Using the free online readability instrument provided by 'Readability Formulas' (http://www.readabilityformulas.com/), the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level tool was used to calculate readability; 35 the measurement has been widely used in a number of studies to calculate reading levels.
Any figures, such as maps or pictograms, were removed, and content was then formatted as plain text and uploaded to a free online tool (http://www.readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php/) from which different readability indicators were obtained (Technical Appendix).
Though the original Readability tool will remain free, Mr. Ziade hopes to capture a willing audience by simplifying the so-called micropayment model, which has been much discussed but is tricky to execute.
The published literature documents a range of responses to this potential inequity including free internet access at strategic sites, improved readability and cultural acceptability of online health information, skill development for online access or additional support from a care manager [ 32– 32].
And I used to go around the world warning designers that if we didn't figure out a way to create readable, clutter-free layouts for our clients' sites, apps like Readability would do it for us -- putting us out of work, and removing advertising as a revenue stream for media companies.
Readability articles included readability formulas and how "readable" health information is.
(We will make free use of these abbreviations wherever they seem to improve readability).
In addition to copyright-free books, the app works with content from Pocket or Readability.
iOS users already have a version of this in iOS 5 with Reading List, but with Readability you get a bit more functionality and it's free to download.
If those apps started charging subscriptions (both are currently free), I bet they would have to go through Apple's subscription system just like Readability.
However, with Windows Live Photo Gallery free editing program, the text on grayscale scans can be made darker and comparable in readability to black and white scans.
