{ "paper_id": "2022", "header": { "generated_with": "S2ORC 1.0.0", "date_generated": "2023-01-19T07:32:55.532869Z" }, "title": "A text-writing system for Easy-to-Read German evaluated with low-literate users with cognitive impairment", "authors": [ { "first": "Ina", "middle": [], "last": "Steinmetz", "suffix": "", "affiliation": { "laboratory": "", "institution": "Universit\u00e4t Koblenz-Landau Computer Science Faculty Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 1", "location": { "postCode": "56070", "settlement": "Koblenz", "country": "Germany" } }, "email": "" }, { "first": "Karin", "middle": [], "last": "Harbusch", "suffix": "", "affiliation": { "laboratory": "", "institution": "Universit\u00e4t Koblenz-Landau Computer Science Faculty Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 1", "location": { "postCode": "56070", "settlement": "Koblenz", "country": "Germany" } }, "email": "harbusch@uni-koblenz.de" } ], "year": "", "venue": null, "identifiers": {}, "abstract": "Low-literate users with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) and/or complex communication needs (CCN) require specific writing support. We present a system that interactively supports fast and correct writing of a variant of Leichte Sprache (LS; German term for easy-toread German), slightly extended within and beyond the inner-sentential syntactic level. The system provides simple and intuitive dialogues for selecting options from a natural-language paraphrase generator. Moreover, it reminds the user to add text elements enhancing understandability, audience design, and text coherence. In earlier development phases, the system was evaluated with different groups of substitute users. Here, we report a case study with seven low-literate users with IDD. 1 They may be supported by rule-based validation tools (for LS, see, e.g., languagetool.org/de/leichtesprache/) or automatic text-simplification (cf. Ebling et al., 2022; for English, see, e.g., paperswithcode.com/task/text-simplification)", "pdf_parse": { "paper_id": "2022", "_pdf_hash": "", "abstract": [ { "text": "Low-literate users with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) and/or complex communication needs (CCN) require specific writing support. We present a system that interactively supports fast and correct writing of a variant of Leichte Sprache (LS; German term for easy-toread German), slightly extended within and beyond the inner-sentential syntactic level. The system provides simple and intuitive dialogues for selecting options from a natural-language paraphrase generator. Moreover, it reminds the user to add text elements enhancing understandability, audience design, and text coherence. In earlier development phases, the system was evaluated with different groups of substitute users. Here, we report a case study with seven low-literate users with IDD. 1 They may be supported by rule-based validation tools (for LS, see, e.g., languagetool.org/de/leichtesprache/) or automatic text-simplification (cf. Ebling et al., 2022; for English, see, e.g., paperswithcode.com/task/text-simplification)", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Abstract", "sec_num": null } ], "body_text": [ { "text": "Recent studies report that more than 10 percent of German-speaking adults have low literacy skills (cf. Anke . People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and/or complex communication needs (CCN) often belong to this group (Light et al., 2019; ; hereafter referred to as the target group, or simply the users).", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 167, "end": 172, "text": "(IDD)", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 241, "end": 261, "text": "(Light et al., 2019;", "ref_id": "BIBREF34" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Introduction", "sec_num": "1" }, { "text": "Leichte Sprache (LS; easy-to-read German), a simplified variety of German, was developed for the target group as part of the plain language movement of the 2000s (cf. Inclusion Europe, 2009; BITV2.0, 2011 , Netzwerk Leichte Sprache, 2013 , or Bredel and Maa\u00df, 2016 .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 177, "end": 190, "text": "Europe, 2009;", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 191, "end": 204, "text": "BITV2.0, 2011", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 205, "end": 237, "text": ", Netzwerk Leichte Sprache, 2013", "ref_id": "BIBREF31" }, { "start": 238, "end": 264, "text": ", or Bredel and Maa\u00df, 2016", "ref_id": "BIBREF4" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Introduction", "sec_num": "1" }, { "text": "Inclusion necessitates technical assistance to barrier-free participation in all social spheres (Hirschberg and Lindmeier, 2013) . In the following, we investigate the extent to which natural language processing (NLP) can support the users while writing. An increasing variety of writingsupport systems based on natural language generation (NLG) attract attention (for their prospects, see, e.g., Dale and Viethen, 2021; for approaches based on deep learning, see Otter et al., 2021) . Adaptive behavior like automatically modifying the written text incurs the risk that usersdue to low-literacy-do not carefully check whether or not the changes express the intended meaning. Missing is a text base produced by the target group. In general, text in LS is produced by authors proficient in standard German 1 . Thus, suggestions by the system that are automatically extracted from given LS text might not be perceived as helpful but irritating, let alone unintentionally patronizing. In addition, interactions with the user pose additional challenges, such as designing an accessible interface (cf. Nganji and Nggada, 2011) . In essence, supportive interaction patterns should not overtax the user.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 96, "end": 128, "text": "(Hirschberg and Lindmeier, 2013)", "ref_id": "BIBREF17" }, { "start": 464, "end": 483, "text": "Otter et al., 2021)", "ref_id": "BIBREF49" }, { "start": 1097, "end": 1121, "text": "Nganji and Nggada, 2011)", "ref_id": "BIBREF42" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Introduction", "sec_num": "1" }, { "text": "In the present paper, we describe EasyTalk for fast, correct and reader-centered writing in Extended Leichte Sprache (ELS; Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022 ; ELS extends LS in several respects, for instance, with high frequent constructions from spoken German that incorporate the target group's ways of articulating their thoughts; for previous prototypes of EasyTalk, see Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2020 ; 2021a/b). On the sentential level, a natural-language paraphrase generator suggests correctly inflected word forms. It pursues the overall correctness and completeness of the sentence and provides the correct German word ordering.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 123, "end": 151, "text": "Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022", "ref_id": "BIBREF20" }, { "start": 370, "end": 398, "text": "Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2020", "ref_id": "BIBREF60" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Introduction", "sec_num": "1" }, { "text": "In order to improve textunderstandability and text-coherence over the entire text, EasyTalk reminds the user to add audi-ence-design features within a clause (Bell, 1984) . The user is invited to clarify the discourse structure by adding connectors (inspired by Rhetorical-Structure Theory (RST); see Hovy, 1988 and Mann and Thompson, 1988) , thus explicitly marking the relationship between the simple clauses. (SVO order is mandatory in declarative main clauses of (E)LS).", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 158, "end": 170, "text": "(Bell, 1984)", "ref_id": "BIBREF1" }, { "start": 301, "end": 315, "text": "Hovy, 1988 and", "ref_id": "BIBREF24" }, { "start": 316, "end": 324, "text": "Mann and", "ref_id": "BIBREF40" }, { "start": 325, "end": 340, "text": "Thompson, 1988)", "ref_id": "BIBREF40" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Introduction", "sec_num": "1" }, { "text": "In the following, we first summarize the state of the art in writing-support systems. Then, we outline EasyTalk's mechanisms for supporting textproduction both within and between sentences. In Section 4, we report the results of a case study we recently conducted with seven users from the target group. The results are compared with observations from earlier evaluations with other user groups, in particular with L2 learners of German. The paper ends with a discussion of open issues and desirable future work.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Introduction", "sec_num": "1" }, { "text": "This section summarizes the state of the art in writing systems focusing on German where particular problems arise from rich morphology and free word ordering. In Section 2.1, we present symbol-based systems that go beyond needsbased, functional communication supporting the expression of personal thoughts in the context of social closeness and sharing information (cf. Light, 1988) . In Section 2.2, we outline text-based systems designed for the target group. Finally, we address systems for teaching text-writing.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 371, "end": 383, "text": "Light, 1988)", "ref_id": "BIBREF36" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Writing support systems for users with IDD and/or CCN", "sec_num": "2" }, { "text": "Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) offers a wide range of support to people with CCN, for example, the use of symbols as visual representation of a word or idea (cf. Figure 1 , Figure 2 , and Figure 3 2 ). Technical solutions for symbol-based AAC are increasingly available on mainstream devices like smartphones and tablets (Ascari, 2018) , ranging from simple concatenation of symbols for needs-based, functional communication (see, e.g., the popular free apps SymboTalk 3", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 340, "end": 354, "text": "(Ascari, 2018)", "ref_id": "BIBREF0" } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 180, "end": 189, "text": "Figure 1", "ref_id": "FIGREF0" }, { "start": 192, "end": 200, "text": "Figure 2", "ref_id": "FIGREF1" }, { "start": 207, "end": 215, "text": "Figure 3", "ref_id": "FIGREF2" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Symbol-based writing systems", "sec_num": "2.1" }, { "text": "and LetMeTalk 4 for German) to complex (commercial) systems (cf. Lancioni et al., 2019, for a thorough survey). Although language support through linguistic processing by computer is increasingly in demand, the full potential of support through NLP for AAC is not yet exploited (Waller, 2019) . Gateway 5 , Mind Express 6 and TD Snap Core First 7 offer a representative sample of widely provided features in complex, commercial symbolbased AAC systems. Primarily, these systems enable users to participate actively in real-time spoken dialog. In addition, they aim to help users to increase the grammatical and lexical diversity 4 apps.apple.com/de/app/letmetalk-gratisaac-talker/id919990138 5 www.gatewaytolanguageandlearning.com/ 6 www.jabbla.com/en/mind-express/ 7 de.tobiidynavox.com/pages/td-snap-corefirst# of their written output. For writing, they provide basic linguistic support, such as adaptive word prediction and automatic inflection of simple sentence constituents. The more complex the linguistic variety, the stronger the need for grammatical knowledge on the part of the users. For instance, they may have to specify the correct word endings manually due to the lack of correct predictions by the systems.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 278, "end": 292, "text": "(Waller, 2019)", "ref_id": "BIBREF65" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Symbol-based writing systems", "sec_num": "2.1" }, { "text": "As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 , the systems typically offer customizable grid layouts of varying complexity, suitable for different access methods like eye-control, touch, or scanning 8 . Grid cells may contain symbols, words, letters, and function buttons like 'undo' or 'enter menu'. Accordingly, activating a grid cell can select a word, lead to another grid page containing more words of a certain category, or access grammatical functions, respectively. Users with basic spelling skills can use a mixture of letters and symbols to choose the words (cf. Figure 3) .", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 12, "end": 20, "text": "Figure 1", "ref_id": "FIGREF0" }, { "start": 25, "end": 33, "text": "Figure 2", "ref_id": "FIGREF1" }, { "start": 562, "end": 571, "text": "Figure 3)", "ref_id": "FIGREF2" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Symbol-based writing systems", "sec_num": "2.1" }, { "text": "Generally, these systems presuppose individualized teaching and year-long practice (see, e.g., McNaughton et al., 2008, and Waller, 2019, addressing various challenges) . Progression from easier to more advanced keyboards is supported by the constant positioning of the typed sentence. The layout examples in Figure 1 and Figure 3 place the current sentence prominently at the top. Preceding sentences are only visible to advanced users (e.g., Figure 2 , two consecutive sentences are displayed in the white box). By design, the writing support focuses on the sentence level.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 95, "end": 123, "text": "McNaughton et al., 2008, and", "ref_id": "BIBREF29" }, { "start": 124, "end": 168, "text": "Waller, 2019, addressing various challenges)", "ref_id": null } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 309, "end": 317, "text": "Figure 1", "ref_id": "FIGREF0" }, { "start": 322, "end": 330, "text": "Figure 3", "ref_id": "FIGREF2" }, { "start": 444, "end": 452, "text": "Figure 2", "ref_id": "FIGREF1" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Symbol-based writing systems", "sec_num": "2.1" }, { "text": "Writing instruction with appropriate technology positively impacts people with IDD (Smith et al., 2020) . Modern text editors implement barrier-free access by features like read-aloud functionality. The database by the German foundation barrierefrei kommunizieren! 9 lists systems for users with disabilities: standalone systems like Kur-zweil3000, Penfriend, and MULTiTEXT; and nextword predictors like WoDy, EMU, and FTB-TippFixx that can be integrated with MS Word and other text editors to support the user. Text-based writing support suits users with a modest level of computer skills, who can write short sentences in a (simplified or customized) text editor. A variety of visual highlightings and color encodings (e.g., color keys for different word types, parts of a sentence, punctuation symbols) facilitates navigation through the text. Flexible read-aloud functions reproduce the written text letter by letter, word by word or sentence by sentence (with or without punctuation marks), thus providing memory support and spelling assistance. On demand, all systems employ grammar checkers. Adaptive word predictions (partially for customizable vocabulary) are usually offered in the form of word lists searchable via hotkeys for quick selection. However, all systems present the users with an empty page. The process of building up the text structure is not supported.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 83, "end": 103, "text": "(Smith et al., 2020)", "ref_id": "BIBREF58" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Text-based writing support systems", "sec_num": "2.2" }, { "text": "In German-language primary and secondary schools, the method of the Schreibwerkstatt/Schreibkonferenz 'writing workshop' is widely applied (see, e.g., Reichardt et al, 2014 , for a broad survey). The students learn how to introduce every protagonist of a story in a way that allows the reader to identify them while the story progresses. Also taught is the appropriate use of elements of text coherence, discourse structure, and audience design. At the sentence-formulation level, students are instructed to integrate sets of short, choppy sentences into longer, more effective ones (cf. sentence-combining techniques; see Nordquist, 2018, for an online introduction; Ney, 1980, for the history, and Saddler and Preschern, 2007 , for the school context). Beside computer systems for the above-mentioned topics 10 , there is a wide range of NLG systems for automatic text production, such as parameterized interactive storytelling by Lukin and Walker (2019) , or interactive story modeling using recurrent neural networks by Fortuin et al. (2018). However, none of these systems are available in German. Moreover, there is no straight-forward way to equip any of these systems with an interface appropriate for the target group.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 151, "end": 172, "text": "Reichardt et al, 2014", "ref_id": "BIBREF52" }, { "start": 668, "end": 699, "text": "Ney, 1980, for the history, and", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 700, "end": 711, "text": "Saddler and", "ref_id": "BIBREF56" }, { "start": 712, "end": 727, "text": "Preschern, 2007", "ref_id": "BIBREF56" }, { "start": 933, "end": 956, "text": "Lukin and Walker (2019)", "ref_id": "BIBREF38" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Teaching text-production", "sec_num": "2.3" }, { "text": "EasyTalk targets the creation of text beyond the genre of simple chat messages with an interface that does not overtax the user. In particular, it aims to alleviate the need for a lengthy learning and practicing period. All barrier-free concepts cited previously should be available. To interlace with the user's word-by-word formulation process, we suggest a bottom-up approach employing a natural-language paraphrase generator on the sentential level (cf. Section 3.1). To meet the concepts the target group is likely to use to express their thoughts, the generator is based on an extension of LS. As the extension does not deviate from the mandatory SVO word order in declarative main clauses, we propose to add discourse-structure clues between sentences (see Section 3.2) to improve text coherence. We demonstrate that all dialogues with the user can be restricted to easy wording and simple choices-irrespective of the complexity of the linguistic task.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Text-writing assistance by EasyTalk", "sec_num": "3" }, { "text": "EasyTalk's user interface comprises three layers embedded in the Menu Panel: Top: Text Panel; Middle: Sentence and Connector Panel in alternation; Bottom: Next-Word Panel (see the two snapshots in Figure 4 depicting that either the Sentence Panel or the Connector Panel is active).", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 197, "end": 205, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Text functions", "sec_num": "3.1" }, { "text": "Eventually, the users can export their texts from EasyTalk with or without symbols via the option 'save text' from the meta-level Menu Panel (cf. A in a gray hexagon in the lower snapshot). In addition, this panel offers various settings (B) providing further customization features, which we will not discuss here due to space limitations. For instance, extending the vocabulary or changing the symbols enable personalization of the system.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Text functions", "sec_num": "3.1" }, { "text": "Framed by the Menu Panel, the top layer displays all previously typed text (e.g., finishing the sentence currently in the upper snapshot updates the Text Panel in the lower one). The user can activate the read-aloud functionality by clicking on a sentence (cf. C in a green pentagon in the lower snapshot). For backing up the train of thoughts, the user can scroll through the text (D). If desired, lines from the text can be erased (E).", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Text functions", "sec_num": "3.1" }, { "text": "Next, we explain our approach to the design of the individual writing panels.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Text functions", "sec_num": "3.1" }, { "text": "At the sentential level, EasyTalk aims at fast and correct writing. The user is supported by: symbols for finding words in their correct spelling, the correct inflectional endings in any sentential context, mentioning all obligatory arguments accord-ing to the verb-valency frame, and maintaining the correct word ordering. On the premise of supporting the user according to the document planning, constituents can be freely entered in any desired order. However, guidance by a default executionstrategy is always active. To fulfill audience design 11 aspects, EasyTalk reminds the user to add attributes such as time and place. All interactions with the user are presented in an intuitive manner.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "To this end, EasyTalk employs a naturallanguage paraphrase generator originally designed for L2 learners of German (cf. the COMPASS system for explorative language learning; Harbusch and Kempen, 2011) based on a lexicalized, unification-based Performance Grammar . The user assembles all constituents of a correct sentence interactively with the system, including revisions (cf. scaffolded writing). EasyTalk appropriately simplifies the decision dialogues with the generator. Moreover, the Per- formance Grammar version we use is restricted to syntactic constructions of Extended Leichte Sprache (ELS). ELS is a slight extension of LS. In LS, only easy words should be used. Abbreviations, genitive case, subjunctive mood, passive voice, and subordinate clauses are forbidden. Declarative main clauses should use the canonical SVO word order only. ELS covers constructions beyond the scope of pure LS that have been attested to be easy in experiments with LS readers (Bock, 2019) . For instance, negation with nicht 'not' or passives with werden 'be' are licensed. The scope of constructions tested by Bock (2019) is extended with frequent constructions in LS text that are also frequent in spoken German (e.g., negation with keininflected 'no', or simple past tense for auxiliaries and modals; cf. Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022, for a corpus study into treebanks of LS text, spoken and written German to determine the range of constructions that the target group likely uses to articulate their thoughts).", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 968, "end": 980, "text": "(Bock, 2019)", "ref_id": "BIBREF6" }, { "start": 1103, "end": 1114, "text": "Bock (2019)", "ref_id": "BIBREF6" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "The overall lexicon of COMPASS covers CELEX 12 (Gulikers et al., 1995) . In EasyTalk, it is restricted to CEFR 13 L2-learner level A2. However, personalized entries or entries from specific contexts-like writing essays in school for a specific genre or topic-can easily be added.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 47, "end": 70, "text": "(Gulikers et al., 1995)", "ref_id": "BIBREF16" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "To support low-literate users, all lemmas can be associated with symbols from the user's preferred set 14 . Moreover, the system provides a read-aloud function for all text elements. Now, we cursorily highlight the supportive features during a typing session. A new sentencethus, the overall session with EasyTalk-starts with a prefilled punctuation element (header = '.?!' and filler = '.') in the Sentence Panel (for details, see Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2021b) . Elements in this panel and in the Next-Word Panel are always divided into a header and a filler.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 432, "end": 462, "text": "Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2021b)", "ref_id": "BIBREF64" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "Initially, the punctuation element is interactive. Clicking it changes the sentence type. By clicking repeatedly, it cycles through the different modes. Each choice sets up the ordered sentence constituents (e.g., verb-first for yes/no questions and imperatives) according to the ELS word order. The period as the default sentence type refers to a de-clarative main clause. If this option is selected, the header 'who' is displayed in the sentence-initial position. This header asks in easy words for the subject of the declarative main clause. Once the user has selected the first word form, the sentence type for the current sentence cannot be changed without backtracking, i.e., erasing all yet typed words-a precaution to avoid confusing wordorder changes all over the yet typed sentence.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "The upper snapshot of Figure 4 , illustrates a later stage throughout typing. Now, cues referring to the grammatical functions for the overall sentence are displayed in the preferred ELS word order. If desired (e.g., a specific argument/attribute figures prominently in the user's mind), the user can select any header directly. Otherwise, the user follows the consecutive order provided by the system.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 22, "end": 30, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "In addition to the advantage of offering the filling of the constituents in the order the user prefers, communicating the grammatical function of a word gives rise to presenting the suggestions for the word in its correct inflectional form-thus, speeding up typing. For instance, the finite verb is inflected according to the subject-verb agreement. Moreover, the system supports the correctly inflected typing of complex phrases filling any grammatical function position (like dieACC KatzeACC auf demDAT DachDAT von derDAT Na-chbarinDAT 'the cat on the roof of the neighbor').", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "In particular, all arguments are displayed as soon as the verb is known. EasyTalk checks whether obligatory arguments according to the verb valency are filled. The system refuses any instruction to finish the sentence before it is complete. The correct German word order for the entire sentence is yielded by the generator (cf. the sentence-final nonfinite verb in Figure 4 )-another feature that reduces the user's mental load.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 365, "end": 373, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "The word-by-word entering of sentences of the text takes place in the Next-Word Panel. It is subdivided into three components: (1) a text-input window at the top, (2) the pre-ordered header line in the middle controlling the content of (3) the suggestion list at the bottom. The user can type according to a personal strategy. The default prompting always highlights an active header in green (cf. F in an orange circle in the upper snapshot) and offers matching word forms in the suggestion list (with the correct inflectional ending in the current context). If desired, the user changes the currently active header. In Figure 4 , we illus-trate the active choice of the header Wie? 'How'. In turn, the system updates the suggestions for appropriate fillers. Words not visible in the suggestion list can be accessed by scrolling through the list (G), or by starting to type a word's prefix (H)-given that the user knows the spelling. To select a word form, the user navigates to the desired list item and confirms the selection (I). Directly pressing 'Enter' quickly selects the topmost list item.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 621, "end": 629, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "By the perpetual list of attribute headers, EasyTalk reminds the user to add cues that cannot be clarified as with face-to-face communication.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "In the upper snapshot of Figure 4 , assumingly, the user has first typed all obligatory elements of the sentence. Due to the available headers in the Next-Word Panel, the user has activated the header Wie? 'How'. (N.B. the header Wen? is still present for a potential extension of the most recently entered direct object viele Hobbys, for instance, by a prepositional object.) Accordingly, the suggestion list offers appropriate fillers. Typing the letter \"n\" in the text-input window shows the negation nicht 'not' as topmost item. Previous usability studies with different groups of L2 learners of German show that presenting attribute headers is stimulating to advanced users without disturbing tendencies for beginners (Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022) .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 723, "end": 753, "text": "(Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022)", "ref_id": "BIBREF20" } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 25, "end": 33, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "In addition, the Sentence Panel provides the meta-level commands to finish the sentence, or to erase the last word, respectively (cf. J and K in yellow spades in the upper snapshot). In order to avoid unintended operating errors, these elements are put far away from the typing keys. We expect the user to notice them when reading the finished sentence.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Within-sentence support", "sec_num": "3.2" }, { "text": "On finishing a sentence, the middle area switches from the Sentence Panel to the Connector Panel.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Sentence-combining support", "sec_num": "3.3" }, { "text": "Studies into an LS corpus with more than 29,000 sentences from a variety of LS text from the internet (Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022) describe a problem. In order to provide text coherence, declarative main clauses deviate in 50 percent of the cases from the SVO order-although any deviation from SVO word order is very hard to understand by the target group (Bock, 2019) . Moreover, the standard German writers of the LS text often resort to subordinate clauses-also forbidden in LS.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 102, "end": 132, "text": "(Harbusch and Steinmetz, 2022)", "ref_id": "BIBREF20" }, { "start": 358, "end": 370, "text": "(Bock, 2019)", "ref_id": "BIBREF6" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Sentence-combining support", "sec_num": "3.3" }, { "text": "We suggest a very easy (E)LS-conform method to provide coherence cues. The idea is inspired by the German weil-V2 phenomenon in spoken German (the subordinating conjunction because is followed by a clause with main-clause V2-word order; cf. Reis, 2013 for a thorough survey). Based on audio and transliteration data from spoken German, Kempen and Harbusch (2016) argue that speakers start a new sentence after having uttered the conjunction. We reason that the concept of going on with a main clause after any conjunction or a sentential adverb in the Frontfield is a feasible generalization that circumvents subordinating clauses and focused elements in the Frontfield position in German without losing the information carried by these items. Looking at this claim from a sentence-planning perspective, any abstract relation known from the Rhetorical-Structure Theory becomes available as sentence connector between two main clauses. The resulting text reflects the writer's conceptual message. Thus, the overall discourse structure, is conveyed much better than by choppy sequences of main clauses (cf. the text in Figure 5 with highlighted connectors preserving the constraints of (E)LS).", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 336, "end": 362, "text": "Kempen and Harbusch (2016)", "ref_id": "BIBREF27" } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 1117, "end": 1125, "text": "Figure 5", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Sentence-combining support", "sec_num": "3.3" }, { "text": "Via the Connector Panel (cf. Figure 4 , lower snapshot), all abstract RST-relations are made accessible by using an intuitive wording from the target users' vocabulary (e.g., REASON = because). The menu provides seven connectorsrecommended by Netzwerk Leichte Sprache (2013)-for direct access (cf. the coordinating and (cf. L in a blue square) highlighted as active choice). Operating Andere w\u00e4hlen 'Choose other' (M) offers additional options in the Next-Word 'I will write a story for my friends now.' Figure 5 : A short example text illustrating the impact to text coherence stimulating the use of connectors (in bold, red) in EasyTalk. The colon is a very frequent, yet ambiguous connector in LS. When selected, EasyTalk replaces the full stop with a colon instead of adding a separate line.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 29, "end": 37, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" }, { "start": 504, "end": 512, "text": "Figure 5", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Sentence-combining support", "sec_num": "3.3" }, { "text": "Panel. EasyTalk appends the selected connector at the end of the Text Panel. Initially, we leave the Next-Word Panel empty to avoid additional reading during the decision making for a connector. Choosing the arrow button (N) skips the selection of a connector. For details on the selection process, see Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2021b) .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 303, "end": 333, "text": "Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2021b)", "ref_id": "BIBREF64" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Sentence-combining support", "sec_num": "3.3" }, { "text": "Now, we report the recent evaluation study.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Sentence-combining support", "sec_num": "3.3" }, { "text": "In general, it is best practice to identify and correct usability flaws in software before it is made available to the user (see, e.g., Holzinger, 2005) . For the target group, the first impression is particularly crucial for the acceptance of a system. AAC software is often abandoned after a short period of use (see, e.g., Dawe, 2006; Fager et al., 2006; Waller, 2019) .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 136, "end": 152, "text": "Holzinger, 2005)", "ref_id": "BIBREF22" }, { "start": 326, "end": 337, "text": "Dawe, 2006;", "ref_id": "BIBREF9" }, { "start": 338, "end": 357, "text": "Fager et al., 2006;", "ref_id": "BIBREF12" }, { "start": 358, "end": 371, "text": "Waller, 2019)", "ref_id": "BIBREF65" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Evaluation", "sec_num": "4" }, { "text": "Maturing versions of EasyTalk were previously evaluated in several tests with substitute user groups (see, e.g., Harbusch, 2020, 2021a) such as experts in the field of accessible communication and L2 learners (CEFR-level A1-B1 and differing computer skills). Nevertheless, it is essential to test the system with the actual target group (cf. Newell and Gregor, 2000; Henry, 2007; Nganji and Nggada, 2011 , for user sensitive, inclusive design of accessible, disability-aware software). Here, we compare the previous findings with observations from the recent study.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 113, "end": 135, "text": "Harbusch, 2020, 2021a)", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 342, "end": 366, "text": "Newell and Gregor, 2000;", "ref_id": "BIBREF43" }, { "start": 367, "end": 379, "text": "Henry, 2007;", "ref_id": "BIBREF21" }, { "start": 380, "end": 403, "text": "Nganji and Nggada, 2011", "ref_id": "BIBREF42" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Evaluation", "sec_num": "4" }, { "text": "Testing with people with disabilities presents unique challenges and increased organizational effort (cf. Lazar, 2017: Chapter 16, for an overview)-for example, special precautions currently need to be taken in direct contact with the target group which is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 (cf. R\u00f6dler, 2020; Portal et al., 2021) . There-fore, we conducted a qualitative case study aiming to uncover the biggest usability flaws in our software with only a handful of participants (cf. discount testing; Nielson, 1989) .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 284, "end": 311, "text": "COVID-19 (cf. R\u00f6dler, 2020;", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 312, "end": 332, "text": "Portal et al., 2021)", "ref_id": "BIBREF51" }, { "start": 483, "end": 505, "text": "(cf. discount testing;", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 506, "end": 520, "text": "Nielson, 1989)", "ref_id": null } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Test setup and participants", "sec_num": "4.1" }, { "text": "For this purpose, we asked eight Germanspeaking participants, aged 18-25, with different conditions, writing and computer skills (cf . Table 1) , to exploratively test the system in sessions from 25 to 40 minutes. The tests were performed under normal room lighting on a laptop with 15\" display screen resolution of 1920x1080. EasyTalk had to be operated in the same setup (e.g., displaying the ARASAAC symbols) by all participants using the provided laptop keyboard and an external mouse.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 133, "end": 144, "text": ". Table 1)", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Test setup and participants", "sec_num": "4.1" }, { "text": "Since predefined tasks-like in a usability study-might exert unnecessary pressure and frustration on the target group which could distract from evaluating the specific communication features in question we aimed to create casual situations in our experimental set-up that avoids unintentionally scrutinizing our participant's personal skills. To provide a feeling of security, the individual caregiver (or the writing workshop leader) and only one person from the evaluation team (the interviewer) were present during the sessions. Each session started with a brief warmup to break the ice.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Test procedure", "sec_num": "4.2" }, { "text": "Standard evaluation techniques like thinking aloud or UX questionnaires 15 would overtax the target group. Complex, open-end questions are particularly difficult for participants with CCN or severe ASD. Thus, we abstained from systematically switching between typing and judging this process in a structured interview with post-task question as another potential source of irritation 15 www.ueq-online.org / Participant P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Age 20-25 20-25 18-20 20-25 20-25 20-25 20-25 18-20 Gender M M F F M M F F Condition(s) ASD due to test subjects feeling pressured to make a statement. Nevertheless, we encouraged the participants to give comments. As far as the participants complied, we elaborated on raised topics. Besides observing the participants as they typed their conceptual message and logging the users' actions, we decided to employ eye tracking as far as the participants gave their permission and conditions allowed for recording eye movements with a Tobii Pro Nano 16 to obtain objective information (cf. Bojko, 2005) .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 1020, "end": 1022, "text": "16", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 1060, "end": 1072, "text": "Bojko, 2005)", "ref_id": "BIBREF5" } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 406, "end": 565, "text": "/ Participant P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Age 20-25 20-25 18-20 20-25 20-25 20-25 20-25 18-20 Gender M M F F M M F F Condition(s) ASD", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Test procedure", "sec_num": "4.2" }, { "text": "To explain how the system works, the interviewer wrote one sample sentence in EasyTalk: Die Sonne scheint heute. 'The sun shines today.'. The participants could opt for rehearsing the example interactively with the interviewer. Afterwards, all participants were invited to explore the system freely. (Before the experiment, the leader of the Schreibwerkstatt had advised participants with spontaneous decision-making problems to think up in advance the sentences they wanted to write during the experiment.) If needed, the participant received help with spelling or interacting with the computer either from the interviewer or the caretaker. At the end of the typing session, the interviewer exported the text from EasyTalk with or without symbols according to the participants preference to hand it to them as receipt for participating in the experiment. One final yes/noquestion was asked to all participants: Would you like to use EasyTalk in the writing workshop in the future?", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Test procedure", "sec_num": "4.2" }, { "text": "In general, the evaluation corroborates the easy and intuitive interface design of EasyTalk. All participants successfully typed at least three sentences, with each sentence being an average of four words long with EasyTalk (see Figure 6 for the text typed in two sessions). Four participants spontaneously skipped the interactive example rehearsal and typed their own sentences without problems. Participant P8, who can write texts beyond the scope of LS in MS Word, stated that EasyTalk did not benefit her and opted out of the test after writing a four-word sentence. We exclude P8 in the following. Spontaneously, P5 judged: \"The headers help with concentration\" and \"The connectors between sentences are important. Sometimes there are longer sentences. 16 www.tobiipro.com/product-listing/nano/ You can do them piece by piece in this manner.\". P2 stated: \"It works great but I have to concentrate a bit here.\". We attribute the overall positive result to improvements of the overall interface that were based on several evaluation rounds with substitute users. The current test confirms that the communication with the system is easy to learn due to intuitive dialogues all over the system.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 758, "end": 760, "text": "16", "ref_id": null } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 229, "end": 237, "text": "Figure 6", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "The eye-tracking data supports this claim. We defined areas of interest (AOIs) in the interface to be able to track task-accomplishment paths. All users focused on the dialogue elements in the intended manner. With respect to effectiveness, we did not find traces of searching around for items. The eye-tracking data documents the inspection of the Text Panel after a sentence was finished.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "One person spontaneously wrote a question. Participants P1-P7 supplemented their sentences with modifiers (e.g., when? or how? cues were spontaneously selected in the Next-Word Panel). Six participants completed the decision dialogue for complex verb constructions (Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2020) . Although we had not demonstrated this decision dialog in the introduction, four participants typed verbs in present perfect tense, and two users selected a modal as finite Figure 6 : Two sample sessions. Top: Participant P1 chose to type the interviewer's example himself as first sentence. P1 skipped the choice of connectors all of the text; Bottom: P5 typed four sentences without rehearsing the interviewer's example and used an explicit connector once (und 'and').", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 265, "end": 295, "text": "(Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2020)", "ref_id": "BIBREF60" } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 470, "end": 478, "text": "Figure 6", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "verb followed by an infinitive (cf. the example sentence in Figure 4 ). Two participants spontaneously erased words in the Sentence Panel using the red X-button-also not shown in the introduction. Clicking the green \u2713-button in the Sentence Panel was shown, and completing a sentence was successfully performed by all participants. These observations also reflect that EasyTalk is easy and intuitive to use for the target group beyond explicitly demonstrated features.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 60, "end": 68, "text": "Figure 4", "ref_id": "FIGREF3" } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "With respect to efficiency, P4 systematically selected the words as soon as they appeared in the completion list in favor of writing the words to the end. In contrast, P6 initially typed every word from start to finish. Later on, P6 selected the words from the completion list as soon as possible. P2 commented: \"Writing to the end is better.\" and judged the completion list as helpful to prevent spelling mistakes.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "According to the eye-tracking data, the participants' focus while writing the current sentence was mainly on the Next-Word Panel. The Text Panel and the Sentence Panel were used to back up the flow of thoughts. In detail, the participants exhibited different interaction strategies (Figure 8 , e.g., illustrates P1's word selection strategy of focusing the wh-cues). To connect a sentence, all participants looked at the previous text in the Text Panel and read through the Connector Panel (see Figure 7 for an example gaze plot). However, the eye-tracking data unveiled shortcomings of the Connector Panel's layout. Often, the second row of connector options was considerably less likely inspected. Unfortunately, nobody felt inclined to add a connector systematically after reading through all/some options. Accordingly, we plan to shorten the list of mentioned options. Moreover, we intend to set up an active training mode in EasyTalk that teaches when and how to use text connectors (Reid et al., 2013) .", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 988, "end": 1007, "text": "(Reid et al., 2013)", "ref_id": "BIBREF53" } ], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 282, "end": 291, "text": "(Figure 8", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 495, "end": 503, "text": "Figure 7", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "Because of the participants' overall positive response to the question of whether they wanted to use the system, the leader of the writing workshop asked for a copy of EasyTalk for using it in future.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Results", "sec_num": "4.3" }, { "text": "We presented EasyTalk, an intuitive-to-use writing assistant for fast and correct text writing in ELS for low-literate users with IDD and/or CCN. The evaluation verified the claim that users can instantaneously type complete and correct sentences with EasyTalk. However, the offer of connectors should be improved. As mentioned above, we plan a make-over of the Connector Panel combined with an active teaching unit. It is an open question to which extent automatic storytelling concepts (cf. Section 2.3) can be incorporated into the active training mode of our system (cf. Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2021a) . We intend to evaluate this new feature in longitudinal studies with the target user group.", "cite_spans": [ { "start": 575, "end": 605, "text": "Steinmetz and Harbusch, 2021a)", "ref_id": "BIBREF62" } ], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Conclusions", "sec_num": "5" }, { "text": "Besides further above-mentioned future work, personalized features for specific user groups will be realized. Moreover, a native smartphone version is under development. Figure 7 : Gaze plot of P1while connecting sentences 2 and 3 using the Connector Panel. P1 looked at the previous text in the Text Panel and read through all connector options before operating the arrow button to skip the connector. Figure 8 : Two consecutive snapshots of P1 typing the third word of the second sentence. First, P1 focuses the headers in the Next-Word panel. In turn, P1 starts typing the word. Finally, P1 focuses the element gut 'good' in the suggestion list.", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 170, "end": 178, "text": "Figure 7", "ref_id": null }, { "start": 403, "end": 411, "text": "Figure 8", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Conclusions", "sec_num": "5" }, { "text": "A scanning system iterates sequentially through all options until the user instructs the system to stop and select. 9 www.barrierefreikommunizieren.de/datenbank/", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "See, e.g., the WritingPal (www.igiglobal.com/chapter/the-writing-pal/88184)", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "We use the original term byBell (1984) to refer to the wide area of how to enrich a text for making it understandable for the reader, i.e., taking a third-person perspective for understanding the text (reader-centered writing).", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "CELEX is also available for Dutch and English. Thus, EasyTalk can be ported to these target languages with minor efforts. 13 www.coe.int/en/web/common-europeanframework-reference-languages 14 By default, EasyTalk uses the ARASAAC symbol set: www.arasaac.org", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "", "sec_num": null } ], "back_matter": [ { "text": "We owe a huge dept of gratitude to the Schreibwerkstatt of the Habila Tannenhof Ulm for the comprehensive support for the case study.In addition, we are extremely grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive and insightful suggestions and comments. 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