it simple .
The best paragraph was the following :
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Very impressive :-)
I see a good researcher in you. I wish that you continue to see complicated sentences and words and share the most interesting ones with us.
You have written well and have text highlighted which I really liked! (strangely you alone have done it).
I am sure your "coffee and lunch breaks" will soon become less interesting than the project ;-)
Anu... I always thought u had a good sense of humor. I enjoyed reading our experience from ur point of view. All of u write so well! I wonder y u guys didn't start blogging earlier. But anyways, its better late than never. So write more posts all of u :-)
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ReplyDeleteI expected lot more comments for your blog :-)
ReplyDelete@sir and apoo thanks a lot..:) sure u will see more posts frm me..:)
ReplyDeletehey anushaaa sooper :) lets all continue this habit of blogging :)
ReplyDeleteyeh good one Anu :) Now i got some idea about your project;) All the Best for your project dear :)
ReplyDeleteHey Anu, blog is really good and comprehensive :) Continue to write..All the best :)
ReplyDelete@suppi and arhcie thanku..:)
ReplyDeleteanu, superb da :) continue posting... we ll get to know ur project developments :)
ReplyDeleteHi... this seems to be an interesting blog. However, I guess there should be an about page somewhere, so that first time visitors like me can actually understand what project is this...what are the objectives and all.
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