All I found was that this paraphrasing tool works better than the others that one could obtain on a Google search. I do not mean to say that it will substitute a human effort. Nevertheless, it might still be better than nothing. In uncomplicated cases it could possibly still give a reasonably good output. Human discretion still would be essential else we would "no longer know that the dog is brown".
James: I doubt if legalities would be an issue. In effect it is a derivative work. Is a manual translation not a derivative work as well? Regards Diptanshu Please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to. On 27 August 2017 at 13:49, john <jtcat...@gmail.com> wrote: > And removes possibly important adjectives. We no longer know that the dog > is brown. > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 14:09 James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Doing word substitution is not enough to get around "copy and paste" >> issues. It may make them harder to detect but legally it does not solve the >> problem. >> >> J >> >> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 5:08 AM, john <jtcat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It just substitutes words from a thesaurus, no sentence or paragraph >>> restructuring. That would take AI I suppose. >>> >>> "The snappy dark colored fox bounces over the apathetic pooch" >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 7:51 PM Diptanshu Das <das.diptan...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I find this machine translation to be impressive indeed. With a bit of >>>> application of mind we might need to work a lot less. Thanks Gwinyai for >>>> providing the machine output. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Diptanshu >>>> >>>> >>>> Please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to. >>>> >>>> On 26 August 2017 at 18:17, Gwinyai Masukume <parturiti...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have explored different avenues regarding this administration. I >>>>> discovered it some way or another better than other comparable rewording >>>>> devices. Obviously you would at present need to apply your minds to check >>>>> whether they have picked the correct option words. Else your grin could >>>>> progress toward becoming another person's smile. Your lawful firm could >>>>> move toward becoming 'honest to goodness unbending nature' (whatever that >>>>> may mean).. et cetera. >>>>> >>>>> By and by it makes a decent showing with regards to like or superior >>>>> to anything the interpretation done by Google decipher. >>>>> >>>>> Respects >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Diptanshu Das < >>>>> das.diptan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have experimented with this service. I found it somehow superior to >>>>>> other similar paraphrasing tools. Of course you would still have to apply >>>>>> your wits to check whether they have chosen the right alternative words. >>>>>> Else your smile could become somebody else's grin. Your legal firm could >>>>>> become 'legitimate rigidity' (whatever that might mean).. and so on. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nevertheless it does a good job similar to or better than the >>>>>> translation done by Google translate. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 26 August 2017 at 17:45, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hum. Machine paraphrasing? Better to have humans do it I think. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> James >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Diptanshu Das < >>>>>>> das.diptan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, they are not likely to have any copyright over the rephrased >>>>>>>> sentences. The sentences are machine generated and therefore not an >>>>>>>> intellectual work and therefore not under purview of intellectual >>>>>>>> property >>>>>>>> protection. A confirmation can still be sought by writing to >>>>>>>> supp...@spinbot.com . Nevertheless, the tool produced by this >>>>>>>> company definitely is their intellectual property and we cannot 'copy' >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> tool. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just wondering, if I am using Microsoft word to compose and MS Word >>>>>>>> Autocorrect gives a modification suggestion, does Microsoft own the >>>>>>>> copyright for the re-engineered sentence accepted by me as per its >>>>>>>> suggestion? Surely not. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The entire thing is as per my understanding. If anybody finds a >>>>>>>> lacuna, please feel free to point it out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please do not print this e-mail unless you really need to. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 26 August 2017 at 14:18, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. >>>>>>>>> I wonder though, this is a .com company. Doesn't that mean that >>>>>>>>> they'll have copyrights of the rephrased sentences? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>> Shani. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Diptanshu Das < >>>>>>>>> das.diptan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I would like to draw attention to a paraphrasing tool available >>>>>>>>>> at: >>>>>>>>>> http://paraphrasing-tool.com/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I found that it paraphrases reasonably well. 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