An English Reading Tool as a NLP Showcase

نویسندگان

  • Mahmoud Azab
  • Ahmed Salama
  • Kemal Oflazer
  • Hideki Shima
  • Jun Araki
  • Teruko Mitamura
چکیده

We introduce -SmartReaderan English reading tool for non-native English readers to overcome language related hindrances while reading a text. It makes extensive use of widely-available NLP tools and resources. SmartReader is a web-based application that can be accessed from standard browsers running on PCs or tablets. A user can choose a text document from the system’s library they want to read or can upload a new document of their own and the system will display an interactive version of such text, that provides the reader with an intelligent e-book functionality.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013