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Capitalization and punctuation restoration: a survey

Vasile Păiș, Dan Tufiş

2021Artificial Intelligence Review27 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Ensuring proper punctuation and letter casing is a key pre-processing step towards applying complex natural language processing algorithms. This is especially significant for textual sources where punctuation and casing are missing, such as the raw output of automatic speech recognition systems. Additionally, short text messages and micro-blogging platforms offer unreliable and often wrong punctuation and casing. This survey offers an overview of both historical and state-of-the-art techniques for restoring punctuation and correcting word casing. Furthermore, current challenges and research directions are highlighted.

Topics & Concepts

PunctuationCasingComputer scienceCapitalizationKey (lock)Natural language processingWord (group theory)Speech recognitionArtificial intelligenceLinguisticsEngineeringComputer securityPhilosophyPetroleum engineeringNatural Language Processing TechniquesTopic ModelingSpeech Recognition and Synthesis