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The Swedish Simplification Toolkit: Designed with Target Audiences in Mind
Linköping University, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Digital Systems, Prototyping Society.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5737-8149
Linköping University, Sweden.
2022 (English)In: 2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources for REAding DIfficulties, READI 2022 - collocated with the International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, LREC 2022, European Language Resources Association (ELRA) , 2022, p. 31-38Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this paper, we present the current version of The Swedish Simplification Toolkit. The toolkit includes computational and empirical tools that have been developed along the years to explore a still neglected area of NLP, namely the simplification of “standard” texts to meet the needs of target audiences. Target audiences, such as people affected by dyslexia, aphasia, autism, but also children and second language learners, require different types of text simplification and adaptation. For example, while individuals with aphasia have difficulties in reading compounds (such as arbetsmarknadsdepartement, eng. ministry of employment), second language learners struggle with cultural-specific vocabulary (e.g. konflikträdd, eng. afraid of conflicts). The toolkit allows user to selectively select the types of simplification that meet the specific needs of the target audience they belong to. The Swedish Simplification Toolkit is one of the first attempts to overcome the one-fits-all approach that is still dominant in Automatic Text Simplification, and proposes a set of computational methods that, used individually or in combination, may help individuals reduce reading (and writing) difficulties.

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European Language Resources Association (ELRA) , 2022. p. 31-38
Keywords [en]
automatic text adaptation, automatic text simplification, easy-to-read, 'current, Second language learners, Swedishs, Target audience
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Language Technology (Computational Linguistics)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-62645Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85145884191ISBN: 9791095546849 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-62645DiVA, id: diva2:1730288
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2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources for REAding DIfficulties, READI 2022, 20 June 2022 through 25 June 2022
Note

Funding details: VINNOVA; Funding details: Vetenskapsrådet, VR; Funding text 1: This work has been funded by The Swedish Research Council (VR) and Sweden’s innovation agency (VI-NOVA).

Available from: 2023-01-24 Created: 2023-01-24 Last updated: 2023-01-24Bibliographically approved

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