text: #
  # @author Kevin Jesse
  # @email kevin.r.jesse@gmail.com
  #
  
  def responseBinSim(input):
      """
      :param input: user input
      :return: score as yes or no. still need to work on gensim comparisons
      """
      yeslist = ['yes', 'yep', 'yup', 'ok', 'okay', 'yea', 'yeah', 'sure', 'ya']
      nolist = ['no', 'nope', 'no way', 'not at all', 'nay', 'negative']
      input = input.lower()
      if any(match in input for match in yeslist):
          return True
      if any(match in input for match in nolist):
          return False