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From: Lisa Marie Lindenschmidt
Date: Thu, May 01 2003 5:36AM
Subject: Low literacy
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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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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Thu, May 01 2003 11:32AM
Subject: RE: Low literacy
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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
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