Writing tools : looking back to look ahead

Mahlow, Cerstin

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28290

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Open peer review
Title:	Writing tools : looking back to look ahead
Authors:	Mahlow, Cerstin
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894 10.21256/zhaw-28290
Conference details:	Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023
Issue Date:	31-Mar-2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	arXiv
Language:	English
Subjects:	Writing technology; Natural language processing; Intelligent writing tool; Interactive editing
Subject (DDC):	410.285: Computational linguistics 808: Rhetoric and writing
Abstract:	Research on writing tools started with the increased availability of computers in the 1970s. After a first phase addressing the needs of programmers and data scientists, research in the late 1980s started to focus on writing-specific needs. Several projects aimed at sup- porting writers and letting them concentrate on the creative aspects of writing by having the writing tool take care of the mundane aspects using NLP techniques. Due to technical limitations at that time the projects failed and research in this area stopped. However, today’s computing power and NLP resources make the ideas from these projects technically feasible; in fact, we see projects explicitly continuing from where abandoned projects stopped, and we see new applications integrating NLP resources without making references to those old projects. To design intelligent writing assistants with the possibilities offered by today’s technology, we should reexamine the goals and lessons learned from previous projects to define the important dimensions to be considered.
Further description:	The organizers recommended publishing peer-reviewed, accepted, and revised papers on arXiv, no dedicated conference proceedings. This is the final version of this paper. Workshop website: https://in2writing.glitch.me
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28290
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-SA 4.0: Attribution - Share alike 4.0 International
Departement:	Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Language Competence (ILC)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Mahlow, C. (2023, March 31). Writing tools : looking back to look ahead. Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (Colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894

Mahlow, C. (2023) ‘Writing tools : looking back to look ahead’, in Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023. arXiv. Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894.

C. Mahlow, “Writing tools : looking back to look ahead,” in Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023, Mar. 2023. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894.

MAHLOW, Cerstin, 2023. Writing tools : looking back to look ahead. In: Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023. Conference paper. arXiv. 31 März 2023

Mahlow, Cerstin. 2023. “Writing Tools : Looking back to Look Ahead.” Conference paper. In Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (Colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894.

Mahlow, Cerstin. “Writing Tools : Looking back to Look Ahead.” Second Workshop on Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants (Colocated with the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2023)), Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023, arXiv, 2023, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.17894.