FW: Your comments on the general technique Measuring the readability of text content

>From Yvette. Still need to address concerns raised by Gregg, Michael,
and Ben as well as Loretta.

These commenters don't feel that "measuring redability" is actually a
technique-- it's reall a test. Still trying to figure out how best to
represent it.

There are only two *techniques* where it would make sense to list
measuring readability in the Test section:
- Providing a text summary (where the summary itself has to be tested
for readability)
- Providing visual illustrations (where it might make sense to test the
readability of specific passages that describe ideas or processes to see
if they warrant visual illustration, but that's not really what the SC
says)

A third one would be (a new technique) Making text easier to read, where
the readability test would be applied to rewritten text to see if it
gets a better readability score.

Suggestions welcome!

John 



"Good design is accessible design." 
John Slatin, Ph.D.
Director, Accessibility Institute
University of Texas at Austin
FAC 248C
1 University Station G9600
Austin, TX 78712
ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524
email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu
web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/


 


-----Original Message-----
From: Yvette Hoitink [mailto:y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:59 am
To: John M Slatin
Subject: RE: Your comments on the general technique Measuring the
readability of text content

Hi John,

I like the clarification to select paragraphs with different styles or
different types of content. This addresses my concern. Thanks for
checking back with me!

Yvette


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John M Slatin [mailto:john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu]
> Sent: woensdag 22 februari 2006 17:43
> To: Yvette Hoitink
> Subject: Your comments on the general technique Measuring the 
> readability of text content
> 
> Hi, Yvette.
> 
> On the 09 February survey of GL 3.1 issues and techniques, you made 
> the following comment about the technique, Measuring the readability 
> of text
> content:
> 
> <blockquote>
> I would like to see some more guidance on how to choose the paragraphs

> to which to apply the readibility statistics to.
> </blockquote>
> 
> The technique has been updated. Please review the new version at 
> http://trace.wisc.edu/wcag_wiki/index.php?title=Measuring_the_
> readabilit
> y_of_text_content#Status and let me know if your concerns have been 
> addressed.
> 
> Thanks so much!
> John
> 
> 
> "Good design is accessible design." 
> John Slatin, Ph.D.
> Director, Accessibility Institute
> University of Texas at Austin
> FAC 248C
> 1 University Station G9600
> Austin, TX 78712
> ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524
> email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu
> web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/
> 
> 
>  
>

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