Automatic Text Simplification

Automatic induction of rules for text simplification

Long and complicated sentences pose various problems to many state-of-the-art natural language technologies. We have been exploring methods to automatically transform such sentences as to make them simpler. These methods involve the use of a rule-based system, driven by the syntax of the text in the domain of interest. Hand-crafting rules for every domain is time-consuming and impractical. This...

Automatic Text Simplification via Synonym Replacement

In this study automatic lexical simplification via synonym replacement in Swedish was investigated using three different strategies for choosing alternative synonyms: based on word frequency, based on word length, and based on level of synonymy. These strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, proportion of long words, and in relatio...

Automatic Text Simplification via Synonym Replacement

Automatic lexical simplification via synonym replacement in Swedish was investigated. Three different methods for choosing alternative synonyms were evaluated: (1) based on word frequency, (2) based on word length, and (3) based on level of synonymy. These three strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, and proportion of long words,...

Automatic Text Simplification for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Automatic Simplification of Spanish Text for e-Accessibility

In this pa per we present an automatic text simplification system for Spanish which intends to make texts more accessible for users with cognitive disabilities. This system aims at reducing the structural complexity of Spanish sentences in that it converts complex sentences in two or more simple sentences and therefore reduces reading difficulty.