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Design of a Novel Web Utility that Provides Multi-lingual Word Definitions for Child E-Book Applications

verfasst von : Deeksha Adiani, Daniel Lewis, Vanessa Serao, Kevin Barrett, Amelia Bennett, Derick Hambly, Martina Shenoda, Samuel West, Garrett Coulter, Sultan Shagal, Toheeb Biala, Medha Sarkar, Joshua Wade, Nilanjan Sarkar

Erschienen in: Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Ubiquitous and Virtual Environments for Learning and Collaboration

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The use of mobile computing devices to gain access to the Internet and to interact with a range of applications has become ubiquitous, impacting on education, entertainment, healthcare, and many other domains. Engaging applications such as e-books used by children and their parents or educators have also become increasingly common, especially in the context of childhood education. An e-book that presents the reader with challenging words has the potential to improve and expand vocabulary. However, the seamless combination of methods for definition-retrieval, word sense disambiguation, and multi-lingual support are not currently available in a simple tool for the specific application of children’s e-book reading. In this work, we present WordWeaver, an open-source tool for use in child reading scenarios where context-sensitive, multi-lingual definitions of unfamiliar words are determined and provided to the user via a simple web API. Our proof-of-concept design includes support for English, Spanish, and French language definitions. Preliminary results support the feasibility of WordWeaver including excellent levels of usability based on the System Usability Scale (i.e., mean SUS = 87.17). Future work will include extending support to include additional languages, definition selection tailored to individual reading skill level, and the ability to address more complicated cases of word and part-of-speech disambiguation.

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Metadaten
Titel
Design of a Novel Web Utility that Provides Multi-lingual Word Definitions for Child E-Book Applications
verfasst von
Deeksha Adiani
Daniel Lewis
Vanessa Serao
Kevin Barrett
Amelia Bennett
Derick Hambly
Martina Shenoda
Samuel West
Garrett Coulter
Sultan Shagal
Toheeb Biala
Medha Sarkar
Joshua Wade
Nilanjan Sarkar
Copyright-Jahr
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21817-1_1