PROVIDING WEB-BASED ALTERNATE TEXT OPTIONS

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for mining web content for synonyms for selected words and/or phrases and presenting such web-based synonyms in the context of applications that permit text editing. As the synonyms are mined from web content, they have potentially more expansive and accurate coverage than a fixed, and often dated, thesaurus. Web content for synonyms of selected words and/or phrases may be mined taking into account at least a portion of the surrounding context in which the selected words and/or phrases appear. Further, web content for synonyms of selected words and/or phrases may be mined taking into account user behaviors that might provide clues as to the intended meaning of the selected words and/or phrases.

主权项

1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for providing alternate text options, the method comprising:
receiving at least one word or phrase for which an alternate word or phrase is desired; mining web content to determine at least one alternate word or phrase for the at least one word or phrase; and presenting the at least one alternate word or phrase.