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Research on software-aided long-form text comprehension

软件辅助长篇文本理解研究

基本信息

批准号：
549520-2019
负责人：
Leaver, Chad
金额：
$ 1.82万
依托单位：
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=700609
关键词：
Research software aided long form

项目摘要

Located in Toronto, Quillsoft Ltd. is a leader in assistive technology software that helps people read and write. Founded by Dr. Fraser Shein in 2000, in partnership with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Quillsoft's products, including WordQ, are used by over 2.5 million end-users, primarily in the education field. While WordQ, and other competing solutions primarily focus on writing, Quillsoft consistently hears from educators that students struggle with text comprehension. One of the most common complaints, from writing centres at colleges and universities, is that students cannot properly understand even relatively simple assignment questions. Teachers have consistently requested a true comprehension solution at the discourse level (e.g., understanding cause-and-effect, argumentation, etc.). Quillsoft sees a business opportunity in developing text comprehension technology and the company is planning to include such technology in the next generation of its products, scheduled for market release in 2022. Quillsoft is partnering with Seneca to build a proof-of-concept for a visualization tool that will provide readers with insight into multi-level relationships between concepts contained in long texts. Once fully developed, this new and unique text comprehension solution will enable Quillsoft to increase and diversify its revenue stream and increase market penetration.

Quillsoft Ltd.位于多伦多，是帮助人们阅读和写作的辅助技术软件的领导者。Quillsoft由Fraser Shein博士于2000年与Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital合作创立，其产品（包括WordQ）被超过250万最终用户使用，主要用于教育领域。虽然WordQ和其他竞争解决方案主要集中在写作上，但Quillsoft一直从教育工作者那里听到学生在文本理解方面遇到困难。来自学院和大学写作中心的最常见的抱怨之一是，学生甚至不能正确理解相对简单的作业问题。教师一直要求在话语层面上获得真正的理解解决方案（例如，理解因果、论证等）。Quillsoft看到了开发文本理解技术的商机，该公司计划将此类技术纳入其下一代产品中，计划于2022年上市。Quillsoft正在与Seneca合作，为可视化工具构建概念验证，该工具将为读者提供深入了解长文本中包含的概念之间的多层次关系的见解。一旦完全开发，这种新的和独特的文本理解解决方案将使Quillsoft能够增加和多样化其收入来源，并提高市场渗透率。