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Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

DanielStraight wrote: post #2

Interesting. It can also be used as a Markov chain text generator. Type one word, then just accept every suggestion. "In the case of these two types of information that is not appropriate for all users of the catalogue should also be noted that there is anything you would not believe how much I loved them."

To prevent loops you can vary the selection, not just picking the top item, but perhaps doing something like 1-2-3-2-1-2-3

This actually produces less intelligible sentences, but more randomness

"dogs and azithromycin zithromax one dose chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most common form of dementia"

Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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Post by dododo »

jshen wrote: post #36
dododo wrote: post #31

it predicts what you're going to type next. this is really nothing new. perhaps the most interesting use of predicting input in this fashion is dasher: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ it uses this prediction to make it efficient for people who cannot type, type.

predicting text and predicting text well are two very different things.

what's the relevance of that comment?

is your claim that dasher does not predict well?

or rather, that google scribe predicts better than dasher?

it would surprise me: dasher adapts to the linguistic habbits of the particular user. it learns in real time.

google scribe doesn't appear to do this. it doesn't know who i am.

Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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Post by jshen »

dododo wrote: post #63
jshen wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

predicting text and predicting text well are two very different things.

what's the relevance of that comment? is your claim that dasher does not predict well? or rather, that google scribe predicts better than dasher? it would surprise me: dasher adapts to the linguistic habbits of the particular user. it learns in real time. google scribe doesn't appear to do this. it doesn't know who i am.

my point is that saying "nothing new here" often dismisses what really matters, the quality of something.

I've never used dasher so I can't comment on it

Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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Post by protez »

DanielStraight wrote: post #2

Interesting. It can also be used as a Markov chain text generator. Type one word, then just accept every suggestion. "In the case of these two types of information that is not appropriate for all users of the catalogue should also be noted that there is anything you would not believe how much I loved them."

Just few spacebar and enter wrote this sentence: "What the hel* is this guy on their team and their fans are the best in the world of their owners and are strictly for viewing and printing of these books."
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