Thank you, Philipp, That’s a very useful answer. My audience (the users I have in mind) consists of companies involved with localization who are looking at implementing Moses into their workflow. At the level I am writing for, they need to understand what changes are likely to matter to them in making a business decision. They are not likely to care about deep technical details but rather about high-level capabilities. So having a pre-compiled binary is a real convenience for some of them and would count. Incremental updates of models is a biggie too. So you’ve got the right level there.
Best, Arle From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Philipp Koehn <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 00:25 To: Arle Lommel <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Moses-support] Moses advances since 2013 Hi, it's not clear what you mean by "user facing" features... There are things like incremental updating of models or pre-compiled binaries for download, is that what you are looking for? Moses is not really targeted at the end user of machine translation but machine translation system developers. In the developer space there have been developments such as the integration with the CAT tool CASMACAT, or the Slate installation under Windows. -phi On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Arle Lommel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, This isn’t a support request per se, but I am writing a research brief on open-source software in the translation industry. This is a follow-up to a brief written in 2013 (http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/AbstractView.aspx?ArticleID=5596) that covered Moses. What I’m interested in is knowing what changes in Moses users see as significant since late 2013. I’m particularly interested in user-facing changes, rather than, say, technical changes in decoders or reordering modules that may be important in their own right, but which do not significantly affect the user experience. I’ve spent some time already with change logs and the site, but unfortunately the project’s page for describing changes appears to be rather out of date (nothing since February 2015) with little detail for changes since 2014: http://www.statmt.org/moses/?n=Moses.Releases Without really diving into the project enough to follow the arcana of its history, it’s a bit tough to tell what is important from this perspective and what isn’t. I’ve tried consulting with former colleagues who work with Moses on a technical level, but they all indicated that this list is the best place to ask the question. Any input would be very helpful. Best, Arle Lommel -- [cid:[email protected]] Insight for global market leadersSM Arle Lommel Common Sense Advisory, Inc. +1 978 275 0500 ext 1114<tel:%2B1%20978%20275%200500%20ext%201114> (Voice) • UTC –5 (–4 in Summer) +1 812 369 1153<tel:%2B1%20812%20369%201153> (mobile) arle_lommel (Skype) Research: http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com<http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/> Blog: http://www.globalwatchtower.com<http://www.globalwatchtower.com/> Twitter: @CSA_Research _______________________________________________ Moses-support mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support
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