Foundations of statistical natural language processing
Foundations of statistical natural language processing
Automatic identification and organization of index terms for interactive browsing
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AESOP: An Outline-Oriented Authoring System
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 2
An automated system that assists in the generation of document indexes
Natural Language Engineering
An Assistive Computerized System for Children with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities
ICOST '09 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics: Ambient Assistive Health and Wellness Management in the Heart of the City
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Over the last decades, more and more visually handicapped students have attempted post-secondary studies. This situation has created many new challenges. One of them is the need to study text and electronic documents in depth and in a reasonable time. Blind students cannot flip through the pages of a book, skim through the text or use a highlighter. In this paper, we propose a solution in the form of an experimental prototype and show how natural language processing techniques can profitably assist blind students in meeting their academic objectives. The techniques used include the automatic creation of indices, passage retrieval and the use of WordNet for query rewriting. The paper presents a technology application of a practically usable software. The system was evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively. The evaluation is very encouraging and supports further investigation.