Straattaal

Ever wanted to generate new Dutch slang? Look no further! This application makes use of Recurrent Neural Networks trained on a comprehensive database of Dutch slang to generate new slang. Some words may immediately bring up a visceral feeling of what they mean, and this application allows you to provide the community with your interpretation of what the newly created slang means.

Examples

We have several pre-trained models available to generate novel words from multiple classes. The following is a selection of some of our favorite generated words per category. Can you come up with a better meaning for the slang words?

Straattaal

• rampa: Een grote ramp / A big disaster.
• joeko: Groot / Big.
• opjo: Cool / cool.
• daggie: Een mes / A knife.
• zittie: Irritant / Annoying.

Plaatsnamen

• Boschem
• De Heel
• Echterberg
• Zeernenbroek
• Schoosnijk

Dutch words in general

• tertokraat
• gebelenster
• besteerding
• verstrijf
• wulveroeking

How to use?

Instructions on how to run this application locally. If you don't have Postgres set up (with the correct environment variables), it should run a SQLite database with more or less the same functionality. This should be sufficient for testing purposes and making tweaks to the code. Everything in these blocks are considered terminal commands.

• git clone https://github.com/Sasafrass/straattaal
• Navigate to the directory where you cloned using your terminal, e.g. cd straattaal
• Use an environment manager to install the packages: either venv and pip ** python3 -m venv venv or python -m venv venv depending on your Python installation to create a new virtual environment within the working directory. ** source venv/bin/activate to activate your new virtual environment. ** python -m pip install -r requirements.txt or with python3 depending on your Python installation.
• Or, alternatively, conda: ** conda env create -f environment.yml ** conda activate straattaal
• flask db upgrade migrate your database to the latest schema.
• flask run
• You should now be able to access a fully working local copy at http://localhost:5000

Run with Docker

This project can also be run with Docker in the following way:

• Create a .env file in the parent directory with the following variables: POSTGRES_USER=<postgres_user> POSTGRES_DB=<postgres_db> POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<postgres_password> PG_PORT=<postgres_port> (standard port is 5432).
  • You should be able to set any combination of POSTGRES_USER, POSTGRES_DB, and POSTGRES_PASSWORD as it will use the same combination for both the environment variables in the server docker container hosting the Flask app as for the Postgres container.
• Then build and run docker-compose with docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml up --build. This will build a full Docker Compose setup with the (latest) Dockerfile defined in your branch or folder.
• Database should be mounted to a volume, and thus data should be persisted between container restarts.
• Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5000. Your local port 5000 should be forwarded to the Docker Compose network.