Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBBHwk011872; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:58:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:58:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002a01c1826c$83f5fde0$c51114ac@co.buncombe.nc.us> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Terri March" <marcht@co.buncombe.nc.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3493] RE: right writer X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1745 Lines: 37 I use Readability on a regular basis. I find it works very well. I think the difference between this and Readability Plus is that it uses fewer tools/scales but does include the most common. If you recognize that "reading level" is only one tool in determining readability and is an inexact science at best, then I find this version is more than adequate as a general guide. You don't have to retype your document. Just save it as a text file. When you pull your file up to analyze the text, if you have done all the "clean-up" for computer analysis, you can skip pieces you don't want included in the (e.g. headings, bulleted lists, etc...). ----- Original Message ----- From: <Betty.Merriman@cancer.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:03 PM Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3491] RE: right writer | | I used Right Writer several years ago and when I tried to purchase another | copy, I found that the company had discontinued it because, they said, RGL | software was being incorporated into word processing programs such as MS | Word. But as others have pointed out, those programs have limitations. | Specifically, the Flesch-Kincaid scale seems to test artificially low. So I | do hand calculations using SMOG. | Recently I came across a program on the Internet called "Readability Plus" | that provides eight readability formulas, including SMOG. The website is | www.micropowerand light.com. I'm thinking about ordering this program and | wonder if anyone else has used it and whether they find it useful?? | Thanks in advance. | Betty Merriman | Content Developer, Readability & Translations | American Cancer Society, National Office | betty.merriman@cancer.org | |
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