Sarkozy does not pass the detector "black" literary

A Swiss scientist has developed a computer program that scans and detects the false authorship of books and university studies, revealing the quiet existence of ghostwriter, or "ghost writer"; ie, the "black" works for hire, and both the piece, for students, academics, politicians and authors of best sellers. The Swiss company OrphAnalytics already marketing this program, created by Claude-Alain Roten , a professor at the University of Lausanne.

The Haute Ecole de Suisse Occidentale Spécialisée (Hesso) has been one of the first institutions to use ingenuity Roten. The Vice Chancellor of the school, Yves Rey says the experience as follows: "Our goal was to find students who could pay for the writing of some of his work. The program works effectively. "

For its part, the Swiss Radio Television (RTS) has used the same method of detection with two authors and French politicians: the centrist François Bayrou and Nicolas Sarkozy , president of the Republic. And the results have been spectacular. Computer analysis of several books Bayrou easily recognized the unique authorship of these works, confirming a "style" . In published with great success under the signature of Nicolas Sarkozy "different styles" are detected.

The Swiss chain began analyzing the last book of Sarkozy, "France, pour la vie", which has sold more than 100,000 copies in just four weeks. In this work were, in addition to "various styles" recognized terms "of different sources" . Not satisfied with this first result, the RTS subjected to the same analysis to other books signed by the president. And the same result was obtained: all works consulted there are phrases , twists and "styles" of various authors .

Not without a blade of Swiss irony, Claude-Alain Roten, the creator of thesoftware, he says. "Our program does not provide incontrovertible evidence, but it can detect texts that we can describe as" suspicious " For Sarkozy ... each you can judge by yourself . "

A renowned editor, who prefers anonymity, told ABC that "this program already has been used successfully in several literary agencies . It was used, for example, to compare the four works of the "series Millenium ". Quickly detect the unit style of the first three novels written by Stieg Larsson Swedish and a dramatic difference in the style of the fourth and final, signed by David Lagercrantz. Agencies looking "black" to provide services to writers and politicians do not want to publish these stories. It would highlight what best sellers and great works have been written by " black ". "