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Unit 2: Understanding Language

Overview

Unit 2, Module 2.1

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How do computers interact with humans using language?

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**TPS - Discussion

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Speech to Text

Speech Recognition

Smart TV Voice Commands

Siri, Alexa, Google Intelligent Assistants

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Document search

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Machine translation

Understanding search queries

Text generation

Automatic Transcription

Text to Speech

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*Try It: Use a Smart Assistant

Directions:

Use Google Assistant in Chrome Browser

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Use speech input to Google search

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*Ask Alexa or Siri what the weather is outside. (Teacher smartphone)

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*Use speech input to Google translate.

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How Speech Recognition Works

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RRT1YuyBCo (5 mins)

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Unit Overview

In this unit, we will explore

  • How computers understand what we say when we talk to them
  • How computers understand what we type into Google and other search engines
  • How computer translate english into other languages
  • How computers understand emotion or sentiment in text
  • Case Study on Alexa

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In this unit, we will create

  • A program that understand sentiment
  • A program that can answer questions
  • A chatbot

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Deeper Dives (Extensions)

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Deeper Dives

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  • What sorts of things can Alexa or Siri understand? What are their limitations?
  • How does Google translate work?

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Text Generation - How computers generate stories

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https://youtu.be/gcHkxP9adiM (1 min - short) (7 mins full)

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Text to Speech - Daisy Bell - First Singing Computer

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https://youtu.be/41U78QP8nBk (1.5 mins)

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Case Studies*

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  • Risk of some features - IS ALEXA SAFE FOR KIDS?

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