Re: Name Capitalization
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:27:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Name Capitalization | ||
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On Fri, March 23, 2007 1:03 pm, Paul Novitski wrote:
> At 3/21/2007 04:57 AM, Shafiq Rehman wrote:
>>Some problems are universal and we cannot fix them in computer
>> science. I
>>think it's better to educate/guide your visitors about such names
>> that they
>>write in correct capitalization
>
>
> In this case, the OP has an existing list of names he wants to
> de-capitalize, not an ongoing stream of new names from people who
> might be trained.
The solution remains:
Hire a human.
The computer will never get accurate enough.
The exception might be if you are dealing with MILLIONS of names,
where a filter would pay off. You'd still need human review and a
validation process that involved human oversight to a significant
percentage.
I do not think the OP has millions of names.
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