Jesse Montrose writes: > I've had some interest in this area myself, I would enjoy hearing about your > progress. > > > http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/augmented-memory.html > I assume you've looked at this one, right? > > > Neural Networks can be built to run just fine on a 486, and you might find > the processing done in the savant portion of project above to be a good > place to start if you want to take that route. > > > http://www.signiform.com/tt/htm/talk.htm > This project is absolutely fascinating, but has resource requirements that > will put it out of your wearable reach. I recommend looking at it anyway, c > source code is available and you may find inspiration. It also might work > out for you to run TT on a more powerful machine, process your text files, > and store the results on your wearable for easy lookup. Here is an excerpt > from a sample of its "chatterbot mode" (all these answers come from TT's > knowledge base): > > How tall are elephants? > They are extremely tall. > Why? > Elephants are extremely tall, because 3 meters is the height of an > elephant. > How big are elephants? > 3 meters is the height of an elephant. > Are ants intelligent? > No, they are not intelligent. > Are human beings intelligent? > Yes, humans are in fact intelligent. > What is the most dense atom? > A lawrencium. > What is the least dense atom? > Hydrogen. > What is the circumference of the Earth? > 40003236 meters is its circumference. > What is the capital of New Jersey? > Trenton is its capital. > > > http://www.dfki.de/lt/registry/ > If you haven't gone here, it should be on your list (it's a little > overwhelming :) > > > http://cuiwww.unige.ch/OSG/info/FreeComp/fc/categorie.html > This page is worth looking at, excerpt: > > The list catalogues freely available software for language tools, > which includes the following: compilers, compiler generators, > interpreters, and assemblers -- things whose user interface is a > language. Natural language processing tools may also be included. > > > http://www.aclweb.org/nlpfaq.txt > Last but not least, read the faq :) (this one is very high-level, offering > pointers elsewhere) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: R. Paul McCarty [mailto:] > > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 1998 6:07 AM > > To:
> > Subject: rememberance agents > > > > > > Since I can't afford to add wireless networking to my wearable yet, I've > > been working on a simple rememberance agent. Basically, I want a plain > > text interface to a database (or a NLP interface to an expert system) but > > since it has to run on my modest 486, it can't contain things like neural > > nets or complex learning algorithms, or text understanding (or maybe it > > could, but none of the usual LISP implementations). > > > > Does anyone know if something like this exists? Has anyone tried to write > > something like this? I have a very simple perl script that I wrote that > > learns to associate words based on statements I make, for example I can > > tell it: > > > > >my birthday is September 16. > > > > and then when I ask: > > > > >when is my birthday? > > September 16. > > > > It's like talking to a five year old, but its pretty neat. I also want to > > be able to give it text files to read and learn, but it needs some extra > > functionality to do this, like recognizing pronoun references, and being > > able to parse more complex statements, etc. > > > > If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. > > > > Thanks. > > -Paul > > > > R. Paul McCarty / DARS Coordinator /
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