- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:11:38 -0500
- To: Cherie Ekholm <cheriee@exchange.microsoft.com>
- Cc: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
how about http://www.read-able.com The Readability Test Tool takes the text on your web page and gives a score for the most used readability indicators. Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease Flesch Kincaid Grade Level Gunning Fog Score Coleman Liau Index Automated Readability Index (ARI) or http://www.readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php (group rating) it rates on 7 different scales with additional tools for checking grade levels using the Fry Graph, Raygor Estimate Graph, Spache Formula, and New Dale-Chall Formula, http://www.readabilityformulas.com/search/pages/Free_Readability_Calculators/ (individual tools) Jim Allan (channeling John Slatin - who would have better and more accurate information on readability) On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Cherie Ekholm <cheriee@exchange.microsoft.com> wrote: > And it’s widely used in US government and education. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Flesch > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_test > > > > > > > > Chérie Ekholm > > Senior Standards Professional > > Microsoft Office Standards & Interoperability > > Phone: 425-706-1425 > > Fax: 425-936-7329 > > Redmond, WA > > > > From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gv@trace.wisc.edu] > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:38 PM > To: Cherie Ekholm > Cc: Loretta Guarino Reid; WCAG > > > Subject: Re: Search by Reading Level > > > > This measure is arbitrary and yields dubious results for meaningful sentence > with proper nouns in them. > > > > for example > > This sentence is uninterpretable (passes little useful information) but is > easy reading. > > > > He went to it and to see her. > Flesch reading ease 100.0 > > > while this one is > > Jimmy went to the hospital to see Madeline. > Flesch reading ease 61.2 > Reading level 6.7 > Has a higher reading level - yet is the easiest form. > > > this one has lower reading grade level but is hard to read and parse. > > Your brother went to the place where they take sick kids to see the girl you > saw last night. > Flesch reading ease 100.0 > Reading level 3.6 > > > > > > > > Gregg > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. > Director Trace R&D Center > Professor Industrial & Systems Engineering > and Biomedical Engineering > University of Wisconsin-Madison > > > Co-Director, Raising the Floor - International > and the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Project > http://Raisingthefloor.org --- http://GPII.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2012, at 12:14 AM, Cherie Ekholm wrote: > > > > If you are looking at reading level as determined by something like the > Flesch-Kincaid grade level or Flesch reading ease (or similar), the formulae > are available online. These are aggregate scores that take into account > sentence length and syllables per word. One reference is the MS topic for > Word at: > > > > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/test-your-document-s-readability-HP010354286.aspx?CTT=1 > > > > Chérie Ekholm > > Senior Standards Professional > > Microsoft Office Standards & Interoperability > > Phone: 425-706-1425 > > Fax: 425-936-7329 > > Redmond, WA > > > > From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gv@trace.wisc.edu] > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:49 PM > To: Loretta Guarino Reid > Cc: WCAG > Subject: Re: Search by Reading Level > > > > would be nice to know how the reading levels are determined. > > > > anyone know? > > > > Gregg > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. > Director Trace R&D Center > Professor Industrial & Systems Engineering > and Biomedical Engineering > University of Wisconsin-Madison > > > Co-Director, Raising the Floor - International > and the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Project > http://Raisingthefloor.org --- http://GPII.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 29, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Loretta Guarino Reid wrote: > > > > > We are often asked how to determine the reading level of text for meeting SC > 3.1.5. The features described in this blog post will be helpful for people > looking for content at a suitable reading level. I wonder if there is a way > they can help authors, too? > > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/learning-independence-with-google.html > > -- Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
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