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A growing number of people are using the Web to access English-language resources, among other things. In Asian countries, for example, many people want access to English texts. Many Asians are not as competent reading English as they may be in the intellectual content of their domain. The problem of accessibility to English texts is significant simply because of the number of people involved. The problems for second language English readers are similar to those for many dyslexic first language readers. We propose a descriptive model that supports adaptability of texts for the benefit of such people based on FRBR and AccessForAll standards.
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Morozumi, A., Nevile, L., Sugimoto, S. (2007). Enabling Resource Selection Based on Written English and Intellectual Competencies. In: Goh, D.HL., Cao, T.H., Sølvberg, I.T., Rasmussen, E. (eds) Asian Digital Libraries. Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers. ICADL 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4822. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77094-7_20
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