NPR: Computer scientist develops software to improve analysis of documents in Urdu

Release Date: April 1, 2011 This content is archived.

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A story on NPR's "Morning Edition" reports on a computer translator developed by Rohini Srihari, associate professor of computer science and engineering, that translates Urdu -- the language of Pakistan and of many Muslims in India -- that is a mix of Hindi and Persian, and uses Arabic script. "What I want is to determine who are the people, places and things being talked about," she said. "Is there an opinion being expressed? Is it a positive or negative opinion being expressed?" The story also aired on Southern California Public Radio.

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