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Micro Power & Light Co.

Our readability software supports nine of the most popular readability formulas: Dale-Chall, Spache, Flesch Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease, Fry Graph, SMOG, FOG, Powers-Sumner-Kearl, FORCAST

Our readability documentation stresses the critical need to edit materials in preparation for readability analyses.

Software used to determine the read- ability level of materials according to any of nine popular readability formulas.

Two computer programs - “Readability Calculations” that provides grade level scores, PLUS the “Vocabulary Assessor” which can identify the specific words likely difficult for intended readers.

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readability software

performing

readability calculations

according to 9 of the most popular

readability formulas

plus

vocabulary assessor

and

readability scoring

service.

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Screens central to formula scoring, word identification and material preparation.

A powerful implementation of the new Dale-Chall formula, of special interest to readability experts and organizations scoring large volumes and/or large files.

Readability Calculations

Readability Calculations features include ...  computers supported, software reliability and ease of use, user documentation, user controls, input alternatives, raw counts ...

 

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•  Our readability software supports Macintosh as well as Windows computers. The program code for each is separate and “native” to that type computer, ensuring their maximum speed and compatibility.

 

•  The company brings over 25 years experience to its readability software, with refinements ensuring both reliability and ease-of-use.

 

•  Each readability program has its own tailored User Guide - comprehensive yet brief, covering all the points necessary ...

 

(1) to ensure a successful installation of the readability software

(2) to facilitate your choice of the right readability formula

(3) to help you determine sample size, number and location

(4) to provide you critical editing instructions

(5) to explain scores that are surprising or different

 

•  Certain readability formulas require user intervention if their results are to be reliable. Where necessary - as with both the Dale-Chall and Spache formulas - our software supports and invites such critical user intervention.

 

•  Our software supports a variety of ways to enter material into the readability programs. You may key it in, paste it in, or in most cases you may read it from a file directly into the readability software.

 

•  In addition to displaying the material’s readability score, the program also shows the raw counts that figured in the formula calculations, e.g. the average number of words per sentence, syllables per word, etc.

 

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