Re: Regarding a concept for Enchant in Abiword

HI Atri,

Thanks very much for the clarification. This sounds like a grammar
checking feature. We have a grammar checker already based on the
"link-grammar" library. It could certainly be improved as it is not
capable of suggesting fixes, only that there are problems in
sentences. Grammar checking is extremely sophisticated software. Do
you plan to implement a pre-existing GPL-compatible library? If so
which one?

Best regards,

Martin Sevior

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Atri Sharma <atri.jiit@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I think there is some miscommunication from my side in explaining the idea.I
> did not mean that the system would be able to predict what you are going to
> type next.I meant that the system would be able to correct some positioning
> errors.I meant a checking system which would have a pre defined set of
> sentence models.e.g.<noun><determiner><adjective>.If I type,for example 'I
> apples like' instead of 'I like apples',the system should flag it as an
> error and suggest corrections based on the nearest model matching.
>
> For sentence model building,we can use training and connection to various
> online thesaures,which the system will parse,analyze and add to its database
> continously.
>
> Please let me know if any further clarificationis required.
>
> Atri
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Atri,
>>
>> My immediate thought when I saw your proposal was, No. I don't want
>> that feature in AbiWord.
>> I suspect most other developers felt the same but were too polite to
>> say so. While in principle it would be great if a computer could
>> correctly guess the next word I wished to type, in practice I have
>> never yet seen one get it right.
>> Even if you get it right 90% of the time you have to develop a UI that
>> easily allows users to correct the computer. You have to do this
>> automatically so that you do not slow the user down *at all*.
>>
>> I have never, ever seen any natural language processing work that well.
>>
>> What makes you think you can do this? Do you have a demonstration
>> program that shows the proof of concept?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Atri Sharma <atri.jiit@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I sent my idea in the abiword mailing list yesterday,but got no
>> > response.Please let me know the feedback on the concept.
>> >
>> > If any details are required,do let me know.
>> >
>> > Atri
>> >
>> > PFA:The original mail from my side
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Atri Sharma <atri.jiit@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi All,
>> >>
>> >> I am Atri Sharma.I am a Natural Language Processing experienced
>> >> programmer.I had an idea for abiword.
>> >>
>> >> We can implement a semantic checker in Abiword.The system shall have a
>> >> database of models of combinations of word types.For
>> >> eg.<noun><adjective> etc...
>> >>
>> >> The system shall analyze sentences and shall propose corrections based
>> >> on the closest match in its database.The model shall be matched using
>> >> various Natural Language Processing algorithms.
>> >>
>> >> Initially,the system shall be trained by the users.The users will
>> >> correct the system.As it gains more experience,it will get more
>> >> accurate in detection and suggestions of corrections.
>> >>
>> >> Please let me know if we can discuss further to have this feature in
>> >> Abiword.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Atri
>
>
Received on Wed Feb 29 07:21:34 2012