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- Wolfram Alpha: A model for data jobbing?
- In yesterdays' blog I suggested that the biggest impediment to getting something working that usefully connects us directly to some kind of world wide information web is going to combine data storage with information personalization. The problem, of course, is that I couldn't care less what your puppy's name is...
- Tags: Natural Language, Kind, Productivity, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Dialog Speech Acts and Prosody: Considerations for TTS
- As natural language dialog systems involving both speech recognition and Text-To-Speech TTS synthesis become more sophisticated, the limitations of general-purpose TTS for human-computer dialogs have become more apparent. Much subtlety and complexity of meaning in natural language dialogs is conveyed by prosody; how something is said is often as important...
- Tags: Natural Language
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Using Semantic Analysis to Classify Search Engine Spam
- Due to the similarities between spam and non-spam their original semantic analyzers are not an effective method to classify spam content. Since spam and non-spam documents are so similar, it is sometimes very difficult for a human to differentiate between the two. Because of these similarities, it is unlikely that...
- Tags: Search Engine, Stanford University, Natural Language, Analysis
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Some minor criticisms of the Windows 7 beta
- Some minor criticisms of the Windows 7 betaiTunes working fine...Also, having just installed iTunes, it seems to be working fine for me!On the related note..Yes! Windows Live Messenger is amazing, thank you! Anyway, just wanna say that the entire Windows Live is really amazing.RE: Some minor criticisms of the Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, natural language, minor criticism, WINDOWS 7 BETA
- Discussion threads 2008-12-29
- Microsoft reorgs its search group
- Microsoft reorgs its search groupJust integrate Powerset ASAPI think MS should scramble to integrate Powerset's technology into its general search, and make the guys from this company generally take over search. These guys seem to know what they are doing.If NLP is the answer, what is the question?Powerset's technology is...
- Tags: Powerset, Microsoft Corp., natural language
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- WhiteSmoke 2008 (Windows)
- WhiteSmoke is an innovative software tool that improves and edits your English writing. Based on patented natural language processing NLP technology, WhiteSmoke performs advanced and context-based English grammar, spelling, and punctuation checking, as well as text enrichment to enhance your writing. From well-written letters and emails to friends, through to...
- Tags: Natural Language Processing, Natural Language, Microsoft Windows, WhiteSmoke
- Software downloads 2008-08-19
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naughtStill, it is VERY easy to change your search provider, or even try theother one out. With the OS, it is an entirely different story.Wow! I'm agreeing with you for the second time!I admit I was skeptical at first, but...
- Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught
- Microsoft's search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google and even Yahoo search gap? Probably not, but Powerset could give Microsoft a little leapfrog ability...
- Tags: Google Inc., Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search
- The rumors accumulating over the past few months were true: Microsoft has purchased natural-language search vendor Powerset for an undisclosed amount. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- An Object-Oriented Approach in Representing and Parsing the English Grammar
- Communication using a natural language is an important requirement for any artificial intelligence program. This paper first defines clearly the purpose of the communication problem, and presents its three sub-problems. The first sub-problem is to learn the grammar of the natural language English in order to teach to and store...
- Tags: University Of Houston, Grammar, Natural Language, Object-oriented
- White papers 2008-02-28
- Developing a Business-Driven Strategy for Natural Language Processing Technologies
- Through On Demand Innovation Services - a partnership between IBM Research and Global Business Services - IBM was able to give the insurance and banking executives an integrated view of the technology itself and potential business applications. As a leader in the fields of speech and language processing, IBM Research...
- Tags: Natural Language Processing, Natural Language, IBM Corp., Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Current Issues in Software Engineering for Natural Language Processing
- In Natural Language Processing NLP, research results from software engineering and software technology have often been neglected. This paper describes some factors that add complexity to the task of engineering reusable NLP systems beyond conventional software systems. Current work in the area of design patterns and composition languages is described...
- Tags: Software, Natural Language Processing, Software Engineering, Natural Language, University Of Edinburgh
- White papers 2008-01-01
- DSML: A Proposal for XML Standards for Messaging Between Components of a Natural Language Dialog System
- This paper proposes using standard XML messaging interfaces between components of natural language dialog systems. They describe a stock trading and information access system, where XML is used to encode speech acts, transactions and retrieved information in messages between system components. They use an XML/XSL based unification approach to display...
- Tags: Natural Language, Messaging, Standards, XML, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Intuitive Language Software Automatically Answers 90 Per Cent of Customer Questions
- Q-go is a fast-growing Independent Software Vendor ISV specialising in Natural Language Search NLS technology. It wanted to offer its customers an alternative solution to search engines such as Google. By integrating the company's NLS solution with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search, users pose questions to organisations in...
- Tags: Software, Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Q-go
- Case studies 2007-12-01
- Ontology-Based Information Extraction for Business Intelligence
- Business Intelligence BI requires the acquisition and aggregation of key pieces of knowledge from multiple sources in order to provide valuable information to customers or feed statistical BI models and tools. The massive amount of information available to business analysts makes information extraction and other natural language processing tools key...
- Tags: Natural Language Processing, Natural Language, Extraction, Ontology, University Of Sheffield, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Databases, Strategy, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance
- White papers 2007-08-24
- Powerset: The natural language search mashup platform
- Powerset: The natural language search mashup platformnatural language searchYou should take a look at www.linguisticagents.com. It's a start-up company that has developed a natural language understanding technology that will be used in many applications in addition to search. This technology uses a deep parsing algorithm that is based on nano-syntax...
- Tags: Engineering, natural language, mashup
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- DaNaLIX: A Domain-Adaptive Natural Language Interface for Querying XML
- This paper presents DaNaLIX, a prototype domain-adaptive natural language interface for querying XML. The system is an extension of NaLIX, a generic natural language interface for querying XML. While retaining the portability of a purely generic system like NaLIX, DaNaLIX can exploit do-main knowledge, whenever available, to its advantage for...
- Tags: Knowledge, Natural Language, Association For Computing Machinery, DaNaLIX, XML, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management
- White papers 2007-06-14
- Move From Linux/Oracle Platform Expected to Double ISV's Revenue
- Q-go, a fast-growing international software company based in the Netherlands, offers unique Natural Language Search technology. To expand market opportunities, reduce development costs, and enhance integration with new technologies, Q-go added a Windows Server - based version of its Natural Language Search software, to replace its Linux/Oracle-based offering. With the...
- Tags: Revenue, Natural Language, Microsoft Corp.
- Case studies 2007-05-01
- Google on Search: 'Natural Language works when it isn't'
- Google on Search: 'Natural Language works when it isn't'Natural Language works when we have semantic webI don't think it can be rival to Google, it can be an experiment project till we have semantic web, Google knows it very well, Gartner report says, it will take five years to see...
- Tags: Semantic Web, SEARCH, Google Inc., Natural Language, AdSentence
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- Google on Search:'Natural Language works when it isn't'
- Is “Natural Language” the magic search bullet that will dethrone the Google search kingdom? Powerset, a search start-up in “semi-stealth mode,” is now licensing Natural Language patents and technology from Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center PARC, the New York Times reports: "Powerset hopes the technology will be the...
- Tags: Adam Bosworth, Google, Google Inc., Google Software Applications, Search, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
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