On 9/13/07, Desilets, Alain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this is a really good use of cross-lingual retrieval technology, > because images are language neutral. If the system returns an image of a tree > found on an arabic site, I can still understand the image and tell that it's > a tree. In contrast, if I search for *text* about trees and the system > returns an arabic page on trees, I can't make use of it unless I can at least > read arabic. > > One comment about the user interface of your prototype. It's too focused on > the query words, and not enough on the images. Right now, to find images, I > have to: > > A) Type a query (e.g. "tree") > B) Tell the system my query is in English > C) Select the meaning of the word I mean (e.g. "a large wooden plant"). > D) Select the language I want to search in (e.g. arabic) > > Only after I have done these things do I get to finally see images. > > I would suggest the following changes: > > Have the query language set to English by default (I'm French, so I'm allowed > to say that ;-), and have a pick list where people can change that (and store > that preference in a cookie). > > Skip C) and D) altogether, and search for images that match all meanings and > all translations in all languages. Maybe that doesn't work well and produces > too many false matches?
Leave the "meaning" step (optional), but searching for all languages at once makes a lot of sense. At least Google can handle it :-) Magnus _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
