[asialex] Re: [euralex] Josà Aguirre's metalexicography
- From: "David Joffe" <david.joffe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Josà Aguirre'" <jaguirreuk@xxxxxxxxx>, gillesmaurice.deschryver@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:39:13 +0200
On 8 Nov 2012 at 21:52, Gilles-Maurice de Schryver wrote:
> > if I jot down a random Chinese character on a piece of paper for both
> of us to look up, 10 times
> out of 10 I will find it in a paper dictionary before you do in your
> digital dictionary.
> So here's a nice challenge for the CJK gurus! If Jack Halpern's
> tools can't already beat you on this, let this be the Deep Blue
> lexicographic equivalent. Jack!?
If I am not mistaken, digital solutions for this problem have
already begun to be implemented, e.g.:
http://www.techinasia.com/pleco-dictionary-android/
Basically, point your smartphone camera at a character, it runs it
through OCR, and performs a dictionary search for you. I'm sure it's
not perfect, but it's first-generation technology ... I don't know
how this particular implementation would perform in a '10 attempts'
'paper vs electronic' contest, but I expect these methods would
improve a lot in the next 10 years:
".. the Android iteration of Pleco dictionary has today gone gold,
and now finds a home in the Android Market. It comes with OCR
abilities so that it can scan and âreadâ Chinese characters using
your smartphoneâs camera, handwriting support, voice recognition,
and numerous dictionary options.
Its range of features means that it can be used by the most casual
of tourists who might want to scan a menu whilst visiting China, to
the most studious of students of the Chinese language who might need
to add specialist dictionaries and make flashcards"
- David
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