Remote Access to Natural Language Parsing and Enhanced Text Presentation Technology for Improved Reading

LiveInc¿ is a visual-linguistic, "cascading phrase" method of text formatting that instanlydoubles reading retention and comprehension, and increases academic scores by a full grade-point in high school and college students. Based on neurocognitive advances in syntax and vision, LiveInk algorithims have been encoded into parsing engines that reformat text in real-time, for instant reading power. LiveInk software enables readers to manipulate the text appearance based on linguistic attribut tags that are embedded in the parsed text output. The Phase I SBIR LiveInk project demonstrated that real-time text parsing can be delivered over the Internet, to instantly boost reading power for any reader, anywhere, with any text. Phase I also demonstrated new classroom benefits of LiveInk, immediately improving oral fluency and writing, and making challenging content mor accessible to students. The proposed Phase II project will commercialize LiveInk, by expanding its server-based parsing capacity for high volume use and adding point & click definitions, and will develop new classroom interventions in Social Science and Language Arts that will be validated with a year long controlled study over 1000 high school students, using nationally standardized reading and achievements test. Learning disabilities and non-native English students will have additonal evaluations to maximize their benefit form LiveInk.