Another advantage of linguistic categorisation is that very large collections of documents with random subjects can still be categorised accurately. Statistics-based categorisation software chokes on randomised collection sets. These are still early days for linguistic products, although progress is being made. Currently, the company's combined search and summarisation technology is deployed in a number of large insurance companies and publishers in the Benelux region. An American multinational has also shown interest in the company's technology.
Vendors say that linguistic software finds accurate lists of relevant documents faster.
Users may also find this approach efficient because they do not have to read through entire documents to find what they are looking for. Paradoxically, they may also occasionally find more relevant information because the software returns foreign language texts as well. The renewed interest of analysts such as Gartner is also perhaps an indication that linguistics-driven technology is finally worth considering. The first usable linguistics-based products are surfacing, but most linguistic systems are still in the research and development stage.