Supervised Classification

51 - Text Classification

Assigning tags or categories to text according to its content. It is the broader task where Intent, Sentiment and Spam classification are part of.

Text classification is the process of assigning tags or categories to text according to its content. It is the broader task where Intent, Sentiment and Spam classification are part of.

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You can start classifying text by using a variety of open source libraries. From Scikit Learn to NLTK and spaCy. Or watch the video below for a quick intro.

Training an Insults Classifier in 1 hour (source)



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