Ever since the web started stringing together HTML pages, readability acquired a different sort of importance.
you might select a URL and reach a webpage that’s designed for a 10 year old.
you might press another link which takes you straight to Stephen Hawking’s last paper.
Information is useful only if we can make sense out of it.
This is where readability web tools for web pages comes in.
AsWikipediasays, readability of a particular text is measured using certain formulas.
These are matched against the reading level of the audience.
These are not absolute but a general blinker for the reading friendliness of a written text.
A tool that’s close by for readability analysis is in MS Word itself.
MS Word uses two measuring scales like theFlesch Reading Easeand theFlesch-Kincaid Grade Level.
That’s handy but it makes checking of webpages a bit difficult.
Here’s where a few readability web tools can help out.
Also, most of these tools give a few more readability scores to tally your work against.
Where does your writing measure up against this piece of fact?
Take your writing and put it through these eight online tools to get a few readability scores.
There’s a fourth option in the form of a internet tool bookmarklet.
But as the explanations for the scores are given right below, we can make an assessment.
Copy-paste the text and get the scores.
The results also display a list of sentences which can be structured better to improve overall readability.
Readability.info
Readability.info can analyze text from an URL and a MS Word Document.
Word usage counts are also given which can help identify excessive use of particular parts of speech.
Also follow the link given right at the bottom which brings up readability scores for some well known websites.
With a free registration it’s possible for you to access theAdvanced Text Analyzer tool.
Lexicool Textalyser
Paste your content in the simple form field and click onGoto get the readability statistics.
you could also enter an URL for webpage analysis.
The tool analyses word groups in more detail especially with regards to density of certain words.
it’s possible for you to set it to examine the text for specific words or expressions.
This makes it useful as a basic keyword measurement tool.
The site lacks explanation aids, but it says that it’s coming up.
WordsCount
You get a simple text field and a submit button.
The calculator is provided by the developed the test - G. Harry McLaughlin.
The web form has a word limit of 2000 words and it is simple without a URL checker.
It seems just an interface as the Calculate button redirects the analysis to the WordsCount website.
Readers will stay on an article or site if they can effortlessly understand it.
Do you make the effort to nitpick at yourwriting?
Are they worth an analysis or would you go by your gut feel?
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