@inproceedings{suarez-figueroa-etal-2025-artificial,
    title = "How Artificial Intelligence can help in the Easy-to-Read Adaptation of Numerical Expressions in {S}panish",
    author = "Su{\'a}rez-Figueroa, Mari Carmen  and
      Mu{\~n}oz-Navarro, Alejandro  and
      Diab, Isam",
    editor = "Ginel, Mar{\'i}a Isabel Rivas  and
      Cadwell, Patrick  and
      Canavese, Paolo  and
      Hansen-Schirra, Silvia  and
      Kappus, Martin  and
      Matamala, Anna  and
      Noonan, Will",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Easy and Plain Language in Institutional Contexts (AI {\&} EL/PL)",
    month = jun,
    year = "2025",
    address = "Geneva, Switzerland",
    publisher = "European Association for Machine Translation",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/mtsummit-25-ingestion/2025.aielpl-1.2/",
    pages = "14--24",
    ISBN = "978-2-9701897-5-6",
    abstract = "Numerical expressions, specifically the use of fractions and percentages in texts, may encounter a difficulty in the reading comprehension process for different groups of the population, including persons with cognitive disabilities. As an element that facilitates reading comprehension, the Easy-to-Read (E2R) Methodology, created to achieve the so-called cognitive accessibility, recommends avoiding the use of fractions and percentages. If it is necessary to include them, their equivalence or explanation should be described. In order to help people who have difficulties in reading comprehension when they have to deal with fractions and percentages, we have developed an initial method for adapting numerical expressions in an automatic way in Spanish. This method is based on (a) Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods and techniques and (b) the E2R guidelines and recommendations. In addition, the method has been implemented as a web application. With the goal of having our research in the context of the so-called responsible AI, we followed the human-centred design approach called participatory design. In this regard, we involved people with cognitive disabilities in order to (a) reinforce the adaptations provided by E2R experts and included in our method, and (b) evaluate our application to automatically adapt numerical expressions following an E2R approach. Moreover, this method can be integrated into institutional procedures, such as those of university administrations and public organisations, to enhance the accessibility of official documents and educational materials."
}