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TITLE: Improving Language Accessibility VIA Technologically Mediated Lexical Simplification
DATE: Aug 13, 2024
TIME: 4:00–4:30 p.m. EDT
DETAILS:
During this webinar, panelists will discuss how Mediated Lexical Simplification can help to improve Language Accessibility. Lexical Simplification (LS) is the task of automatically improving the accessibility and readability of any given text by replacing hard-to-read words with simpler alternatives. LS systems achieve this by leveraging recent advances in AI, including large language models (LLMs), such as GPT 3.5 and others, to suggest several simplified alternatives to an identified complex word that maintains the original text’s meaning. Various LS systems have been designed to improve text accessibility for differing target demographics, including second-language English learners, individuals with a reading disability, or adults with low literacy. However, more collaboration is needed between AI researchers and real-world classroom environments to determine the effectiveness of LS systems.
