2nd Workshop on Tools and Resources for REAding DIfficulties (READI 2022)

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Recent studies show that the number of children and adults facing difficulties in reading andunderstanding written texts is steadily growing. Reading challenges can show up early on andmay include reading accuracy, speed, or comprehension to the extent that the impairment interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily life. Various technologies (text customization, text simplification, text to speech devices, screening for readers through games and web applications, to name a few) have been developed to help poor readers to get better access to information as well as to support reading development. Among those technologies, text adaptations are a powerful way to leverage document accessibility by using NLP techniques.The “Second Workshop on Tools and Resources for REAding DIfficulties” (READI), collocated with the “International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation” (LREC 2022), aims at presenting current state-of-the-art techniques and achievements for text adaptations together with existing reading aids and resources for lifelong learning. The materials can be addressed to children struggling with difficulties in learning to read, to the community of teachers, speech-language pathologists and parents seeking solutions, but also to adults and professionals involved with adults struggling with reading (illiterates, aphasic readers, low vision readers, etc.).