[bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank you.
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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 23:49:19 EDT
Some time ago I recall Pavi saying that the dictionary that algorithm uses
was reviewed and that it was laughable when they saw some of the words that
were in it. Supposedly that was corrected, but I very much suspect that I
would still consider it laughable. Honestly, I was once telling someone
something another person said. I mentioned that the person had said that
another
person was pissed off. I do not ordinarily use that phrase myself, but since
I was relating what someone else said I did that time. I was angrily accused
of being obscene. It never even occurred to me in my wildest speculations
that anyone would consider that to be obscene and if I had found it in that
dictionary of prohibited words and phrases I would have found that laughable.
Nevertheless, someone did consider it obscene. That is why I tend to think
that the person who is offended by so-called "adult" words has the problem,
not the one who utters them.
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Evan, I've wondered about how that algorithm works too, because
of the children's books I've proofed that were erroneously marked
as adult by the algorithm. I'd bet part of it is based on
Bookshare useing a dictionary of words that can be considered
adult (with some contexting built in, I'd guess). The final
designation of adult comes about by using a weighting of the
number of times words/terms/phrases appear factored against the
total number of words in a book. So if you have a children's
book with very few words, and one of the 'suspect' words appears,
although it could be in a totally innocent context, bam! The
children's book is going to get rated as adult. I had that
happen a few months ago with a board book I was proofreading!
Just guessing here, of course. smile.
Judy s.
EVAN REESE wrote:
> What determines adult content is ultimately the proofreader. Bookshare's
> computer can mark a book either Adult or not, using some secret
> algorithm that staff refuses to divulge to us, but the proofreader can
> change the Bookshare computer's choice if he/she feels that a change is
> justified. It used to be either the submitter and/or the proofreader,
> but Bookshare took that choice away from submitters and seems to have no
> inclination to give it back.
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