I'm looking for a software that is capable of changing words inside a
text so it can recreate a similar text, ie a cloned text. This is a
software that was already being used by reporters in the news agencies
like Reuters/AFP and others but now is accessible to the public/small
business owners. I heard about it a few weeks ago and I need somebody
to find it for me. The software is capable of making several "clones"
from a single article or text. It seems to me I had heard about it on
News.com. You might want to try download.com and all
the other news sites you know. Thank you. |
Request for Question Clarification by
rainbow-ga
on
21 Jan 2004 00:39 PST
Hi jsurfing,
After hours of extensive research for the software you are seeking, I
have located one which may be the one you remember. I am still not
completely sure, so I'll do something I usually don't; I'll post the
program I've found for you to take a look at:
"StyleWriter is the best word processing add-on on the market. It
teaches you to write in the style of top authors and journalists by
checking every document for thousands of style and English usage
faults. Ten times more powerful than any other writing aid,
StyleWriter improves your writing style instantly."
http://www.stylewritersoftware.com/stylewriter-software/index.html
"StyleWriter edits any document. Articles, press releases, resumes
and cover letters, technical manuals, speeches, ads, sales letters,
proposals, legal documents, corporate communications - you name it,
StyleWriter can help edit it. Within seconds of launching,
StyleWriter has analyzed your documents for thousands of style and
English usage issues."
Here are some screen shots:
http://www.techwritesoft.com/techeditor/stylewriter/features.htm
The reviews I have read on this software are all excellent. Here are a few:
http://www.techwritesoft.com/techeditor/stylewriter/reviews.htm
Looking forward to hearing your views and letting me know if this is
indeed the program you read about.
Best regards,
rainbow~
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
21 Jan 2004 11:11 PST
In December 2003 there were several online news stories about software
that can paraphrase sentences, rewriting them in different words. This
software was developed by analyzing news articles from Reuters and
other news agencies.
This software is not a commercial product available to the public, but
I can point you toward information about it, and can give you a link
to the original research paper that describes the project in detail,
plus email contact information for the developers of the software.
If this would be a satisfactory answer to your question, please let me know.
~pinkfreud
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Clarification of Question by
jsurfing-ga
on
21 Jan 2004 11:58 PST
It must be a paraphrasing software not just a grammar checker. The
software must be able to paraphrase any text and it is available to
the public.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
21 Jan 2004 12:09 PST
I am not aware of software available to the public which will
paraphrase any text. I doubt that such software exists as a commercial
product. The research I mentioned is a pioneering study in this field
(which is why there was so much Web news coverage of it in December),
but it is not yet ready for the software marketplace.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
11 Feb 2004 16:30 PST
I have exchanged emails with several individuals who are knowledgeable
in the fields of journalism and data mining. So far, I've found no one
who believes that there is currently any commercial item of software
capable of accurately paraphrasing text.
Please examine this article to see whether it sounds like the software
that you read about:
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/120303/Software_paraphrases_sentences_120303.html
Note this passage:
"The researchers' ultimate goal is to use the system to allow
computers to be able to paraphrase like humans, and to understand
paraphrases, 'but that's very far [off]', said Barzilay."
The problem with using an artificial intelligence to paraphrase
sentences is that words may have many different meanings, and even the
most sophisticated software can be baffled by a sentence whose meaning
is obvious to a human.
As an example, the sentence "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is
weak" might be paraphrased by a machine as "The vodka is agreeable,
but the meat is rotten."
Please let me know if you're interested in learning more about the
university study described in the link above. I do believe that this
is what you've read about, since news of this research was all over
the Web recently.
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