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Subject:Re: Flesch Readability Index From:Marti Parks <mparks -at- MSMAILHQ -dot- NETIMAGE -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 May 1995 15:20:00 PDT
The Microsoft Word grammar checking tool gives a Flesch readability and
grade level index. Also, a program called RightWriter can check any word
processing program text for readability with Flesch levels included in the
analysis. Hope this helps.
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Flesch Readability Index
Date: Monday, May 15, 1995 1:33PM
Fellow Techwrl-ers:
My sister-in-law is looking for a utilitity or application that can
read text and calculate the Flesch (sp?) readability indes for that
text. I guess this index is similar to the FOG index. The output is
a grade-leave assigned to the text, for example, 8th grade reading level.
Do any of you know of a program that will input text and print out a
detailed analysis/explanation and grade-level assignment according to the
rules of the Flesch Index?
TIA
-Mike
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