Facilitating text comprehension of long-form text

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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.