Unpacking the State-of-the-Art in Handwritten Text Recognition
Text recognition-turned-detective uncovered a missing play by Lope de Vega. But the benefits of better handwriting recognition go beyond the history books.
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Appen Updates Investors on Productizing Linguistic Expertise
Among the platforms and workflows featured in Appen’s 2022 Investor Technology Day: Ontology Studio, which “productizes core components” of Appen’s “linguistic expertise.”
Gamers Debate: Does Machine Translation Make Game Localization Worse?
Studios release machine translated games and players run QA. Fan translations predate MT, but new tools may help gamers contribute to more seamless localizations.
Appen Shares Tumble After Disappointing Results and 2021 Outlook
While Covid’s impact on clients’ priorities limited Appen’s revenue growth to 12%, the data-for-AI giant hopes new clients and the Chinese market will boost future performance.
Still a Hassle for Translation Project Managers, But OCR Is Improving
Processing uneditable file formats remains a headache for Translation Project Managers — but better tools, aspirational disruptors, and accelerated research may change that.
HackHarvard 2019 Winners Built This Useful Translation App in Just 36 Hours
Four college students harnessed recent Google Cloud releases to build a translation app that works offline and makes forms accessible to users with disabilities.
Appen and Lionbridge Will Have to Compete Against This Latest Unicorn Startup
AI support services startup Scale AI uses a combination of crowd and automation to label data incl. NLP, putting it in direct competition with Appen and Lionbridge.
Korea’s Flitto Raises USD 23m in IPO
Korean language services and data company Flitto raises USD 23m in IPO on electronic trading platform Kosdaq, Korea’s answer to Nasdaq; CEO heralds “AI boom era.”
Slator 2019 Language Industry Market Report
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more.
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