| Presentation | 2001/10/9 Reading-Time Estimation Using Neural Network Ryo NAGATA, Fumito MASUI, Atsuo KAWAI, Tsutomu SHIINO, |
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| Abstract(in English) | In reading, readability is crucial. Likewise readbility can also take an impotant role in processing texts. For example, materials for teaching or presentation could easily be prepared if readability is known beforehand. However, there have been few methods to rate readability quantitatively since it is abstract and depends on the person who reads the texts. Furthermore factors that decide whether texts are easy or difficult vary. Thus, the various factors should be considered to evaluate texts. In this paper, we propose a method to rate readability quantitatively using Reading-Speed that is often used in the field of English education and oral translation. Firstly, we measured several Reading-Speeds that examinees provided and extract features from the analyzed texts used in the measurement. Secondary, we examine the relation between Reading-Speed and the features using neural network. The result shows that after learning 20 texts Reading-Speed can be estimated and used as an index of readability. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Reading-Speed / Reading-Time / Readability / Natural Language Processing |
| Paper # | TL2001-15 |
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| Conference Date | 2001/10/9(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Reading-Time Estimation Using Neural Network |
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| Keyword(1) | Reading-Speed |
| Keyword(2) | Reading-Time |
| Keyword(3) | Readability |
| Keyword(4) | Natural Language Processing |
| 1st Author's Name | Ryo NAGATA |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Engineering, Mie University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Fumito MASUI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Engineering, Mie University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Atsuo KAWAI |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Engineering, Mie University |
| 4th Author's Name | Tsutomu SHIINO |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Engineering, Mie University |
| Date | 2001/10/9 |
| Paper # | TL2001-15 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.101 |
| Number (no) | 349 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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