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From: Ruth Stillman
Date: May 1, 2003 6:02AM

Lisa,

I am not aware of any specific tools, but I wonder if the Society for
Technical Communication (http://www.stc.org/) might have some resources to
help you.

Ruth Stillman






>From: Lisa Marie Lindenschmidt < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Reply-To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>Subject: Low literacy
>Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 08:31:12 -0400
>
>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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