Questions tagged [language]
For tools that work with natural/constructed (but not programming) languages in some way (learning languages, grammar/spell/style checker, language generation …).
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Web service to determine the language of an RSS feed
First, I would like to emphasize that this post ain't about just software, but rather about a ready-to-go web service, preferrably free one.
Second, I am fully aware that RSS and atom would normally ...
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read a text in two languages
I am looking for software that can read a text in two languages.
The language teacher shares lesson vocabulary in form of semi-structured pdf files.
I tried to copy and paste to murf.ai, (free trial ...
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Android app for recording, deciphering, analyzing, and keeping track of animal language
I was wondering whether there are any apps that allow you to place them in record, observe, analyze mode, and record the sounds made by an animal or by a bunch of animals.
In the case of a single ...
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Android application for learning Chinese stroke characters in radicals and stroke groups
There are several excellent apps for learning Chinese writing, including, Pleco Chinese dictionary and the Chinese Writer Chinese writing game.
However, it would be nice if there were an app that ...
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Does a tool exist that allows one to comb through the ai literature?
Does a tool exists, and I am specifically thinking of something LLM-based, that allow to ask such things as for example : “make me a timeline of the major papers in the field of object detection”, “...
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Grammar tool that (really) works offline on Linux
I need a grammar language assistant. I am available to pay a licence, but I am looking for something that works offline on Linux. Currently I am using the free version of ProseLint , but it misses a ...
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AI-based services or software to auto-generate English subtitles for a non-English video as of April 2023?
A colleague of mine recently used Whisper to auto-transcribe and translate a German video to English and the results were nothing short of mindblowing. So I wonder whether anyone has productized/...
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Special, multilingual, voiced calculation and result calculators with dynamic visual steps screen
I am looking for a special calculator app that does the following:
In the upper part of the calculator, two things are displayed. Below, the numbers that are being added, subtracted, multiplied, or ...
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Is there software to change 'е' to 'ё' in Russian text?
Can anyone tell me if there is a downloadable software program that will change 'е' to 'ё' when appropriate for beginning readers? I found one called Орфо but the links were either outdated or didn't ...
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FOSS live language learning apps?
Is there a FOSS alternative to Tandem for doing live, peer-to-peer language learning with native speakers?
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A natural langage processing tool that can tokenize a stream of punctuationless words into sentences?
Assuming I want to take a bunch of punctuationless words like this (It commes from the "whisper" AI model foor speech-to-text), and I want to improve its legibilty by adding puctuation.
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Is there a generator of lists of words with a specific category of meaning?
I am looking for an online generator of words by categories. What I mean. E. g. I would like to have a list of all numbers, trees, parts of the human body, means of transport, etc. Or at least the ...
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Drawings as mathematical entries for algebraic tables
I am looking for a strutture designer app that does the following.
In this app you can enter lists of drawings which can be entered either by dragging the finger or by selecting or taking pictures. ...
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Converting German text numbers to actual numbers
I am transcribing German audio to text using VOSK using a German model. This works quite well, except for a few issues:
it outputs text in all lower case
numbers are transcribed as text
the result ...
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Automated correction of casing for German text
I am transcribing German audio to text using VOSK using a German model. This works quite well, except for a few issues:
it outputs text in all lower case
numbers are transcribed as text
the result ...
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Editor for all sorts of (Text) Files
The IT world is full of text files, for configuring things for defining things or for authoring text.
Since many years I've been searching a tool that can edit text files that have a user defined ...
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Tool for username analysis
I am looking for a tool to analyse/compare user names.
Let's say I have given list of usernames:
alex_01
mitchel1971
mike__
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I'd expect the tool to compare those usernames and output something ...
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NPM package for retrieving native country/region name from country/region code
I need a package for converting a code like US into United States. I found country-locale-map, but it only supports converting code into international name.
For example, I need to convert BR into ...
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Is there a programming language that is just math?
I am looking for a language that would allow me to do the following
let me write code in math notation (sort of)
allow me to read and write memory
write to stdin, stdout, and stderr
I am running ...
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Analyse and simplify technical text (about software engineering)
I know there are Grammarly, LanguageTool, Hemingway editor and more choices to analyze my text for correctness and readability. But is there a more specialized program specifically for a technical ...
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Human-like summarization of collection of texts
Wondering if there is any tool, preferably open-source, that generates a human-like summary of a corpus of articles/tweets/books?
Assuming one has lots of article abstracts, I would like to make a ...
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Looking for a Weasel-word spell checker
Recommends using precise terminology when "weasel words" are detected.
Similar concept to the Simple Terminology checker mentioned on this site that detects jargon words. Perhaps similar to ...
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Tools or Software for Text Analysis
Does anyone know of or use (preferably free) tools or software that allow you to search in text documents for certain words, and then add an identifying code to them for later analysis?
It would also ...
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Detect language of text files
I need an installable/portable/cli software or a tool for Windows that can detect the language of multiple text files, not just strings. Free or paid does not matter.
Sort of like what Google ...
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Language development software for the children with autism
I have a 7 year-old child diagnosed with mild autism at age 3. My kid had almost no interest to speak until she was 66 months-old, nor she showed any sign that she understood a word. She has been open ...
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Offline language detection library or script
One of my Python services was using textblob for language detection. Last month Google made a breaking change to the API service which textblob was calling. Steps have been provided on SO to update ...
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Neural speech synthesis with children voices
I am programming an automatic dubbing of children's videos into multiple languages. The missing piece is a text-to-speech with lifelike children's voices.
Amazon Polly has children's neural voices in ...
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Are there any good projects for converting internet slang to formal English?
Are there any good existing projects to convert internet slang to formal English? The best I could find was slangit.com/translator, but the quality leaves much to be desired. For example, "I ...
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Romanian virtual keyboard layout with special characters for Android
I have acquired a rather basic tablet for the simple purpose of writing. I am using different languages, amongst which Romanian.
Gboard has a Romanian language but the keyboards under that are not ...
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Spell checker that will work within any Windows application
I'm seeking recommendations for an English spell-checker that will work within any Windows app.
Required Features:
Compatible with Windows 7-10
Ability to spell check existing text in a window. For ...
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Decomposition of Chinese characters into strokes
Once upon a time, there was a software that would teach you how to write Chinese characters, stroke by stroke. I can't recall its name, all I have is a screenshot, dating back to 2007.
I'm looking ...
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Data entity definition language
I'm aware that most languages allow you to define data entities and the relationships between then in various ways; but I'm wondering if there's anything that's targeted specifically at holding this ...
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Side-by-side bilingual Wikipedia reading app
I need a Wikipedia app that shows articles in both Japanese and French at the same time.
I know that many Wikipedia reading apps (including the official app) allow switching between languages, but it ...
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Speech comparison engine
I need a lightweight, non-cloud library to compare speech samples with words (preferrably for English, French, German, Spanish and pther languages), written in JS or WebAssembly or compiled for JS ...
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A backup tool which can upload to FTP
I'm now using Cobian Backup Gravity for this purpose but it has some issues:
- It doesn't support Cyrillic / Unicode file names in archives (it says in the FAQ it does though)
Now I don't have enough ...
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Unaccentuate a word for a URL Wiktionary search
I use Anki to learn Russian vocabulary. I have been trying to create my own card template with an URL that points towards Wiktionary. The problem is that my words are most often accentuated (because, ...
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Interpreter for any (hopefully popular) language written in Javascript
I have a project where I have to execute potentially unsafe code and I thought about using eval and it does work because most of the use cases imply having code written by oneself or other team ...
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Language detection
Is there a service I can call programmatically to determine what language the UTF-8 encoded word belongs to?
I tried using Apache Tika and it does not work at all.
LanguageDetector detector = new ...
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Generate a sunburst plot from a list of strings
I am looking for a program that can generate a sunburst plot from a list of strings.
For example, if I have a list of strings:
How many glasses are on the tab ?
What does the sign say ?
Has the pizza ...
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Open web frameworks for making searchable multilingual dictionaries
Is there any open-source web framework for making searchable multilingual dictionaries, that have good support for making plugins or API to automate making new entries?
Some background: In my studies,...
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Is there a Chrome extension for having & remembering a different locale per tab?
Background
I write in both Hebrew and English. I switch between them using the default combination keys of ALT+SHIFT (I know it's different for other users around the world).
Windows OS has a ...
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How can I delete non-english words from text file?
I want to delete all words, which are not English, from the text file.
I have done some research about the topic on google and have found a python tool which is named pyenchant for this task. I have ...
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App for learning only words I want to learn in foreign language
I'm looking for some app or program where I can put my own foreign language words (words I come across and I don't know them). Then I can learn them using some tests or repeating/drilling them.
Is ...
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Any tools to find sentences or usages by inputing grammatical patterns?
In this question I asked how I can find a verb that can lead the entity information retrieval in a formal way. Any such tools?
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Identifying foreign language in text
We are meant to implement some accessibility measures on a website, including one that requires that all words in a different language are properly identified, thanks to a lang=xx attribute.
Example:
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Android app: read texts in foreign language with translations
I'm looking for:
I'm searching for Android app that allows user to read texts in foreign language. The main feature I look for is ability to click on word / sentence and get translation for this in ...
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Minimalist and permissive programing language
I’m looking for the most suitable programing language that would fit the most those requirements (by order of importance):
Able to communicate with another “master” program running on the same ...
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Language recognizer (from a sound tell whether French/Romanian/Korean/etc)
I want an Android app that can listen to someone speaking and tell what language it is.
Example:
Sound "The Maharashtra government has given a 90-day period for manufacturers to dispose of existing ...
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Android International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) keyboard
I am looking for an Android keyboard which would be used by linguists to enter International Phonetic Alphabet characters in Android. These would be used in at least two places that I can think of. ...
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Language detection at shell command
I need to detect the language of a huge amount of files, and I was wondering if there is some tool which I could use in a way similar to this, in linux command shell:
langdetector filetodetect > ...
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