Apple has this wonderfully interesting “Summary” utility service that allows you to obtain a summary of large chunks of text. The algorithm used is complex and it always intrigues me that somewhere in Cupertino there is a person/s playing around with this sort of stuff.
I decided to run the tool over Obama’s recent inauguration speech, and here’s what I got:
“America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words; with hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come; let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.”
I think it actually did a pretty good job of grabbing Obama’s big ideas of hope and legacy.