Comments on: Get to the Point: OS X’s Summarize Service http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tom Reestman http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/#comment-347209 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:16:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=25269#comment-347209 James, Kapeka,

You’re both wrong. I clearly see my old English teacher’s handiwork in all this. :-)

Seriously, if you want a good test, open something you’ve written yourself (i.e., something you know well). Make sure it’s 800 words or so. Now start playing with Summarize to determine the point at which you’d rather die than have someone read THAT and think it came from you. That’ll help you get a feel for allowable “thresholds”.

Also, don’t use it for articles with a lot of quotes. It doesn’t distinguish between them so you won’t know if your reading someone else’s words or the author’s.

]]> By: kapeka http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/#comment-347208 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:39:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=25269#comment-347208 @3: A little gnome in Mac OS X reads over the text and dictates a second one which passages are relevant …

]]> By: James Dempsey http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/#comment-347207 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:38:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=25269#comment-347207 @Phil:
Perhaps Steve Jobs has a little “Mini-Me” inside your computer – he decides what’s important and what’s not. ;)

Outside that scenario, I suspect it just looks for key words, adjectives, etc. to toss out vs. keep. I really don’t know.

]]> By: Phil P. http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/#comment-347206 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:56:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=25269#comment-347206 How does it know what to summarize?

]]> By: krye http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/#comment-347205 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:14:08 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=25269#comment-347205 That’s awesome. I’ve been an OS X user for years and I never knew that. I’m going to have to give the Services Menu a closer look. I usually don’t give it much attention, and by doing so, I think I’ve missed out on a few gems.

]]> By: Richard http://gigaom.com/apple/get-to-the-point-os-xs-summarize-service/#comment-347204 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:10:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=25269#comment-347204 Thats actually really handy, and as an avid mac user I’m surprised I’ve never pondered the use or need for something like that. Good tip!

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