Sounds interesting ... you don't happen to have any web links to JACK do you? I'm quite interested in dialog systems.
-- Kais On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Aida Mustapha <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. Currently the program is in Java, but we're looking > into using agent technology for the dialogue system so it becomes a > "conversational agent" as what the terms in the literature. We're in the > process of purchasing JACK software. > > Will get back to you soon. > > Best rgds, > Aida > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kais Dukes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:38 PM > To: Aida Mustapha > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Dialog system for the Quran using the Quranic Ontology > > Salam Aida, > > I think its very interesting that you are working on a dialog system > for the Quran. Its great you are thinking about using the Quranic > Ontology for this: http://corpus.quran.com/ontology.jsp > > A future dialog system is actually one of the motiviations behind the > Quranic Ontology. I look forward to seeing how far you get with a > keyboard-based approach as a first step. With regards to your question > on data for translation, I would suggest taking a look at this > website: > > http://www.qurandatabase.org > > This website is a good resource for Quranic data, which includes > translation and transliteration of the Quran into multiple languages. > You can also download the data in multiple formats (plain text, XML, > etc.). I hope that helps. > > It would be good to know what programming language you are using for > your dialog system. Maybe Java perhaps? Looking forward to hearing > from you. > > Kind Regards, > > -- Kais Dukes > > Language Research Group > School of Computing > University of Leeds > > http://corpus.quran.com - The Quranic Arabic Corpus > [email protected] - Computational Quranic Arabic discussion list > > >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Aida Mustapha <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Salam Kais, >> >> I've finally managed to catch-up with works on the dialogue system. >> Basically it has simple parsing and work with flat file for direct keyword >> matching. I'm planning to use your semantic ontology to map the knowledge >> into responses - using tags/keywords. I'm going to need your help on that. >> But before that takes place, currently I'm preparing the flat file for >> Quranic text. >> >> Do you have text file of Qranic translation according to surah? I've found >> one source at >> >> http://www.islamtutor.com/quran.php?p=quran-statistics but I can't verify >> the author. Since Quran is a sensitive material, I would rather do myself >> but it will take time. >> >> Once this is ready, I'll send the code to you so you can play around with >> the dialogue system before we proceed to replace the text file with > ontology >> map. Hope we can post it on your website to encourage people learning the >> Holy Quran. >> >> Regards, >> >> Aida > > > >
