Beyond NLP: CS & Language through Text Input & Design

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Where do Computer Science and Language intersect beyond NLP? In this class, we explore their overlaps through text entry and design. On the text-entry side, we will learn about the writing systems of the world and their encodings (there is so much more beyond the Latin alphabet!), how keyboards work and why they are designed this way, how autocorrect / predictive typing and voice / handwriting text input function, and accessibility of text input. On the design side, we will learn about typography & typeface design, and l10n / i18n. This class will feature many case studies and a few guest speakers!