#newsHACK III – Language Technology was a 2 day hack event in London focussed on “Multilingual Automated News Services of the Future”.This event, on 15th & 16th December 2014, focussed on how we could use automated multilingual language processing to support simpler multilingual Journalist workflows, so that they can spend more time on reporting the News, and less on translation/filing.
#newsHACK is go! pic.twitter.com/7OsDojf3lk
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 15, 2014
More soon on the BBC Internet Blog.
The Winners of #newsHACK III
"Best end to end multi-language tools" award goes to Edinburgh and Global Vox team! #newsHACK pic.twitter.com/oVyGiUiVJA
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 16, 2014
"Best entity extraction" (and best logo!) award goes to Ontotext, from Russia! #newsHACK pic.twitter.com/PIAkI7LkzL
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 16, 2014
Team BBC Voice gets "Best practical innovation – nearest to launch" #newsHACK pic.twitter.com/sYSjIbnnpC
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 16, 2014
"Best speech synth hack" award is Cereproc and Res Bee's! #newsHACK pic.twitter.com/Ljxr0owATb
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 16, 2014
Special award for Andreas: "Most perplexing and steep learning curve for judges"! #newsHACK pic.twitter.com/EvM0g4t1aR
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 16, 2014
And finally, "Best in show" for QCRI from Qatar! #newsHACK pic.twitter.com/bgw7Q5GxKF
— Basile Simon (@basilesimon) December 16, 2014
