Related Questions:
– What is Natural Language Processing (NLP) ? List some of the most common NLP tasks
– What are Language Models? Discuss the evolution of Language Models over time
Natural Language Processing (NLP) has a wide range of applications across various industries and domains. Some of the most common and prominent applications of NLP include:
| S.No. | Application | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Search Engines | Understanding user queries, and providing relevant results. | Google Search, Bing Search |
| 2 | Language Translation | Automated translation between languages | Google Translate |
| 3 | Chatbots and Virtual Assistants | Automated interactive chatbots that understand and respond to user queries | Erica by Bank of America, Eno by Capital One |
| 4 | Sentiment Analysis | Analyzing text to determine sentiment (positive, negative, neutral) and public opinion | Customer reviews on Yelp / Amazon, User sentiment on X |
| 5 | Text Classification | Categorizing text data into predefined categories, such as spam detection or topic labels | Gmail filtering out Spam, Gmail segregating the news into Primary, Promotional and Social, |
| 6 | Question Answering | Systems that understand and answer questions posed in natural language. | ChatGPT, Perplexity, You.com |
| 7 | Speech Recognition | Processing and responding to spoken language in devices | Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant |
| 8 | Text Summarization | Automatically generating concise summaries of longer texts | Book summary by Blinkist |
| 9 | Text and Data Analysis | Extracting useful insights from research text, social media, financial reports, medical reports and so forth | Used by Grammarly for grammar correction |
| 10 | Content Recommendation | Suggesting relevant content to users based on preferences and browsing history. | Netflix, Amazon |
Video Explanation
- The video titled “NLP in 10 mins” by Edureka succinctly and clearly explains the meaning of Natural Language Processing and its applications (Runtime: 9 mins)
- This is another great NLP video by Crashcourse, which introduces the concept of NLP, walks you through the key developments in the field of NLP over time, and different NLP applications (Runtime: 12 mins)
