Making numerical information more accessible
The implementation of a Numerical Expression Simplification System for Spanish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22299874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefanie Bautista (0000-0003-1648-0208, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Susana Bautista (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Horacio Saggion (0000-0003-0016-7807, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 165 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 299-323 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-0829 • E-ISSN: 1783-1490 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/itl.165.2.07bau |
| OpenAlex | W2020056547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Are rounded numbers easier to understand than exact numbers? Information in newspapers often takes the form of numerical expressions which pose comprehension problems for many people, including people with disabilities, low literacy levels or lack of access to advanced technology. The purpose of this paper is to motivate and describe a rule-based lexical component that simplifies numerical expressions in Spanish texts. We propose a simplification approach that makes news articles more accessible to readers with specials needs by rewriting difficult numerical expressions in a simpler way. We carried out a study that identifies powerful simplification strategies to simplify numerical information in a text by analysing a parallel corpus of original texts and their manual simplifications. The study is complemented with an analysis of simplifications obtained in response to a questionnaire where subjects were asked to produce simplifications of numerical expressions in context. Finally, we implemented and evaluated a simplification system that mimics the simplification strategies that were found to be effective
Comprehension · Context (archaeology) · Natural language processing · Newspaper · Programming language · Rewriting · Sentence · Text simplification · Computer Science · Mathematics · Numerical Analysis · Text Readability and Simplification · Theoretical Computer Science
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |