Ask HN: Algorithms for Writing Headlines / Short Narratives?

[alanthonyc]

Does anyone know of any open source (or otherwise easily accessible) algorithms for automatically generating headlines or short stories from snippets of data?

Something along the lines of what Narrative Sciences does[1], but useable by a small software development shop.

Or perhaps just some papers or references for further study.

Thanks!

[1]:http://narrativescience.com/