Microsofts offering joins a growing number of apps that attempt to predict your words.
Predictive writing apps can be a great way to save time, experts say.
Telling You What to Write
Microsoftwill roll outtext prediction support to Word next month.
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The softwarereportedly will workin a similar fashion to Smart Compose in Google Docs.
Microsoft says that the “predictions will get better over time by learning the user’s writing style.”
Theres also the option to turn off the predictions.
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If youre not a Word user, there are some alternatives for text prediction software.
Googles Gmail offers text prediction, as well.
Outlook Predicts You, Too
Text prediction isnt just for word processing.
Microsoft also isrolling outtext prediction for Outlook for Windows.
Outlook users can accept suggestions by pressing the tab or the right arrow key.
If they continue to key in while ignoring the suggestions, the text predictions will disappear automatically.
Outlook also can suggest responses to emails in a similar way to Gmail.
Microsoft also uses machine learning to help Outlook users schedule meetings.
Text prediction could be a huge help for users, experts say.
“It should work eventually like a user’s private ghostwriter.”
A sophisticated language model likeGPT-3can now write an entire story based on the title you choose.
Or the model can generate one paragraph at a time or one sentence at a time.
“The sky’s the limit,” when it comes to NLP, Zidaritz said.
