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GloBuddy, a Tool for Travellers

GloBuddy is a final project for MAS.964 designed to help travellers communicate effectively. It solves the limitations of current solutions by using common sense to find relevant words and phrases for any situation. The tool offers features such as translation, association of words and phrases, guessing context, and getting phrases. It also includes extensions for offline use, learning from mistakes, better phrase selection, and creating a database.

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GloBuddy, a Tool for Travellers

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  1. GloBuddy, a Tool for Travellers Final Project for MAS.964 Rami Musa - Madleina Scheidegger Andrea Kulas - Yoan Anguilet

  2. Agenda • Motivation • Implementation • Translation • Association - Words • Association - Phrases • Demo • Extensions • Conclusion

  3. Motivation • Problem: Help travellers communicate • Limitation of Current Solutions • Static set of words and phrases • Limited to one language • Non-ideal layout • Solution: use common sense to find relevant words and phrases for any situation

  4. Translation • Altavista Babelfish

  5. Association - Words • Filter input for keywords • Find closely related words • Score each word • Sort • Translate

  6. Example

  7. Association – PhrasesGuessing Context • Filter Input • Find closely related words • Score each context • Decide

  8. Association – PhrasesGetting Phrases • Find closely related words • Get Phrases • If context guessed, use saved phrases • If “Other” context, use OpenMind • Score each Phrase • Translate

  9. Example

  10. Extensions • Making the program work offline • Learning • From mistakes in guessing context • User choices • Better phrase selection • Create phrases • Manipulate OpenMind result • Create database

  11. Conclusion • Created Program that: • Uses common sense to find words and phrases. • Needs extensions for use by travellers. • Needs other Improvements.

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