Posts tagged nltk

Syllable

Counting Syllables Accurately in Python on Google App Engine

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1 year ago
by Danny Goodall in ,
I wanted to be able to count syllables accurately in Python and looked around for existing code that I could re-use. I found one or two routines written in PHP that looked promising so I ported them to Python but was pretty disappointed with the accuracy.

I also found a Python routine that is part of the contributed code for NLTK that was not bad but again struggled with some words. You see, I had naively thought this would be a simple exercise. I hadn’t realised that Syllable Counting in the English language is pretty difficult stuff with so many More >

Aconym Soup (smaller)

arcanicity.appspot.com – How much jargon does your text contain?

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1 year ago
by Danny Goodall in , , ,

My first Google App Engine project went live yesterday. This one deals with estimating the readability of a text when jargon such as acronyms and abbreviations are taken into account.

</marketing-bit>As I’ve mentioned before I’m developing a Natural Language Processing system called ScrewTinny (scrutiny) that analyses the language that high-tech vendors use to take their products to market. Knowing how much jargon text contains allows me to infer which audience the text is aimed at (IT Technical, IT Business, Business). And that’s important to More >

google-app-engine

Google App Engine and the Arcanicity Index

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2 years ago
by Danny Goodall in , , ,
I’ve decided to investigate Google App Engine (GAE) in my spare time and I need a project to test it with.

So I’m going to try to produce an on-line version of my Arcanicity Index. It will be very simple system, and because I don’t have a fag packet on which to sketch it out, I’ll list the specification below.

The user will be asked to enter some text and then click a button market Process. DeepThought will then sit and ponder for 7 and half million years and respond with “42″. Either that or it will provide the visitor with some text statistics and an More >

mission

The Un-Mission Statement

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2 years ago
by Danny Goodall in
I’m not a big fan of mission statements…

but I thought I’d better set out a manifesto – a mission statement of sorts for this blog. I wanted to set down in writing the sort of content I’ll be posting in these pages. I already blog on technology marketing and competitive intelligence issues in my blog at Lustratus REPAMA and I tweet on similar issues at @lustratusrepama. So I’ll save comment on those subjects for there.

But I needed a place on the Internet where I could lay my geek hat and call home. I can’t post technical stuff on my Lustratus REPAMA blog More >

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