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title = "From Complexity Scores to Readable Texts: i{R}ead4{S}kills for Adult Literacy in {P}ortuguese",
author = "Baptista, Jorge and
Ribeiro, Eug{\'e}nio and
Mamede, Nuno and
Antunes, David and
Amaro, Raquel",
editor = "Souza, Marlo and
de-Dios-Flores, Iria and
Santos, Diana and
Freitas, Larissa and
Souza, Jackson Wilke da Cruz and
Ribeiro, Eug{\'e}nio",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computational Processing of {P}ortuguese ({PROPOR} 2026) - Vol. 2",
month = apr,
year = "2026",
address = "Salvador, Brazil",
publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2026.propor-2.2/",
pages = "5--7",
ISBN = "979-8-89176-387-6",
abstract = "Adult Learning (AL) programmes need short, trustworthy texts that match learners' reading abilities, but educators rarely have time, tools, or evidence-based guidelines to select and adapt materials consistently.We present a live demo of iRead4Skills for European Portuguese: a web-based system that (i) estimates readability/complexity for AL-oriented levels aligned with CEFR, (ii) highlights where complexity concentrates (lexical, grammatical, semantic), and (iii) supports rewriting by offering actionable, level-aware suggestions and curated lexical resources.The demo emphasises transparency and ``trainer-first'' workflows: users see *why* a text is complex and *how* to revise it without losing meaning."
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%T From Complexity Scores to Readable Texts: iRead4Skills for Adult Literacy in Portuguese
%A Baptista, Jorge
%A Ribeiro, Eugénio
%A Mamede, Nuno
%A Antunes, David
%A Amaro, Raquel
%Y Souza, Marlo
%Y de-Dios-Flores, Iria
%Y Santos, Diana
%Y Freitas, Larissa
%Y Souza, Jackson Wilke da Cruz
%Y Ribeiro, Eugénio
%S Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computational Processing of Portuguese (PROPOR 2026) - Vol. 2
%D 2026
%8 April
%I Association for Computational Linguistics
%C Salvador, Brazil
%@ 979-8-89176-387-6
%F baptista-etal-2026-complexity
%X Adult Learning (AL) programmes need short, trustworthy texts that match learners’ reading abilities, but educators rarely have time, tools, or evidence-based guidelines to select and adapt materials consistently.We present a live demo of iRead4Skills for European Portuguese: a web-based system that (i) estimates readability/complexity for AL-oriented levels aligned with CEFR, (ii) highlights where complexity concentrates (lexical, grammatical, semantic), and (iii) supports rewriting by offering actionable, level-aware suggestions and curated lexical resources.The demo emphasises transparency and “trainer-first” workflows: users see *why* a text is complex and *how* to revise it without losing meaning.
%U https://aclanthology.org/2026.propor-2.2/
%P 5-7
Markdown (Informal)
[From Complexity Scores to Readable Texts: iRead4Skills for Adult Literacy in Portuguese](https://aclanthology.org/2026.propor-2.2/) (Baptista et al., PROPOR 2026)
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