As we become more and more globally connected daily, the need for clear communication grows by leaps and bounds. Dialects, accents, ‘slang’, and just plain old grammar rules can get in the way of comprehension – and missing the point of a communique can lead to dire consequences!
At IBM, Natural Language Processing (NLP) is one of the big areas of tech getting a lot of focus. And there’s a push to ‘internationalize’ the Watson system for global usage. Read about one application here:
IBM Watson: Watson’s Learning Japanese
“The fact that humans and Watson are good at different things makes them good partners. The more languages Watson understands, the greater its utility will be in various endeavors and disciplines.”
Don’t think this is an area that matters? This article from the Huffington Post gives a lot of information about why and how language is central to our moving forward in all phases of business and education:
Technology to the Endangered Language Rescue?
Whether you spend more of your time communicating by keyboard or phone, it’s essential to be clear in the message you provide to your audience. Language is at the core of human interaction – written or verbal; what do you have to say?
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