Method and apparatus for text analysis
CA 1295746 C · Owner: Language Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Sokolowski, Rachael; Kucera, Henry; Russom, Jacqueline
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An electronic text analyzer operates on an ordered block of digitally coded text by analyzing sequential strings thereof to determine paragraph and sentence boundaries. Each string is broken down into component words. Possible abbreviations are identified and checked against a table of common abbreviations to identify abbreviations which cannot end a sentence. End punctuation and the following string are analyzed to identify the terminal word of a sentence. When sentence boundaries have been determined, the text may be further processed by a grammar checker, a readability analyzer or other, higher-level text processing system. A preferred embodiment includes a readability analyzer having a …
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- Granted February 11, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 11, 2009.
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