Automatic Text Simplification

The use of computational methods to reduce the complexity of text while preserving its meaning, making it more accessible to readers with disabilities or limited literacy. Automatic text simplification includes lexical simplification (replacing difficult words with simpler synonyms), syntactic simplification (restructuring complex sentences), and content-level simplification (summarizing or removing non-essential information). Early approaches used rule-based methods, while modern systems increasingly leverage large language models for more sophisticated simplification.