A new study found that automatic text simplification made English text more comprehensible for second language learners beyond a certain level of reading proficiency. Credit: Dennis Murphy Odo from ...

Texts used in second language (L2) classrooms have traditionally been simplified manually. With recent technological advances, text can be simplified automatically through artificial ...

What is this paper about? Text Simplification consists of rewriting sentences to make them easier to read and understand, while preserving as much as possible of their original meaning. Simplified ...

For students learning a second or foreign language, text is often simplified to ensure that they can comprehend it well enough to understand the core message. Usually, complicated text in a foreign ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are building an automatic tool which simplifies online text making it more accessible to readers. The technology will help non-native speakers, the elderly, ...

In essence, his invention makes it possible to take a text an individual may find difficult, perhaps a legal document or a Wall Street Journal editorial on economic policy, and creates an easier to ...

Google has introduced a new feature called Simplify in its iOS app, designed to help users better understand complex text online. Google's testing showed that people found the simplified versions to ...

The Google app on iOS, which has its own web browser, is adding a new “Simplify” feature when you come across complex text. When viewing a Search result or Discover article in the Google app, ...