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REALWord
Measuring Text Readability
Issue: 5.5 (July/August 2007)
Author: JC Cruz
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Article Length (in bytes): 25,388
Starting Page Number: 20
RBD Number: 5509
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5509.zip Updated: Monday, July 16, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Related Web Link(s):
http://syllabary.sourceforge.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readability_test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch-Kincaid_Readability_Test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus_Naur_Form
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clauses
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Welcome to the first in a series of articles on the subject of text processing and manipulation. Today, we will look into the topic of readability metrics. We will learn one common form of metric and use REALbasic to implement and test that metric.
The Concept of Readability
Word processors are both a boon and bane to writers. They allow writers to edit a document without retyping the whole thing. They can check a document's spelling and grammar, tasks that are otherwise tedious to do by hand. Some even have built-in dictionaries to help writers decide if they chose the right words.
But word processors do not always guarantee quality writing. A paragraph can have good spelling and grammar but still have other faults. For instance, it may be too complex or too long to be readable. Or it may consist of too many specialized words, also known as jargon. One way to check if the document is easily readable is to conduct a readability survey(see sidebar). Another way is to use readability metrics.
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