Applause Prediction for Political Speeches

How to train the model

1. Create a conda virtual environment (optional but recommended) using command conda create -n applause_prediction python=3.6
2. Activate the created environment (optional, must if step 1 is executed)conda activate applause_prediction
3. Install all the dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Train the model python train_applause_predictor.py
5. You can predict using python predict.py or run it using the web interface by using the flask app described below

How to predict through the website

1. Make sure the model is saved in the model directory
2. Run app.py using python3