Android application for extractive text summarization

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to provide an automatic text summarization experience using the extractive method within an application implemented on Android.

Design/methodology/approach

Scrum framework is used to keep pace with trends and enhance the development process of this application. The code implementation using Flutter Software Development Kit in client-side and Python with Flask on server-side is aimed to have better integration and maintenance process. The authors had done black-box testing and white-box testing to ensure the application runs as expected for both the behavior and code.

Findings

This application will provide full functionality to perform the summarization process, starting from the input to the presentation of the results of text summarization.

Originality/value

Besides summarizing text, the application is also capable of copying and saving the result into the device.

Citation

Hardiyanto, A. and Fitrianah, D. (2021), "Android application for extractive text summarization", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 38 No. 5, pp. 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-06-2021-0038