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Product Info.
What good are your written materials if your
readers find them too difficult to understand? Alienate, bewilder and bore your
readers, and they will hurl your materials in the trash can.
If you
want to write effectively and ensure your readers can understand what you
write, you need to assess the reading level of your materials by using one (or
more than one) readability formula. Although we have used readability formulas
for decades, using them -- with their many formulaic steps and tedious
word/syllable/sentence counting -- can be a burden on the brain and a tax on
time; that is, up until now.
READABILITY
CALCULATIONS, a Windows/Macintosh-based reading assessment program by
Micro Power & Light Co., automates the process of determining the reading
level of your materials, saving you time, money and plenty of headaches. Simply
import or paste your text into READABILITY PLUS, and the program quickly
analyzes your text and tells you the reading level(s) of your material using up
to nine of the most popular readability formulas.
READABILITY CALCULATIONS can give you reading levels on
all of your materials; this includes technical manuals, reports, brochures,
press releases, text books, articles, business publications, and so forth. Now
you can feel confident that your readers will be able to understand your
material and that you have not wasted your time and energy in writing your
material for the wrong audience.
READABILITY
CALCULATIONS is a productivity software package containing up to nine of
the most widely used readability formulas supporting the assessment of written
materials - primary through college level. Formulas include the Fry
Graph, Dale-Chall, Flesch Reading Ease as well as Flesch
Grade Level, FORCAST, FOG, SMOG,
Powers-Somner-Kearl and Spache.
With access to a number
of readability formulas, the READABILITY
CALCULATIONS is an indispensable readability software for assessing the
reading level of written materials - whether by reading specialists, teachers,
trainers, librarians, instructional writers, curriculum writers, policy and
procedure writers, technical writers ...
READABILITY CALCULATIONS contains the following nine
formulas:
Formula # 1:
Dale-Chall
A vocabulary-based formula normally used to assess upper
elementary through secondary materials.
Formula #
2: Flesch Reading Ease
Normally used to assess adult
materials, shows scores on a scale between 0 and 100.
Formula # 3: Flesch Grade Level
Most reliable
when used with upper elementary and secondary materials.
Formula # 4: Fry Graph
Used over a wide grade
range of materials, from elementary through college and beyond.
Formula # 5: FOG
Widely used in the health
care and general insurance industries for general business publications.
Formula # 6: Powers-Sumner-
Kear
Used in assessing primary through early elementary level
materials.
Formula # 7: SMOG
Unlike any of the other formulas, SMOG predicts the grade level required
for 100% comprehension.
Formula # 8:
FORCAST Focuses on functional literacy. Used to assess non- running
narrative, e.g. questionnaires, forms, tests ...
Formula # 9: Spache
A vocabulary-based
formula widely used in assessing primary through fourth grade
materials.
The following features make READABILITY CALCULATIONS software
the most complete and powerful program available in today's marketplace:
Help
In Context Screens include Help menus, providing ready
instructions for use on that screen.
One Pass
In most cases
you may specify multiple formulas to be applied in a single pass of the sample
text.
Keyed Samples
Samples of text to be assessed may be
entered directly into the program from the keyboard.
File
Samples
The program can also evaluate samples created and saved as text
files from any word processor.
Scanned Text
Program can
accept scanned text, first cleaned and saved as text files from any word
processor.
No Size Limits
The program accepts any size
sample - from the conventional 100 words, to the entire text.
Raw
Counts
In addition to actual formula scores, the program also displays
all relevant raw data statistics.
Hardcopy Printout of all
scores and raw data can be obtained at the conclusion of each assessment.
Text Editing
It is very easy to direct the program to ignore any
words in its assessment of the sample.
User Manual
Includes
all the basic information needed to install and use the program.
The Latest Info
A ReadMe file on the original media describes
the newest features and operating tips.
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System
Requirements
READABILITY CALCULATIONS installs quickly and runs
on any minimal stand-alone Windows or Macintosh computer. The Windows-version
and the Macintosh-version comes on CD-ROM.
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