Grant: Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
$12,500.00
Facilitating text comprehension of long-form text
EF 2020-21
Résumé
Located in Toronto, Quillsoft Ltd. is a leader in assistive technology software that helps people read and write. Founded by Dr. Fraser Shein in 2000, in partnership with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Quillsoft's products, including WordQ, are used by over 2.5 million end-users, primarily in the education field. While WordQ, and other competing solutions primarily focus on writing, Quillsoft consistently hears from educators that students struggle with long-form text comprehension.
To that end, Quillsoft sees a business opportunity in developing long-form text comprehension technology that the company is planning to include in the next generation of its products. Building on the previous collaboration with Seneca, Quillsoft is partnering again with Professor Asma Paracha and her team to develop a proof-of-concept that will provide readers with insight into multi-level relationships between concepts contained in long-form texts. Once fully developed, this new and unique text comprehension solution will enable Quillsoft to increase and diversify its revenue stream and increase market penetration.
Programme
Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
558876-2020
Name nom
Leaver, Chad
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
1803
Institution établissement
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
12500
Program id
CEGP2
Program name en
Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
Program name fr
Subvention d'engagement partenarial Plus pour les collèges
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
800
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information and communication services
Area of application fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Research subject code
2800
Research subject group en
Artificial intelligence
Research subject group fr
Intelligence artificielle
Research subject en
Artificial intelligence (computer vision, use2603)
Research subject fr
Intelligence artificielle (vision artificielle, utiliser 2603)
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Facilitating text comprehension of long-form text
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Located in Toronto, Quillsoft Ltd. is a leader in assistive technology software that helps people read and write. Founded by Dr. Fraser Shein in 2000, in partnership with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Quillsoft's products, including WordQ, are used by over 2.5 million end-users, primarily in the education field. While WordQ, and other competing solutions primarily focus on writing, Quillsoft consistently hears from educators that students struggle with long-form text comprehension.
To that end, Quillsoft sees a business opportunity in developing long-form text comprehension technology that the company is planning to include in the next generation of its products. Building on the previous collaboration with Seneca, Quillsoft is partnering again with Professor Asma Paracha and her team to develop a proof-of-concept that will provide readers with insight into multi-level relationships between concepts contained in long-form texts. Once fully developed, this new and unique text comprehension solution will enable Quillsoft to increase and diversify its revenue stream and increase market penetration.
