@inproceedings{akhlaghi-etal-2022-reading,
title = "Reading Assistance through {LARA}, the Learning And Reading Assistant",
author = {Akhlaghi, Elham and
Au{\dh}unard{\'o}ttir, Ingibj{\"o}rg I{\dh}a and
B{\'e}di, Branislav and
Beedar, Hakeem and
Berthelsen, Harald and
Chua, Cathy and
Cucchiarini, Catia and
Eyj{\'o}lfsson, Brynjarr and
Ivanova, Nedelina and
Maizonniaux, Christ{\`e}le and
N{\'\i} Chiar{\'a}in, Neasa and
Rayner, Manny and
Sloan, John and
Vigf{\'u}sson, Sigur{\dh}ur and
Zuckermann, Ghil{'}ad},
editor = "Wilkens, Rodrigo and
Alfter, David and
Cardon, R{\'e}mi and
Gala, N{\'u}ria",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) within the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference",
month = jun,
year = "2022",
address = "Marseille, France",
publisher = "European Language Resources Association",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2022.readi-1.1",
pages = "1--8",
abstract = "We present an overview of LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant, an open source platform for easy creation and use of multimedia annotated texts designed to support the improvement of reading skills. The paper is divided into three parts. In the first, we give a brief summary of LARA{'}s processing. In the second, we describe some generic functionality specially relevant for reading assistance: support for phonetically annotated texts, support for image-based texts, and integrated production of text-to-speech (TTS) generated audio. In the third, we outline some of the larger projects so far carried out with LARA, involving development of content for learning second and foreign (L2) languages such as Icelandic, Farsi, Irish, Old Norse and the Australian Aboriginal language Barngarla, where the issues involved overlap with those that arise when trying to help students improve first-language (L1) reading skills. All software and almost all content is freely available.",
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%T Reading Assistance through LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant
%A Akhlaghi, Elham
%A Au\dhunardóttir, Ingibjörg I\dha
%A Bédi, Branislav
%A Beedar, Hakeem
%A Berthelsen, Harald
%A Chua, Cathy
%A Cucchiarini, Catia
%A Eyjólfsson, Brynjarr
%A Ivanova, Nedelina
%A Maizonniaux, Christèle
%A Ní Chiaráin, Neasa
%A Rayner, Manny
%A Sloan, John
%A Vigfússon, Sigur\dhur
%A Zuckermann, Ghil’ad
%Y Wilkens, Rodrigo
%Y Alfter, David
%Y Cardon, Rémi
%Y Gala, Núria
%S Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) within the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference
%D 2022
%8 June
%I European Language Resources Association
%C Marseille, France
%F akhlaghi-etal-2022-reading
%X We present an overview of LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant, an open source platform for easy creation and use of multimedia annotated texts designed to support the improvement of reading skills. The paper is divided into three parts. In the first, we give a brief summary of LARA’s processing. In the second, we describe some generic functionality specially relevant for reading assistance: support for phonetically annotated texts, support for image-based texts, and integrated production of text-to-speech (TTS) generated audio. In the third, we outline some of the larger projects so far carried out with LARA, involving development of content for learning second and foreign (L2) languages such as Icelandic, Farsi, Irish, Old Norse and the Australian Aboriginal language Barngarla, where the issues involved overlap with those that arise when trying to help students improve first-language (L1) reading skills. All software and almost all content is freely available.
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Markdown (Informal)
[Reading Assistance through LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant](https://aclanthology.org/2022.readi-1.1) (Akhlaghi et al., READI 2022)
ACL
- Elham Akhlaghi, Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir, Branislav Bédi, Hakeem Beedar, Harald Berthelsen, Cathy Chua, Catia Cucchiarini, Brynjarr Eyjólfsson, Nedelina Ivanova, Christèle Maizonniaux, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Manny Rayner, John Sloan, Sigurður Vigfússon, and Ghil’ad Zuckermann. 2022. Reading Assistance through LARA, the Learning And Reading Assistant. In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources to Empower People with REAding DIfficulties (READI) within the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, pages 1–8, Marseille, France. European Language Resources Association.