Predict_Word

Warwick Taylor
11 September 2017

What's the Next Word?

Here is a web-based application that tries to predict the next word that you are going to type.

How It Works

The application looks at groups of words (called n-grams) to find any that match with the text that has been typed. The longest groups of words are four words long. If there is a match between the last words of the that have been typed and the first few words of the n-grams, the last word of the most common n-gram is displayed.

How to Use It

To start the application go to:

https://waterman3.shinyapps.io/shinyapp/
Once the application starts, type the text for which you want the next word predicted, in the box and push the Ready button.
To try again, push the reload button on the right of the toolbar at the top of the screen.

To Find Out More

For a detailed explanation of how it works and the code used go to:

https://github.com/Waterman3/Predict_Word

What Next?

Predict_Word could be further developed to :
allow the user to type in the word they really wanted in the case that the word was not the right one so that the application would learn give a better predicition.
make a better prediction, based on the context of what the user writes rather than on the last two or three words typed.