Facilitating text comprehension of long-form text

促进长文本的文本理解

• 批准号: 558876-2020
• 负责人: Leaver, Chad
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
• 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=706824
• 关键词: Facilitating; text; comprehension; long; form

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 long-form text comprehension. To that end, Quillsoft sees a business opportunity in developing long-form text comprehension technology that the company is planning to include in the next generation of its products. Building on the previous collaboration with Seneca, Quillsoft is partnering again with Professor Asma Paracha and her team to develop a proof-of-concept that will provide readers with insight into multi-level relationships between concepts contained in long-form 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长文本理解方面遇到困难。 为此，Quillsoft看到了开发长文本理解技术的商业机会，该公司计划将其纳入下一代产品中。在之前与Seneca合作的基础上，Quillsoft再次与Asma Paracha教授及其团队合作开发概念验证，为读者提供深入了解长篇文本中所包含概念之间的多层次关系。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。