Dr. Ramesh Nuthakki
Assistant Professor, Atria Institute of Technology, Bangalore – 560024, India.
Abstract
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a branch of artificial intelligence that deals with the interaction between humans and computers using natural language. It involves the ability of computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language. NLP is used in various applications such as chatbots, machine translation, sentiment analysis, speech recognition, and text analytics. Text Analytics, on the other hand, is the process of analyzing and extracting meaningful insights from unstructured text data. Text Analytics involves various techniques such as natural language processing, machine learning, and statistical analysis to extract insights from text data. Text Analytics can be used to identify patterns, sentiments, and trends in large volumes of text data. The combination of NLP and Text Analytics provides a powerful toolset for businesses to gain insights from their text data. This includes analyzing customer feedback, social media posts, news articles, and other text-based sources to understand customer sentiment, identify emerging trends, and gain competitive insights. However, there are challenges in the field of NLP and Text Analytics, such as understanding the context and ambiguity of natural language, dealing with noisy and unstructured data, and ensuring data privacy and security. These challenges require the development of advanced NLP and Text Analytics techniques and algorithms to address them. Text Analytics, on the other hand, is a broader term that refers to the process of extracting insights and meaning from unstructured text data. It involves the use of NLP techniques, as well as statistical and machine learning methods, to identify patterns, trends, and relationships in text data. Text Analytics can be applied to a wide range of applications, including social media analysis, customer feedback analysis, market research, and fraud detection.