The tool below makes it possible to determine wheter a sentence appears more like a spoken utterance or a written sentence:
Spoken (often informal) sentences are classified as spoken
whereas sentences originating from written sources
are classified as written (typically, but not always more formal).
Every classification is associated with a confidence measure.
The tool can be used as an aid in formal (e.g. scientific) writing:
Starting from a sentence that is classified as spoken, one can make gradual changes until the sentence is classified as written, with high confidence.
The tool is far from perfect and does not come with any guarantees - use at your own risk.
The tool is intended for demonstration purposes only.
Please, pay attention to the confidence measure.
Note also that the tool was primarly trained to distinguish written text (as found, for example, in report or a scientific paper)
from (textual representations of) spoken utterances in transcripts, for example from a radio show.
Thus, for example, the tool will generally classify sentences with, say, many personal pronouns (I, he, she, ...) as spoken, regardless of other
attributes of the sentence.
Examples
(Spoken) We do not think it's a good idea to do anything just now
(Written) It is suggested that no action should be taken at this stage
(Spoken) If you can't beat them, join them!
(Written) In case there is no way to achieve victory, join the opposing side instead.
(Spoken) You get fries with every meal
(Written) Fried potatoes are served with all meals