Inspiration
Our own experiences as students motivated us.
What it does
It extracts key terms from an input text file and outputs the key terms, as well as brief descriptions and a related video for each term.
How I built it
With SpaCy, we extracted the key terms using its entity recognition ability. Then, we scraped google search results using BeautifulSoup4.
Challenges I ran into
At first, we wanted to train our own NER model, but it proved too complex to complete in the time we had. Thus, we opted to use SpaCy's NER model/feature instead.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We were able to complete our project and create a user interface on a website.
What I learned
How to scrape HTML docs in Python, which definitely boosted my skills and challenged my ability to code.
What's next for StudyAssistant
Train its own NER model specifically using academic texts, and use NLP to write notes based on the input text file.
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