# SummaryLens -- A Smartphone App for Exploring Interactive Use of Automated Text Summarization in Everyday Life

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.02053 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.02053/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 4 Feb 2022.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [RealitySummary: Exploring On-Demand Mixed Reality Text Summarization and Question Answering using Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.18620/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present SummaryLens, a concept and prototype for a mobile tool that leverages automated text summarization to enable users to quickly scan and summarize physical text documents. We further combine this with a text-to-speech system to read out the summary on demand. With this concept, we propose and explore a concrete application case of bringing ongoing progress in AI and Natural Language Processing to a broad audience with interactive use cases in everyday life. Based on our implemented features, we describe a set of potential usage scenarios and benefits, including support for low-vision, low-literate and dyslexic users. A first usability study shows that the interactive use of automated text summarization in everyday life has noteworthy potential. We make the prototype available as an open-source project to facilitate further research on such tools.