Supporting the adaptation of texts for poor literacy readers: a text simplification editor for Brazilian Portuguese

Authors:
Arnaldo Candido, Jr.;Erick Maziero;Caroline Gasperin;Thiago A. S. Pardo;Lucia Specia;Sandra M. Aluisio
Affiliations:
University of São Paulo, São Carlos/SP, Brazil;University of São Paulo, São Carlos/SP, Brazil;University of São Paulo, São Carlos/SP, Brazil;University of São Paulo, São Carlos/SP, Brazil;University of São Paulo, São Carlos/SP, Brazil;University of São Paulo, São Carlos/SP, Brazil
Venue:
EdAppsNLP '09 Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this paper we investigate the task of text simplification for Brazilian Portuguese. Our purpose is three-fold: to introduce a simplification tool for such language and its underlying development methodology, to present an on-line authoring system of simplified text based on the previous tool, and finally to discuss the potentialities of such technology for education. The resources and tools we present are new for Portuguese and innovative in many aspects with respect to previous initiatives for other languages.