capito automated: Automatic Text Simplification with Artificial Intelligence for German

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capito quality label for simplified language: levels A1, A2, B1

In this project, together with CFS GmbH ("capito") in Graz, Austria, we worked on semi-automatic text simplification for German with the aim of producing simplified German at levels A1, A2, and B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The output of our neural machine translation models is postedited by human translators.

Funding

The "capito automatisiert "project is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, FFG) General Programme under grant agreement number 881202.

Project duration

June 2020 to Mai 2022

Project head

Prof. Dr. Sarah Ebling

Researchers

Dr. Annette Rios

Nicolas Spring