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30 Natural Language Processing Projects in 2025 [With Source Code]

By Pavan Vadapalli

Updated on Jan 31, 2025 | 37 min read

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NLP, or Natural Language Processing, is the computer science and linguistics area that helps machines understand and produce human language. When you build natural language processing projects, you show a solid grip on tokenization, embedding techniques, and either RNN- or Transformer-based models. 

This experience stands out on a resume since it covers data preprocessing, deep learning, and real-world applications.

In the next sections, you'll find 30 NLP project ideas that suit different levels of learning. You could build a system to filter spam, gauge feelings in social media posts, or even generate summaries from long reports. By the end, you’ll have many practical ways to make your work or studies smoother and more engaging.

30 NLP Topics in 2025 in a Glance

If you want to design solutions that handle large text sets or speech input, these 30 natural language processing projects reflect where NLP stands in 2025. Each topic tackles specific tasks. All you have to do is match your current skill level with a project that challenges you and get started. 

Project Level

NLP Project Ideas

NLP Projects for Beginners

1. Sentiment Analysis: Social Media Brand Monitoring

2. Language Recognition: Multilingual Website Checker

3. Market Basket Analysis

4. Spam Classification: Email Spam Filter

5. NLP History: Interactive Timeline of NLP

6. Text Classification Model

7. Fake News Detection System

8. Plagiarism Detection System

Intermediate-Level Natural Language Processing Projects

9. Text Summarization System

10. Named Entity Recognition (NER) for Healthcare

11. Question Answering: Customer Support FAQ Chatbot

12. Chatbot: Restaurant Reservation Assistant

13. Spell and Grammar Checking System

14. Homework Helper

15. Resume Parsing System

16. Sentence Autocomplete System

17. Time Series Forecasting with RNN

18. Stock Price Prediction System

19. Emotion Detection using Bi-LSTM (text-based)

20. RESTful API for Similarity Check

21. Next Sentence Prediction with BERT

Advanced NLP Topics

22. Machine Translation System

23. Speech Recognition System

24. Generating Image Captions: Photo Captioning for Accessibility

25. Research Paper Title Generator

26. Text-to-Speech Generator

27. Analyzing Speech Emotions: Voice Chat Moderation

28. Text Generation System

29. Mental Health Chatbot Using NLP

30. Hugging Face (open-source NLP ecosystem)

Please Note: The source codes of all these NLP topics are provided at the end of this blog.

8 NLP Projects for Beginners

These NLP projects for beginners focus on core tasks that don’t require huge datasets or complex infrastructure. They are sized so you can run them on a typical laptop, and they use well-known methods like naive Bayes or logistic regression

By starting small, you can learn the basic steps of cleaning text, extracting features, and training initial models without juggling advanced architectures.

Here are the areas you’ll strengthen by undertaking these beginner-friendly NLP topics:

  • Data preprocessing steps: Tokenization, removing noise, and handling stopwords
  • Feature representation: Bag-of-words, TF-IDF, or simple embeddings
  • Fundamental model training: Basic classification or clustering approaches
  • Practical coding: Applying Python libraries such as scikit-learn or NLTK

Now, let’s get started with the NLP project ideas in question!

1. Sentiment Analysis: Social Media Brand Monitoring

You will build a system that identifies whether comments or posts about a brand are positive, negative, or neutral. Pick any local company or product that interests you, then collect samples from platforms like Twitter or other online forums. 

The model’s results will help you see if your chosen brand is well-liked or if people have concerns that need attention.

What Will You Learn?

  • NLP Preprocessing: Handle tokenization, stopword removal, and text cleaning for clear input
  • Machine Learning Classification: Train a basic model (Naive Bayes or Logistic Regression) to assign labels
  • Data Collection: Pull posts or tweets from public sources to build a reliable dataset
  • Model Evaluation: Compare accuracy or F1 scores to judge how well your classifier performs

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Main language for writing scripts and cleaning data
NLTK/spaCy Libraries for splitting text into tokens and removing noise
scikit-learn Models for classification and model evaluation
Matplotlib Simple graphs to show changes in sentiment over time

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Local Smartphone Release Track how people react to new features, or if they mention common drawbacks like battery issues.
Food Delivery App Feedback Check whether users criticize late deliveries or appreciate customer service.
Online Clothing Brand Launch See if shoppers praise fresh fashion lines or complain about sizing and returns.

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2. Language Recognition: Multilingual Website Checker

This project asks you to build a system that scans pages on a site and identifies the languages used. It can help verify that translations are in the right spots and that users see their preferred text. Consider a scenario where you have a mix of English, Spanish, and Latin pages. Your tool should label each page’s language correctly.

What Will You Learn?

  • Character and Word N-Grams: Detect recurring letter sequences that hint at different languages
  • Text Classification: Train a simple model to categorize language labels
  • Data Gathering: Write scripts to fetch website text automatically
  • Result Validation: Check accuracy and adjust your model to handle closely related languages

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Main language for scraping and building classification scripts
Requests/BeautifulSoup Collect text from pages for training and testing
scikit-learn Simple classification algorithms (Naive Bayes or Logistic Regression)
langdetect (or similar library) Quick checks of potential language per text snippet
Pandas Organize and explore the data you collect

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Global e-commerce site Confirm that each regional page truly shows content in the intended language.
News aggregator Label articles from international sources to group them by language automatically.
Local government portal Ensure official notices are in the correct language for different states or regions.

3. Market Basket Analysis

This project blends NLP-based text normalization with frequent itemset mining. You’ll parse product names from receipts or transaction logs, unify any synonyms, and then apply algorithms like Apriori or FP-Growth to find co-occurring products. The outcome reveals item bundles that can increase sales or guide shelf placement.

What Will You Learn?

  • Basic NLP Techniques: Tokenize messy product names and unify them
  • Association Rule Mining: Discover itemsets using Apriori or FP-Growth
  • Data Preprocessing: Handle transaction records with clarity and consistency
  • Result Analysis: Interpret item pairings for strategic product placement

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

  • Comfort with basic Python scripting
  • Awareness of set-based approaches and frequent itemset mining
  • Ability to clean text fields (if product names are inconsistent)

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Main language for reading and processing transaction records
Pandas Helps structure data for association rule mining
mlxtend Offers functions like Apriori or FP-Growth for frequent itemset mining
NLTK/spaCy Cleans up product titles if they include extra spaces or spelling variants

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Major Retail Chain Logs Identifies which items shoppers often buy together, such as pairing a range of snacks with beverages.
E-commerce Platform with Textual Descriptions Highlights accessories that match top-selling electronics, including synonyms of brand names.
University Store Receipts Groups bundles that students purchase, like notebooks with certain snacks, to plan promotions.

4. Spam Classification: Email Spam Filter

This is one of those natural language processing projects that analyze email text and subject lines to spot spam signals. 

You’ll parse raw email content, convert it into numeric form, and train a model to separate genuine messages from harmful or misleading ones. A more sophisticated variant might use LSTM or BERT rather than simpler algorithms.

By converting each email into numerical features, your model flags suspicious content. It’s a practical way to keep mailboxes free of junk or malicious messages.

What Will You Learn?

  • Email Text Preprocessing: Split messages into tokens, remove stopwords, and handle punctuation
  • Classification Algorithms: Train a simple model such as Naive Bayes or Logistic Regression
  • Label Imbalance Handling: Adjust techniques for datasets with many genuine emails and fewer spam samples
  • Performance Metrics: Check precision and recall for a realistic view of effectiveness

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

  • Familiarity with Python-based NLP libraries
  • Understanding of classification fundamentals
  • Knowledge of cleaning real-world data (removing HTML tags, etc.)

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Core language for email text processing
NLTK/spaCy Tokenization, stopword removal, and other NLP steps
scikit-learn Algorithms for classification and evaluation
Pandas Structures your dataset with labels for spam vs. genuine

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Corporate Email System Filters malicious attachments or phishing attempts targeting internal teams.
Institutional Mailing Lists Removes unwanted mass advertising so genuine notices stand out.
Small Business Inboxes Protects key client conversations by isolating scam emails that look like regular inquiries.

5. NLP History: Interactive Timeline of NLP

In this project, you will gather information on milestones like the Georgetown experiment of 1954, the release of word2vec, the rise of Transformers, and other key breakthroughs. 

Once you extract events and dates, you can build an interactive interface that shows how techniques and models have changed. The final product could be a website or a small desktop application highlighting each major NLP research turning point.

What Will You Learn?

  • Text Extraction: Find relevant historical details from academic papers or online resources
  • Data Structuring: Convert unstructured notes or paragraphs into a clear timeline format
  • Basic Parsing: Identify and align dates or event names with minimal NLP steps
  • Presentation Skills: Display the timeline in a neat, user-friendly format

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

  • Simple data collection from research articles or official sources.
  • Ability to parse text for names and dates (could use regex or a lightweight NLP library).
  • Familiarity with basic scripting to shape data into chronological order.

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Main language for text parsing and data handling
Regex / NLTK Helps extract dates or key terms from text
HTML / CSS Formats the interactive timeline if you present it on a website
Lightweight DB (SQLite/CSV) Stores each event with its date, name, and short description

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Classroom Resource for NLP Students Shows how the field evolved step by step, aiding coursework and understanding of core developments.
Company Knowledge Portal Lets team members see major NLP milestones for training or research inspiration.
Personal Website or Portfolio Demonstrates your interest in NLP while also sharing key events with other enthusiasts.

Also Read: Evolution of Language Modelling in Modern Life

6. Text Classification Model

This is one of those NLP projects for beginners that involve sorting text into categories such as news topics, product types, or review tags. You’ll collect labeled samples, clean them, and then train a model that predicts where each new snippet belongs. 

It can be a straightforward approach with a bag-of-words, or you could try a deeper model if you want more accuracy.

What Will You Learn?

  • Data Labeling: Prepare a dataset with clear categories, like “tech,” “sports,” or “health”.
  • Text Feature Extraction: Convert words into numeric forms (TF-IDF or embeddings).
  • Model Training: Use algorithms like Naive Bayes or Logistic Regression for classification.
  • Evaluation Techniques: Check metrics such as accuracy or F1 score for a balanced view.

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

  • Familiarity with Python-based NLP libraries
  • Confidence in classification concepts (train-test split, evaluation metrics)
  • Ability to preprocess text: tokenization, lowercasing, and removing stopwords

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Core language for text cleaning and model building
NLTK/spaCy Tokenizes and organizes data into words or word pieces
scikit-learn Standard classification algorithms and evaluation scripts
Pandas Helps arrange labeled samples in a table for easy analysis

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

News Aggregator Sort articles into clear categories to help readers find content that interests them.
Document Management for Offices Tag reports, emails, and memos so teams can locate relevant files quickly.
Online Discussion Forum Assign user posts to topics for better community organization and search.

7. Fake News Detection System

You will build a model that labels articles or social media posts as reliable or suspicious. The system checks word usage, source credibility, and sometimes writing style to detect manipulative patterns. You can reduce exposure to misleading claims by analyzing headlines and body text.

What Will You Learn?

  • Rich Data Preprocessing: Convert raw text, headlines, and metadata into feature sets.
  • Model Design: Pick from simpler classifiers or advanced neural methods (like LSTM).
  • Feature Importance: See how certain words or phrases often indicate dubious stories.
  • Realistic Validation: Use a diverse dataset to test performance on genuine vs. false entries.

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

  • Python scripting for handling text-based data
  • Understanding of classification workflows
  • Willingness to explore advanced features (sentiment or headline analysis)
  • Awareness of potential dataset bias

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Core language for text parsing and training
Pandas Structures large sets of news articles or social media posts
scikit-learn Quick prototyping of classification (Logistic Regression, SVM)
NLTK/spaCy Tokenization, lemmatization, and other NLP operations
PyTorch/TensorFlow Potential use if you plan to run advanced deep learning techniques and methods

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Social Media Fact-Checking Labels suspect posts to slow the spread of misleading claims.
Online News Portals Flags articles from dubious sources so readers can verify facts.
Local Forums and Community Pages Alerts moderators when a post seems to contain highly unreliable details.

Also Read: How Neural Networks Work: A Comprehensive Guide for 2025

8. Plagiarism Detection System

It's one of those natural language processing projects that let you check documents or assignments to see if they match published material. You’ll tokenize the text, compare segments against a reference database, and flag suspicious sections. By looking at word choices and sentence structures, your system goes beyond direct copy-paste checks to catch paraphrasing as well. 

An NLP layer can handle word changes and synonyms, ensuring paraphrased copies also raise alerts.

What Will You Learn?

  • Text Similarity: Compare string segments using cosine similarity or advanced embeddings.
  • Chunking and Tokenization: Split documents into paragraphs or sentences for thorough checks.
  • Vocabulary Shifts: Spot when words are swapped for synonyms or synonyms are inserted.
  • Result Reporting: Show which lines may be borrowed, with emphasis on matching phrases.

Skills Needed to Complete the Project

  • Familiarity with Python-based NLP libraries
  • Ability to extract key phrases and break them into tokens
  • Understanding of data structures to store references (e.g., indexes for quick lookup)

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool

Description

Python Main scripting language for document comparison
NLTK/spaCy Tokenization, lemmatization, or synonyms detection
scikit-learn Cosine similarity or clustering for identifying similar text blocks.
A Text Database (SQLite/ElasticSearch) Stores reference materials, enabling quick checks for overlapping content.

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Academic Institutions Screen student assignments for copied or paraphrased work.
Content Writing Firms Check whether articles borrowed paragraphs from online sources without proper attribution.
News Agencies Identify if certain reports or features were lifted from older publications.

13 Intermediate-Level Natural Language Processing Projects 

This next set of 13 natural language processing projects will require more involved data preparation, deeper language understanding, or partial use of advanced neural networks

You might face real-world complexities like healthcare data privacy, domain-specific terminology, or the need for sequence models. 

By working on the following NLP project ideas, you will develop many critical skills as listed below:

  • Deeper NLP Workflows: From multi-step preprocessing to tuning neural models.
  • Domain-Specific Knowledge: Incorporate specialized dictionaries or handle real constraints like privacy regulations.
  • Experience with Multi-turn Dialogues: Build conversation logic that stores details and context across several steps.
  • Stronger Command of Advanced Algorithms: Explore RNNs, Transformers, or custom embedding methods.

9. Text Summarization System

It’s one of those NLP topics where you’ll collect lengthy text — such as news stories or research articles — and implement summarization. You can choose extractive methods that pick out top sentences or abstractive ones that create novel wording. 

Handling longer passages demands more powerful tokenization, plus an awareness of how well your final summary represents the original text.

What Will You Learn?

  • Advanced Preprocessing: Handle lengthy paragraphs, references, or nested headings.
  • Summarization Methods: Experiment with LexRank, PageRank on sentences, or deep seq2seq and Transformer models.
  • ROUGE and BLEU: Quantify how closely your summary matches a reference.
  • Model Fine-Tuning: Adjust hyperparameters or training data for consistent results.

Skills Needed

  • Python-based scripting for data gathering
  • Familiarity with a neural framework if you try abstractive approaches
  • Understanding of metrics like precision/recall for summarization-specific tasks

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool

Description

Python Drives text processing and runs your summarization scripts
NLTK or spaCy Cleans and splits large documents into smaller units
TensorFlow or PyTorch Builds deep summarization models (if you go with seq2seq or Transformers)
scikit-learn Offers simpler vector-based or graph-based approaches for extractive summaries

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
News Aggregators Offers short paragraphs that let readers decide which stories are worth exploring in full.
Research Paper Overviews Shows key findings in a concise form, saving time for busy professionals.
Legal Brief Summaries Turns lengthy contracts or case files into bullet points for quick review.

10. Named Entity Recognition (NER) for Healthcare

This NLP project asks you to parse medical text and detect key terms like drug names, medical conditions, patient identifiers, or treatment approaches. The challenge involves specialized vocabulary and high stakes in correctness, so your model or rule set must be accurate.

What Will You Learn?

  • Domain-Specific Tagging: Label tokens as diseases, procedures, and so on.
  • Handling Technical Vocabulary: Build or integrate medical term dictionaries to reduce confusion.
  • SpaCy or Transformers: Adapt existing NER pipelines or train from scratch if data is specific.
  • Privacy Focus: Consider anonymizing sensitive text if it includes real patient details.

Skills Needed

  • Experience with NER frameworks (spaCy, Hugging Face)
  • Comfort with data labeling for domain-specific use
  • Awareness of data privacy guidelines

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool

Description

Python Primary script layer for model training and evaluation.
spaCy / Transformers Offers base pipelines that can be fine-tuned for specialized entities.
Custom Gazetteers Maps synonyms of diseases or chemicals to consistent labels.
Pandas Manages labeled datasets, including train/validation/test splits.

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Hospital Record Management Automatically flags diagnoses, medications, and check-up dates.
Pharmaceutical R&D Extracts compound names or side effects from trial reports.
Insurance Claims Quickly locates keywords such as “injury,” “accident,” or specific treatments.

Also Read: Machine Learning Applications in Healthcare: What Should We Expect?

11. Question Answering: Customer Support FAQ Chatbot

Here, the model looks through a knowledge base of frequently asked questions and answers. If your data is structured enough, it can match user queries to the best-fit FAQ or retrieve exact answers. Such a system reduces repetitive manual replies for common issues.

What Will You Learn?

  • Retrieval or Generative QA: Set up simple retrieval methods or advanced reading-comprehension models.
  • Intent Handling: Distinguish user intentions behind queries that sound similar.
  • Performance Measurement: Use metrics like accuracy in matching or average response time.
  • User Interaction: Provide a straightforward interface for end users.

Skills Needed

  • Python knowledge for chatbot logic
  • Basic QA modules or search-based text retrieval
  • Familiarity with user-friendly design or chat-based frameworks

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool

Description

Python Main scripting language for the Q&A pipeline
Elasticsearch or Simple DB Stores FAQ data for quick retrieval
Hugging Face Transformers Builds more advanced reading-comprehension pipelines
Flask / Django Sets up a web endpoint for user interaction

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
E-commerce Customer Service Answers typical product or shipping queries so staff can focus on complex requests.
University IT Desk Handles reset requests, campus connectivity issues, and software install guides.
Healthcare Insurance Portal Finds step-by-step solutions for policy owners on claim forms and medical networks.

12. Chatbot: Restaurant Reservation Assistant

This multi-turn dialogue system helps users find available tables, confirm bookings, and possibly browse a menu. You can simulate real data or connect to a small API that checks seat availability. The system tracks user preferences (like time, cuisine, or dietary needs) across the conversation.

What Will You Learn?

  • Dialogue Management: Manage states in a conversation, such as location or date.
  • Context Preservation: Retain user inputs across multiple turns, ensuring a fluid exchange.
  • Entity Recognition: Extract meaningful items (day, time, number of guests) from user text.
  • Optional External Integration: Connect to a backend or mock service for restaurant data.

Skills Needed

  • Familiarity with Rasa or similar chatbot frameworks
  • Basic knowledge of slot-filling and conversation flows
  • Python programming for building and testing scenarios

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool

Description

Python Main scripting language for chatbot logic
Rasa/Dialogflow Specialized platforms for intent, entity, and dialogue management
Flask or FastAPI Builds a minimal server to host reservation assistant
Simple Database Stores available slots, times, or user reservation details

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Dining App for a Multi-Outlet Restaurant Helps users choose the nearest branch with seats open at a specific time
Hotel Concierge Answers questions on hotel restaurants and books tables in a single user interaction
Event Space Reservation Coordinates bookings for party halls or conference rooms

13. Spell and Grammar Checking System

It’s one of those natural language processing projects that go beyond a single dictionary lookup. You might rely on rule-based methods for grammar or a neural language model to detect and fix errors automatically. The system can highlight repeated words, missing punctuation, or even incorrect verb tenses.

What Will You Learn?

  • Error Correction Approaches: Decide on rule-based vs. data-driven methods (seq2seq, for instance).
  • Token-Level Analysis: Split text into tokens and spot anomalies in part-of-speech tags.
  • Evaluation: Check whether corrections match a ground truth or measure improvements in clarity.
  • Context Sensitivity: Adjust suggestions based on surrounding words or expected usage.

Skills Needed

  • Comfort with advanced text processing
  • Knowledge of language modeling if you plan on a neural approach
  • Willingness to label or find labeled data with original and corrected sentences

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool

Description

Python Main language for implementing correction algorithms
NLTK or spaCy Helps identify part-of-speech tags and basic grammar structures
Deep Learning Framework (PyTorch/TensorFlow) Builds seq2seq or Transformer-based correction if you choose advanced methods
Grammar Datasets Contains pairs of incorrect and corrected sentences, essential for supervised learning

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example

Description

Document Editing Software Highlights grammar errors and suggests corrections.
Language Learning Platforms Offers quick feedback to learners writing in English or another language.
Office Email System Flags mistakes in internal memos or official letters before sending.

14. Homework Helper

This project helps students with academic queries. It can locate relevant content in textbooks or a knowledge base, present step-by-step solutions for problems, or at least point them in the right direction. 

You’ll incorporate search, text extraction, and possibly question-answering or summarization.

What Will You Learn?

  • QA or Summarization Methods: Retrieve or produce quick answers for subject-specific queries.
  • Domain Scripting: Use math libraries or handle reference textbooks for solutions.
  • Content Structuring: Mark up materials so the helper can parse them effectively.
  • User Interaction: Guide learners without giving away entire solutions if you aim for partial hints.

Skills Needed

  • Some knowledge of search-based approaches or QA pipelines
  • Python scripting for handling text retrieval or referencing an offline corpus
  • Willingness to manage specialized material (math formulas, historical data)

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool

Description

Python Writes the logic for searching or summarizing reference materials
NLTK/spaCy Tokenization and parsing of question text
Vector Database or Search Engine Retrieves relevant textbook sections or official study guides
Optional QA Framework Extractive answers if you want to highlight exact sentences in sources

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
School Learning Portal Gives references from e-books when students ask about algebra, geometry, or grammar.
Competitive Exam Practice Pulls relevant rules or definitions from a library of notes, providing a stepping stone rather than final solutions.
Language Learning Assistance Checks user queries in foreign languages and offers short explanations or usage examples.

15. Resume Parsing System

In this NLP project, you’ll read PDF or DOCX files, extract details like name, experience, education, and key skills, and then store them in a structured form for quick sorting. 

This can help automate candidate reviews and highlight strong matches for specific job descriptions.

What Will You Learn?

  • File Parsing: Extract text from multiple file formats.
  • Entity Recognition: Identify role titles, company names, educational levels, or skill sets.
  • Data Normalization: Clean messy text, such as repeated line breaks or unusual formatting.
  • Storage and Querying: Keep parsed details in a database so HR or recruiters can search easily.

Skills Needed

  • Python scripting to handle multiple document types
  • Knowledge of entity extraction through regex or ML-based methods
  • Basic database handling (SQL or NoSQL)

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python Main language for reading, parsing, and storing text
textract or PyPDF2 Helps extract text from PDF or DOCX files
spaCy or NLTK Identifies named entities or structures in resume text
SQLite / MongoDB Stores the structured data for quick searches

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
HR Screening Tool Automates resume scanning for large inflows of applicants.
Campus Placement Cell Identifies top candidates for certain roles based on skill-match.
Freelance Hiring Platforms Quickly rates freelancers based on their listed abilities or years of experience.

16. Sentence Autocomplete System

It's one of those NLP topics where you build a predictive model that suggests possible completions as someone types. It could be a simple n-gram approach for quick results or a more refined language model that observes context. This requires storing partial input, then returning the most likely words or phrases.

What Will You Learn?

  • Language Modeling: Train or adapt an existing model to guess the next few words.
  • Token-Level Prediction: Convert partial user text into a state and rank possible completions.
  • Evaluation Metrics: Measure how often top suggestions match actual completions.
  • Interactive Implementation: Manage real-time suggestions without lag.

Skills Needed

  • Familiarity with language models (n-gram or neural approaches)
  • Comfort coding in Python to handle partial user input
  • Basic user-interface knowledge if you aim to show suggestions on-screen

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python Main coding language for text input and model calls
NLTK or spaCy Tokenization, text splitting, and data preparation
RNN / LSTM frameworks or GPT models Provides generative capabilities if you choose a neural approach
Simple front-end library Displays predictive suggestions in real time

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Messaging App Integration Speeds up typing by predicting words or short phrases.
Code Editor Assistant Suggests next tokens or function calls based on partial code input.
Personalized Email Client Recommends likely completions for repeated phrases like greetings or signature lines.

17. Time Series Forecasting with RNN

You’ll collect a time-stamped dataset (sales figures, sensor data, traffic counts) and use recurrent neural networks for forecasting. Unlike static classification, this NLP project needs you to handle sequences and possibly external factors like holidays or weather changes.

What Will You Learn?

  • Sequence Modeling: Feed ordered data into RNN, LSTM, or GRU layers.
  • Feature Engineering: Introduce date-based features, cyclical encodings, or domain-specific signals.
  • Loss Functions: Choose MSE, MAE, or custom metrics to match your forecasting goals.
  • Handling Overfitting: Use techniques like dropout or early stopping to improve generalization.

Skills Needed

  • Python coding with deep learning frameworks
  • Basic knowledge of time-series analysis (trend, seasonality)
  • Familiarity with hyperparameter tuning for neural networks

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python Primary language for data loading and RNN training
Pandas Cleans and structures your time-series data
PyTorch or TensorFlow Builds and trains RNN/LSTM models
Matplotlib / Plotly Visualizes forecasts against actual data

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Retail Sales Projections Predicts weekly or monthly demand to plan stock levels
Energy Consumption Forecasting Estimates power usage to guide production or scheduling
Website Traffic Prediction Anticipates daily visits for capacity planning and marketing strategies

18. Stock Price Prediction System

It's one of those NLP project ideas where you gather historical stock prices along with related data such as trading volume or news sentiment. 

The model attempts to predict future movements, whether it’s a simple numeric forecast or a classification of “up” vs “down.” Some practitioners also add factors like foreign exchange rates or sector performance.

What Will You Learn?

  • Data Merging: Combine price data with auxiliary indicators (market indexes, sentiment).
  • Feature Engineering: Generate moving averages or momentum-based indicators.
  • Sequence Handling: Approach these price series with LSTM or GRU models for better temporal capture.
  • Evaluation Strategies: Distinguish between plain accuracy and finance-specific metrics like ROI.

Skills Needed

  • Familiarity with time-series data
  • Basic finance knowledge or willingness to incorporate domain insights
  • Experience setting up RNN-based models if you go deep

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python Main scripting language for data ingestion, feature prep, and modeling
Pandas Cleans daily or intraday stock data
PyTorch / TensorFlow Builds a recurrent or neural network for forecast tasks
matplotlib or plotly Graphs predictions vs. actual price movements

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Swing Trading Systems Helps traders decide short-term buys or sells by predicting next-day price changes.
Automated Portfolio Rebalancing Tries to indicate trends, prompting timely adjustments in asset allocations.
Educational Finance Tool Lets users see predicted outcomes for certain stocks in a safe, practice-oriented environment.

19. Emotion Detection using Bi-LSTM (text-based)

In this project, you will train a model to categorize text into emotional states such as joy, sadness, anger, or fear. This involves more subtle classification than standard sentiment analysis. 

You can use a labeled dataset with short sentences expressing a specific emotion or gather data from social media that includes emotional cues.

What Will You Learn?

  • Advanced Labeling: Move beyond positive/negative to multiple emotional categories.
  • Sequence Modeling: Apply Bi-LSTM, which reads input from both directions.
  • Embedding Techniques: Possibly use word embeddings or contextual vectors to capture nuance.
  • Class Imbalance Solutions: Many real datasets skew toward certain emotions.

Skills Needed

  • Python-based deep learning
  • Familiarity with LSTM or RNN-based classification
  • Experience handling multiple class outputs and possibly unbalanced data

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python Main language for reading text and training the model
NLTK/spaCy Tokenization and cleansing of input strings
PyTorch / TensorFlow Builds and trains the Bi-LSTM classification pipeline
Pandas Manages your dataset with labels for different emotional categories

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Mental Health Monitoring Identifies posts or messages that show signs of distress, prompting timely support.
Customer Service Analysis Spots negative emotions in feedback, letting teams handle urgent issues or escalations.
Social Media Interaction Tools Flags highly emotional messages and possibly adjusts automated replies.

20. RESTful API for Similarity Check

This project sets up an API endpoint that accepts two pieces of text and returns a similarity score. Under the hood, you may convert each text into an embedding and compute metrics like cosine similarity. You then return a JSON response with the result. It’s a modular approach that can fit into larger systems.

What Will You Learn?

  • API Development: Code a lightweight server that processes POST requests and responds with numeric scores.
  • Text Embedding: Choose from Word2Vec, GloVe, or Transformers to get fixed-length representations.
  • Cosine or Other Metrics: Implement quick similarity formulas for real-time responses.
  • Deployment Techniques: Dockerize or run on a small cloud instance for easy access.

Skills Needed

  • Python backend coding (Flask, FastAPI)
  • Knowledge of vector math and embeddings
  • Basic containerization or server hosting if you plan to deploy

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python + Flask/FastAPI Handles request routing and endpoint setup
Word2Vec / GloVe / Transformers Generates embedding vectors for text
Docker Containers your API for simpler deployment
Postman / curl Allows local testing of the endpoint

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Chat Moderation Tools Checks if new messages are too similar to known spam or repetitive content.
Document Similarity Services Compares research abstracts or reports for overlap in topics.
Team Collaboration Portals Flags if newly uploaded files repeat large parts of existing documents.

Also Read: What Is REST API? How Does It Work?

21. Next Sentence Prediction with BERT

You’ll utilize a pre-trained BERT model to predict whether a second sentence logically follows the first. This was part of BERT’s original training objective and forms a basis for many downstream tasks. Fine-tuning it on your own dataset helps you detect valid context transitions or mark random pairs as unrelated.

What Will You Learn?

  • BERT Fine-Tuning: Adjust a pre-trained model on your custom “sentence A – sentence B” pairs.
  • Contextual Understanding: Explore how a model infers logical flow from one sentence to the next.
  • Data Preparation: Label pairs as “following” or “not following,” along with random negative samples.
  • Accuracy Measurement: Evaluate how often the model correctly classifies valid vs invalid pairs.

Skills Needed

  • Basic knowledge of BERT usage and tokenization
  • Python libraries for reading or pairing text into two-sentence samples
  • Familiarity with GPU-based training if your dataset is large

Tools and Tech Stack

Tool Description
Python + Transformers (Hugging Face) Provides a pre-trained BERT model and easy fine-tuning interfaces
PyTorch or TensorFlow Back-end for running BERT training
Pandas Organizes your sentence pairs and labels into train/validation sets
GPU/Colab environment Speeds up training if you have a sizable dataset

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Document Coherence Checks Detects abrupt changes in paragraphs for content editing.
Conversational Systems Ensures consistent multi-turn replies where each message follows logically.
Education Tools Teaches students about cohesive writing by highlighting odd or disjointed transitions.

9 Advanced NLP Topics

These advanced-level NLP project ideas require in-depth knowledge of neural networks, multi-modal data handling, or cutting-edge libraries. You may work with large datasets, combine text and images, or tune complex models for tasks like speech. 

By venturing into these challenges, you position yourself to tackle problems that require heavy computation, domain-focused adaptations, and a deeper grasp of architecture. 

Here are the key skills you'll develop by exploring advanced natural language processing projects:

  • Broaden your understanding of high-capacity models and their performance.
  • Practice integrating text with other data types, such as images or audio.
  • Hone skills in optimization, distributed training, or GPU-based pipelines.
  • Strengthen techniques for domain adaptation and advanced hyperparameter tuning.

22. Machine Translation System

This system translates text from one language to another. You’ll use parallel corpora (datasets containing sentences in both languages) and train a sequence-to-sequence model. A baseline approach might involve encoder-decoder RNNs, but many opt for Transformers if they need high accuracy or plan to work with large texts.

What Will You Learn?

  • Parallel Data Management: Clean and align sentences across two or more languages.
  • Sequence-to-Sequence Modeling: Encode input text and decode it into target language.
  • Attention Mechanisms: Improve translation quality by letting the model focus on crucial parts of each sentence.
  • BLEU or METEOR Scores: Judge how close your outputs are to human-generated translations.

Skills Needed

  • Proficiency in neural frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow)
  • Comfort with data wrangling, especially if working with large text sets
  • Some familiarity with alignment or bilingual dictionaries, if needed

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python Handles data loading, model training, and text cleaning
Tokenizers Splits text into subword units that work well for different languages
Transformer Libraries Offers advanced models for high-quality translation
Large Parallel Corpora Provides enough examples to learn accurate translations

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Online Language Learning Apps Helps learners see quick, automated translations of reading passages.
Community-Driven Translation Streamlines efforts to localize websites or software in multiple languages.
Multinational Chat Platforms Enables real-time messaging across language barriers.

23. Speech Recognition System

This project turns spoken audio into text, letting applications accept voice commands or create transcripts. You might gather recordings (or use a public dataset) and feed them to an acoustic model coupled with a language model. An RNN or CTC-based approach is common, though Transformers are catching on here, too.

What Will You Learn?

  • Audio Feature Extraction: Convert raw waveforms into spectrograms or MFCC features.
  • ASR Models: Build or adapt existing libraries that map audio frames to text tokens.
  • Noise Handling: Adjust your pipeline so ambient sounds don’t disrupt transcripts.
  • Word Error Rate: Evaluate how often your model mishears or mistranscribes audio.

Skills Needed

  • Basic digital signal processing
  • Knowledge of sequence models, either RNN-based or attention-based
  • Willingness to manage large audio files and keep track of sample rates

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python Main scripting language
Speech Libraries Extract MFCCs or log-mel spectrograms (e.g., Librosa)
Deep Learning Framework (PyTorch/TensorFlow) Trains acoustic plus language models
KenLM or Other LM Tools Adds a language model to refine final transcription

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Voice Assistants Allows voice commands for home automation or personal reminders
Call Center Transcriptions Converts calls to text for further NLP tasks like sentiment checks
Lecture or Meeting Recordings Produces transcripts that help in note-taking or archiving

24. Generating Image Captions: Photo Captioning for Accessibility

You will create a system that takes an image, extracts features through a convolutional network and then uses a language model to write captions. This helps those with visual impairments or improves search by attaching descriptive tags to images. 

The approach usually combines computer vision with an RNN or Transformer-based text generator.

What Will You Learn?

  • Convolutional Feature Extraction: Detects objects or details in an image.
  • Vision-Language Integration: Feed image embeddings into a text model that crafts sentences.
  • BLEU or CIDEr Scores: Quantify how close your captions are to reference descriptions.
  • Managing Image-Text Datasets: Work with large sets of labeled photos (like MS COCO).

Skills Needed

  • Familiarity with CNNs for image tasks
  • Understanding of sequence-to-sequence or generative text approaches
  • Knowledge of GPU-based training if the dataset is big

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python Manages the pipeline from image reading to text output
OpenCV / PIL Assists in loading and preprocessing images
PyTorch / TensorFlow Builds the CNN + text generation model pipeline
MS COCO or Flickr30k Dataset Provides images paired with reference captions

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Accessibility Solutions Gives textual descriptions for users who have difficulty seeing details in images.
E-commerce Image Cataloging Generates item descriptions to speed up product listing.
Educational Tools for Children Labels images in a fun, descriptive manner to enhance learning exercises.

25. Research Paper Title Generator

It's one of those natural language processing projects that involve creating an automated system that suggests titles for research manuscripts. 

It may rely on an abstractive text generation pipeline, analyzing the content or abstract of a paper and producing a crisp, accurate headline. You could use GPT-based models or LSTM-driven seq2seq.

What Will You Learn?

  • Text Summarization: Summarizing an entire research abstract into a concise title.
  • Language Model Tuning: Fine-tuning on domain-specific data, such as arXiv categories.
  • Coherence Checks: Ensuring the generated title truly reflects a paper’s core findings.
  • Validation: Possibly compare auto-generated titles with official or user-provided ones.

Skills Needed

  • Python-based text handling for reading large scholarly datasets
  • Familiarity with advanced text generation models
  • Ability to parse and label research abstracts for training

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python Scripting for data loading, model creation, and output generation
ArXiv or other academic dataset Provides abstracts and existing titles which serve as training examples
GPT / LSTM-based Generators Produces short textual output from longer input (the abstract)
Evaluation Scripts Measures novelty or matching to existing reference titles

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Academic Writing Assistance Gives authors quick title suggestions to refine or adapt for final publication
Institutional Repositories Auto-generates placeholders for manuscripts that are missing official titles
Research Paper Drafting Tools Helps creators brainstorm catchy, yet accurate headings for their upcoming works

26. Text-to-Speech Generator

This system transforms written text into spoken words. It applies acoustic modeling to generate human-like audio with correct intonation and rhythm. You might adopt a baseline approach using concatenative methods or aim for neural TTS setups like Tacotron or WaveNet.

What Will You Learn?

  • Phoneme Conversion: Map letters or words to phonemes for pronunciation.
  • Speech Synthesis Models: Train or adapt advanced models that convert text embeddings to audio waveforms.
  • Prosody Handling: Adjust pitch and speed for more natural output.
  • Testing with Real-World Scenarios: Evaluate clarity, voice quality, and user satisfaction.

Skills Needed

  • Python coding for text analysis
  • Some background in audio processing or acoustics
  • GPU-based training if using neural TTS

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python Oversees text handling and calls to TTS modules
Phoneme Dictionaries Maps words to phonetic strings (important for English or multi-language TTS)
Neural TTS Libraries (Tacotron/WaveNet) Generates waveforms or mel-spectrograms for each text input
Audio Editing Tools Allows you to listen to outputs and manually check clarity or correctness

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Assistive Applications for Visually Impaired Users Reads on-screen text out loud
Automated Voicemail Systems Produces clear, understandable prompts for callers.
Language Learning Software Pronounces words or phrases so learners can follow correct accent and intonation.

27. Analyzing Speech Emotions: Voice Chat Moderation

This project identifies emotional cues in spoken audio, possibly for voice chat platforms. The system can trigger alerts or apply certain rules in real time by detecting anger or distress. You’ll need to extract acoustic features like pitch and energy and then classify them into emotional states.

What Will You Learn?

  • Audio Feature Extraction: Gather pitch, formants, or spectral features.
  • Emotion Classification: Train a model that places speech segments into categories such as happiness, anger, or sadness.
  • Real-time Considerations: Handle streaming audio or short intervals for quick feedback.
  • Accuracy vs. Latency Trade-offs: Balance thorough analysis with rapid classification.

Skills Needed

  • Basic digital signal processing
  • Familiarity with classification or deep neural approaches for audio
  • Possibly a knowledge of user privacy or TOS guidelines

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python + Audio Libraries Reads waveforms, splits them into frames, and calculates features.
PyTorch / TensorFlow Builds classification models (CNN, LSTM, or specialized networks for audio).
Real-time Streaming Tools Processes audio input on the fly (e.g., WebSocket or specialized server frameworks).
RAVDESS / IEMOCAP Example datasets with labeled emotional speech clips for training.

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Online Multiplayer Games Flags heated or offensive voice chat sessions and prompts moderation interventions.
Mental Health Chat Platforms Detects distress in speech and nudges a human professional to join or calls a help line if needed.
Call Centers Analyzes caller tone in real time to route them to specialized representatives.

28. Text Generation System

This is one of those natural language processing projects that involve training a neural model that produces text in response to prompts. 

You might work with GPT or an LSTM-based generator. Given some starter text, the final system can craft short stories, product descriptions, or creative snippets.

What Will You Learn?

  • Language Modeling: Build or fine-tune a generative model with advanced text representations.
  • Prompt Engineering: Manipulate input to shape the style or topic of generated outputs.
  • Sampling Methods: Explore top-k or temperature-based techniques to control creativity.
  • Content Quality Checks: Filter or revise outputs for coherence and correctness.

Skills Needed

  • Experience with deep learning frameworks
  • Awareness of potential biases in the dataset
  • Basic understanding of perplexity as a measure for language models

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python + Transformers Fine-tunes or builds text generators (GPT variants or custom models)
Dataset of Choice (Books, Articles) Allows training or personalization for a certain domain
Tokenizers Splits input text into subword units if needed
GPU Training Environment Speeds up model updates when dataset size is large

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Creative Writing Assistance Offers story prompts or early drafts for fiction authors.
Marketing Copy Generation Produces short, targeted texts for ad campaigns or product descriptions.
Automated Support or Chatbots Generates responses in a free-form manner for more flexible conversations.

29. Mental Health Chatbot Using NLP

In this project, you will design a conversation-driven system that checks user messages for emotional or stress signals, then responds gently or guides them to resources. This involves both text understanding (detecting sadness or anxiety) and a curated response strategy to maintain sensitivity.

What Will You Learn?

  • Sentiment and Emotion Detection: Spot keywords and patterns that hint at emotional states.
  • Context Retention: Keep track of user details to avoid repetitive or tone-deaf replies.
  • Recommended Actions: Suggest hotlines or self-care tips when messages seem highly distressed.
  • Ethical Boundaries: Decide when to escalate to a professional or advise seeking real-life help.

Skills Needed

  • NLP classification or emotion analysis
  • Dialogue management with a focus on empathetic or supportive language
  • Data privacy measures if user data is personal

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python + Chatbot Frameworks Supports conversation flows, user context, and external triggers
Emotion Detection Modules Classifies user messages as anxious, sad, worried, etc.
Secure Database Stores minimal user info with confidentiality in mind
Possibly Transformers/Hugging Face Upgrades classification or text generation for empathetic replies

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Student Support on a University Portal Encourages well-being and shares campus counseling services when stress levels seem high.
Workplace Mental Wellness Tool Monitors employees’ daily check-ins and suggests breaks or contact with HR if it detects worry signals.
Public Awareness Websites Directs users to hotlines or local clinics when messages indicate severe distress.

30. Hugging Face (open-source NLP framework)

Hugging Face offers a popular library of transformer-based models and tools. You can pick a model for tasks such as text classification, question answering, or summarization, and fine-tune it on your own dataset. This project can serve as a platform for multiple advanced experiments, including model deployment.

What Will You Learn?

  • Model Selection: Compare pre-trained models to see which suits your task or domain.
  • Fine-Tuning: Adapt a general-purpose model to a niche dataset (medical, legal, etc.).
  • Pipeline Usage: Apply ready-to-use pipelines for classification or summarization in minimal code.
  • Deployment Know-How: Optionally host your final model for public or team-based usage.

Skills Needed

  • Familiarity with Transformers and how they’re configured.
  • Basic or intermediate Python coding to set up training loops.
  • Knowledge of best practices for versioning model checkpoints.

Tools and Tech Stack Needed

Tool Description
Python Core language for scripts and integration with Hugging Face
Transformers Library Houses the model classes, tokenizers, and pipeline utilities
Datasets Library Simplifies data handling and loading for large or custom corpora
Git and Model Hub Lets you track changes to your model and share it with others

Real-World Examples Where the Project Can Be Used

Example Description
Domain-Specific Classification Fine-tune a BERT-like model on a dataset of tech reviews or financial tweets.
Summarization Tool for Niche Documents Train a summarizer for highly specialized texts like patent filings or academic papers.
QA Chatbot with Minimal Code Build a conversation agent that answers from a local knowledge base using QA pipelines.

How to Choose the Right NLP Topics for a Project?

Choosing an NLP project depends on several factors, including your coding background, domain interests, and the amount of time you can commit. You might already have a decent handle on basic classification or text preprocessing, so the next step could be picking something that tests your current skill set yet stays within reach. 

If you are aiming for academic growth, a research-oriented challenge might be more appealing, whereas practical tasks can help you solve workplace issues or build a portfolio that stands out.

Here are some tips you can follow:

  • Evaluate Your Skill Level: Pick a project that neither bores nor overwhelms you.
  • Check Data Availability: Make sure you can access enough examples or records for training.
  • Consider Domain Knowledge: If you are comfortable with finance, healthcare, or e-commerce, choose a project in that area.
  • Plan for Resources: Look at GPU requirements or large datasets to see if they match what you have.
  • Set Clear Goals: To track progress, define a measurable outcome, such as a target accuracy or processing time.
  • Think About Reusability: Pick a task that can be expanded, integrated, or demonstrated easily later.

How Can upGrad Help You?

If you’re looking for structured learning paths that boost your understanding of NLP and related fields, upGrad has options designed to fit tight schedules or deeper academic needs. You can access expert-led sessions, practical assignments, and career support. 

Each course offers a chance to build real projects and gain recognized credentials that appeal to both local and global recruiters. Here are a few highlight courses:

Need further assistance in choosing the right career path? Book a free career counseling call with upGrad’s experts. 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is an NLP-based project?

2. How to create an NLP project?

3. What are examples of natural language processing?

4. What are the 4 types of NLP?

5. Which tool is used for NLP?

6. What is the salary for a natural language processing engineer?

7. What is an example of a NLP model?

8. How is NLP used in real life?

9. Is chatgpt an NLP?

10. What are NLP scripts?

11. Is NLP in Python?

Reference Links:

https://github.com/ProjectXMG999/Social-Media-Sentiment-Analysis-Project
https://github.com/citiususc/Linguakit
https://github.com/sharmaroshan/Market-Basket-Analysis
https://github.com/omaarelsherif/Email-Spam-Detection-Using-NLP
https://github.com/innerdoc/nlp-history-timeline 
https://github.com/vijayaiitk/NLP-text-classification-model
https://github.com/mohammed97ashraf/Fake_news_Detection 
https://github.com/Tushar-1411/Plagiarism-Detection-using-NLP 
https://github.com/everydaycodings/Text-Summarization-using-NLP
https://github.com/JohnSnowLabs/spark-nlp-workshop/blob/master/healthcare-nlp/01.0.Clinical_Named_Entity_Recognition_Model.ipynb
https://github.com/ldulcic/customer-support-chatbot
https://github.com/AindriyaBarua/Restaurant-chatbot
https://github.com/besherhasan/NLP-grammer-and-spell-checker
https://github.com/ntarn/homework-helper
https://github.com/Deep4GB/Resume-NLP-Parser
https://github.com/chabir/Autocomplete-NLP
https://github.com/sabbir2609/Time-Series-Forecasting-RNN-LSTM
https://github.com/tule2236/NLP-and-Stock-Prediction
https://github.com/oaarnikoivu/emotion-classifier
https://github.com/thecraftman/Deploy-a-NLP-Similarity-API-using-Docker
https://github.com/sunyilgdx/NSP-BERT
https://github.com/roshanr11/NLP-Machine-Translation
https://github.com/FrancescaSrc/NLP-Speech-Recognition-project
https://github.com/Arbazkhan-cs/AI-Powered-Image-Captioning
https://github.com/csinva/gpt-paper-title-generator
https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS
https://github.com/MiteshPuthran/Speech-Emotion-Analyzer
https://github.com/rezan21/NLP-Text-Generation
https://github.com/HongyiZhan/Mental-Health-Intelligent-Chatbot-NLP-Project
https://github.com/Shibli-Nomani/Open-Source-Models-with-Hugging-Face 
https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Salaries/senior-nlp-engineer-salary-SRCH_KO0,19.htm

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