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Spellchecking for Children in Web Search: a Natural Language Interface Case-study

SpellChecking للأطفال في البحث على شبكة الإنترنت: دراسة حالات واجهة اللغة الطبيعية

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 Publication date 2021
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Given the more widespread nature of natural language interfaces, it is increasingly important to understand who are accessing those interfaces, and how those interfaces are being used. In this paper, we explore spellchecking in the context of web search with children as the target audience. In particular, via a literature review we show that, while widely used, popular search tools are ill-designed for children. We then use spellcheckers as a case study to highlight the need for an interdisciplinary approach that brings together natural language processing, education, human-computer interaction to address a known information retrieval problem: query misspelling. We conclude that it is imperative that those for whom the interfaces are designed have a voice in the design process.



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