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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# python3 -m pip install editdistance
+# License: MIT.
+import editdistance
+
+import typing
+
+DEBUG = False
+
+# Find the window where the distance between these two transcriptions is
+# minimized and use it to stitch them together.
+def matchStringList(old_words: typing.List[str],
+ new_words: typing.List[str], window_size = 6) -> str:
+ if old_words == new_words:
+ return " ".join(old_words)
+ elif len(old_words) >= window_size and len(new_words) >= window_size:
+ # Find the window where the cumulative string distance
+ # between the words in that window in the old/new transcription
+ # is minimized.
+ old_slice = old_words[len(old_words) - window_size:]
+
+ best_match_i = None
+ best_match_d = window_size * 1000
+
+ for i in range(0, 1 + len(new_words) - window_size):
+ new_slice = new_words[i:i + window_size]
+ cur_d = 0
+ for j in range(0, window_size):
+ cur_d += editdistance.eval(old_slice[j], new_slice[j])
+ if cur_d < best_match_d:
+ best_match_i = i
+ best_match_d = cur_d
+
+ old_prefix = old_words[0:len(old_words) - window_size]
+ overlap = new_words[best_match_i:best_match_i + window_size]
+ new_suffix = new_words[best_match_i + window_size:]
+
+ #print("Best match i: {}".format(best_match_i))
+ #print("Window size: {}".format(window_size))
+ #print("Old prefix: {}".format(old_prefix))
+ #print("Overlap: {}".format(overlap))
+ #print("New suffix: {}".format(new_suffix))
+ return " ".join(old_prefix + new_words[best_match_i:])
+ else:
+ return " ".join(new_words)
+
+def matchSpaceDelimitedStrings(old_text: str, new_text: str, window_size = 4) -> str:
+ old_words = old_text.split()
+ new_words = new_text.split()
+ return matchStringList(old_words, new_words, window_size)
+
+def matchStrings(old_text: str, new_text: str, window_size = 3) -> str:
+ if old_text == new_text:
+ return old_text
+ elif len(old_text) >= window_size and len(new_text) >= window_size:
+ # Find the window where the cumulative string distance
+ # between the text in that window in the old/new transcription
+ # is minimized.
+
+ best_match_i = None
+ best_match_j = None
+ best_match_d = window_size * 1000
+
+ # The number of old slices to look at. Since the old text can grow
+ # unboundedly, it's crucial that we don't compare to every possible
+ # slice in the old and new transcriptions (O(N^2) time complexity).
+ # This is still wildly inefficient, but good enough for continuous
+ # transcription in a game bound by a single CPU core, like VRChat.
+ max_old_slices = 300
+ old_n_slices = min(max_old_slices, len(old_text))
+ last_old_window = len(old_text) - window_size
+ first_old_window = max(last_old_window - old_n_slices, 0)
+
+ for i in range(first_old_window, last_old_window + 1):
+ old_slice = old_text[i:i + window_size]
+
+ for j in range(0, 1 + len(new_text) - window_size):
+ new_slice = new_text[j:j + window_size]
+ cur_d = editdistance.eval(old_slice, new_slice)
+ if cur_d < best_match_d:
+ best_match_i = i
+ best_match_j = j
+ best_match_d = cur_d
+
+ if DEBUG:
+ print("optimum at old '{}' i={} new '{}' j={} d={}".format(
+ old_slice, i, new_slice, j, cur_d))
+
+ old_prefix = old_text[0:best_match_i]
+ overlap = new_text[best_match_j:best_match_j + window_size]
+ new_suffix = new_text[best_match_j + window_size:]
+
+ if DEBUG:
+ print("Best match i: {}".format(best_match_i))
+ print("Best match j: {}".format(best_match_j))
+ print("Window size: {}".format(window_size))
+ print("Old prefix: {}".format(old_prefix))
+ print("Overlap: {}".format(overlap))
+ print("New suffix: {}".format(new_suffix))
+ print("Input 1: {}".format(old_text))
+ print("Input 2: {}".format(new_text))
+ print("Output: {}".format(old_prefix +
+ new_text[best_match_j:]))
+ return old_prefix + new_text[best_match_j:]
+ else:
+ return new_text
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ # Identical transcriptions should not be changed.
+ assert(matchSpaceDelimitedStrings("This is a test case.", "This is a test case.", window_size = 3) == "This is a test case.")
+ # A suffix should be detected and ignored.
+ assert(matchSpaceDelimitedStrings("This is a test case.", "is a test case.", window_size = 3) == "This is a test case.")
+ # A lengthening suffix should be correctly appended.
+ assert(matchSpaceDelimitedStrings("This is a test", "is a test case.", window_size = 3) == "This is a test case.")
+ # A strictly longer transcription should override the old prefix.
+ assert(matchSpaceDelimitedStrings("This is a test", "This is a test case.", window_size = 3) == "This is a test case.")
+ # Paranoia: repetitive text broke the older implementation, so I included
+ # some test cases without fully understanding what the old problem was.
+ assert(matchSpaceDelimitedStrings("test test test", "test test test test test test", window_size
+ = 3) == "test test test test test test")
+ assert(matchSpaceDelimitedStrings("test test test test test test", "test test test", window_size
+ = 3) == "test test test test test test")
+
+ print(matchStrings("foo bar", "bar baz"))
+ print(matchStrings("alpha beta", "beta gamma"))
+
+ in1 = "Okay, what about now? Looks like it sort of works. Key word being sort of."
+ in2 = "okay what about now looks like it sort of works key word being sort of looks"
+ bad_out = "Okay, what about now? Looks like it sort of works. Key word being sort of works key word being sort of looks"
+ good_out = "Okay what about now looks like it sort of works key word being sort of looks"
+ good_out = "Okay, what about now? Looks like it sort of works. Key word being sort of looks"
+ print(matchStrings(in1, in2))
+ assert(matchStrings(in1, in2) == good_out)
+
+ in1 = "This repository can take"
+ in2 = "This repository contains the code for"
+ bad_out = "This repository can tode for"
+ good_out = "This repository contains the code for"
+ assert(matchStrings(in1, in2) == good_out)
+
+ in1 = "See something."
+ in2 = "See something. Say something."
+ bad_out = in1
+ good_out = in2
+ print(matchStrings(in1, in2))
+ assert(matchStrings(in1, in2) == bad_out)
+
+ in1 = "a" * 1000
+ in2 = "b" * 10 * 1000
+ # This should be fast (< 1 second)
+ #matchStrings(in1, in2)
+
+ print("Tests passed.")
+