A survey of automated methods for biomedical text simplification
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DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac149
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Plain language in medicine has long been advocated as a way to improve patient understanding and engagement. As the field of Natural Language Processing has progressed, increasingly sophisticated methods have been explored for the… read more here.
Keywords: text simplification; biomedical text; text; simplification ... See more keywords
The (Un)Suitability of Automatic Evaluation Metrics for Text Simplification
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DOI: 10.1162/coli_a_00418
Abstract: Abstract In order to simplify sentences, several rewriting operations can be performed, such as replacing complex words per simpler synonyms, deleting unnecessary information, and splitting long sentences. Despite this multi-operation nature, evaluation of automatic simplification… read more here.
Keywords: evaluation; text simplification; simplicity; metrics text ... See more keywords
Impact of the Text Simplification on Understanding
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DOI: 10.3233/shti220546
Abstract: The reduction of the linguistic complexity of medical texts to make them more understandable to a larger population is an important task. The simplification of texts involves several steps, among which our study focuses on… read more here.
Keywords: text simplification; impact text; simplification understanding; simplification ... See more keywords
Linguistically-Based Comparison of Different Approaches to Building Corpora for Text Simplification: A Case Study on Italian
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.707630
Abstract: In this paper, we present an overview of existing parallel corpora for Automatic Text Simplification (ATS) in different languages focusing on the approach adopted for their construction. We make the main distinction between manual and… read more here.
Keywords: text simplification; corpora; comparison; simplification ... See more keywords
Text Simplification to Specific Readability Levels
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DOI: 10.3390/math11092063
Abstract: The ability to read a document depends on the reader’s skills and the text’s readability level. In this paper, we propose a system that uses deep learning techniques to simplify texts in order to match… read more here.
Keywords: text simplification; readability level; readability; level ... See more keywords