Reading Does Not Equal Reading: Comparing, Simulating and Exploiting Reading Behavior across Populations (2024.lrec-main)
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| Challenge: | Existing corpora of eye-tracking-while-reading corporata lack diversity, limiting their ability to include primarily native speakers. |
| Approach: | They expand the eye-tracking-while-reading dataset CopCo by incorporating a new dataset of L2 readers with diverse L1 backgrounds. |
| Outcome: | The extended CopCo corpus comprises neurotypical L1 and L1 readers with dyslexia as well as L2 readers reading the same materials. |
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