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January 29, 2013 08:54 pm GMT

Washington Post App Fact-Checks Politicians


The Washington Post is making it easier for the American public to hold politicians accountable by launching a prototype for a fact-checking tool that determines if their statements in public addresses are true or false.

During the last presidential campaign, many pundits took to live blogs and Twitter to fact-check the debates live. WaPo's tool, called "Truth Teller," aims to automate that process.

A software program recognizes and transcribes speech into text, which appears to the right of the video. As statements are transcribed, they are run against WaPo's database of facts, matching keywords to determine if an assertion is accurate. If it is, a "true" label will flash above the s…
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