Language technologies are used in a wide range of applications such as machine translation tools, various kinds of dialogue systems, sophisticated web search engines, programmes for automatic information retrieval and summarisation, etc. They have the potential to make online content accessible and exploitable for everyone, to reduce costs for businesses by increasing the efficiency of certain work processes and to help create the European digital market. (Source: CORDIS)
This topic is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
> Objective ICT-2011.4.1 - SME initiative on Digital Content and Languages
The envisaged target outcomes are:
a) Bootstrapping a data economy
b) Community building and best practices
c) Sharing language resources
d) Building consensus and common services
ATTENTION: SME actions are subject to a specific call. A two-step evaluation process with specific eligibility and evaluation criteria will be applied.
> Objective ICT-2011.4.2 Language Technologies
The envisaged target outcomes are:
a) Multilingual content processing
b) Information access and mining
c) Natural spoken interaction
d) Developing joint plans, methods and services
