Natural Language Processing - The Applications Are Legion

In local search, we have to deal with a problem central to many knowledge driven products: reasoning about diverse and often conflicting records intended to denote some real world entities (in this case local businesses and other concepts). This problem is common in other domains including commerce (online shopping).

Natural Language Processing - the applications are legion

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Word Lens: Augmented reality language translation app for iPhone

Sweet fancy wookiees, y'all, this new iPhone app sure is making the blog and tweet rounds today. The idea behind Word Lens is this: point your iPhone's camera lens at text out there in the world (a restaurant menu, a street sign), and the app translates that text instantly. The promise is a form of augmented reality assistance that breaks down language barriers.

Word Lens: Augmented reality language translation app for iPhone

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