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Script visualization (ScriptViz): a smart system that makes writing fun

Authors: Zhi-Qiang Liu, Ka-Ming Leung

Published in: Soft Computing | Issue 1/2006

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Abstract

We have built the first version of ScriptViz v.1.0 that allows users to visualize their screenplays in real time via animated graphics. Our system consists of a text understanding module, a high-level planning module and a scene generator. The user can input a screenplay as a set of well-formed english sentences via a graphic user interface. The text understanding module interprets the input sentences and triggers the high-level planner to construct a plan of actions for the appropriate agents. Then the agents execute the plans, and the scene generator renders the scene as the story evolves. Our system provides the user with a powerful tool to visualize his screenplays (stories) in the form of computer graphics, which makes writing story fun for students as well as for screenplay writers.

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Metadata
Title
Script visualization (ScriptViz): a smart system that makes writing fun
Authors
Zhi-Qiang Liu
Ka-Ming Leung
Publication date
01-01-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Soft Computing / Issue 1/2006
Print ISSN: 1432-7643
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-005-0461-4

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