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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: May 1, 2003 11:32AM

Lisa,

There is something called the "Fog Index" which helps determine the
legibility/readability of any given document. A quick google should turn up
numerous references to it, but this one in particular seemed to be very
complete:
http://isu.indstate.edu/bminnick/asbe336/PowerPoint/fog-index.htm

Hope this helps.

JF



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa Marie Lindenschmidt [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:31 AM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Low literacy
>
>
> This is my first post. Hello, hello.
>
> I was wondering if any of you have ever had to ensure that your
> site was at
> a certain reading level? I am trying to get my website at a 6th-grade
> reading level (!) and am finding it impossible to locate any tools to test
> this. I am looking for a tool that will not only tell me the
> level at which
> I am writing, but also point out the problem words/sentences/areas. I have
> been told that a program like this would be difficult to develop because
> readability is determined mathematically.
>
> Does anyone have any help they can give me?
>
> Lisa Marie
> Information and Accessibility Coordinator
> Muskie School of Public Service
> Portland, Maine
>
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