Disaster-planning software speeds response to hurricanes, quakes

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The use of software packages can aid disaster planners in response to catastrophic situations. Analysts believe that better planning and the use of a computerized disaster management system would have helped Dade County, FL, respond to Hurricane Andrew. The state of Pennsylvania utilizes Research Alternatives Inc's Emergency Information System software package to ready itself for emergency response and has used the system to cope with a prison riot. Impact Research Group Ltd of Vancouver, British Columbia, manufactures an integrated emergency response software package and Strohl Systems of Plymouth Meeting, PA, markets the Living Disaster Planning Recovery System. Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides state and local governments with training and evacuation-planning software. Geographic information systems also aid localities in tracking geography and planning for catastrophes.

Prepackaged software, Computer programming services, Software, Emergency management, Geographic information systems, Emergency preparedness, Databases, Database, Disaster planning, Software Packages, Geographic Information System, Research Alternatives Inc., Impact Research Group Ltd., Strohl Systems Group

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Translation software falls short of fluency

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Foreign-language translation software has become affordable in recent years, but is still far from perfect. Carnegie-Mellon University translation expert Jaime Carbonell say accurate computer translations dealing with narrow subject matter are coming closer to reality. But polishing is always necessary for broader subject matter. Language Engineering Pres Glenn Akers, whose company makes an Apple Macintosh-based English-to-Japanese translator, says computer translation is best for first drafts. In the 1950s, translation was one of the first tasks envisioned for the then-youthful computer; but a 1968 government-sponsored report declared that computer translation was impossible. Steady advances in the field have led the government to begin funding research again.

Research, Translation software, Computer science, Foreign Language Translation Software, Translating machines, Electronic translators

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