The NIL research group is working on applying natural language processing technologies to improve access to information for people with disabilities of various kinds. This includes text simplification for people with reading difficulties, pictogram to text conversion for user of augmented and adaptative communication systems, and generating of specific verbal instructions for blind people.
The following funded projects have been related to this line of research:
Members of the NIL research group engaged in this line of research include:
We are doing a colaboration with Universitat Pompeu Fabra in a experiment with dyslexis people. Information here