A Computer Program for Assessing Readability.

Abstract

A computerized program for assessing the readability of technical documentation is presented. This program is particularly useful to Army personnel responsible for the readability of Army publications. The program is designed to provide the user with an analysis of the text that includes: (a) the complete text, (b) a listing of words containing 3 or more syllables and the number of times each multi-syllable word appears in the text, (c) the number of sentences, (d) the average sentence length, (e) the number of words, (f) the number of syllables, (g) the average syllables per word and (h) the Flesch-Kincaid reading grade level score. An appendix provides the reader with both a complete program listing (BASIC) and sample input and output files.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA113962

Entities

People

  • Judah Katznelson

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Continents
  • Digital Information
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Instructions
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Materials
  • Military Art
  • National Security
  • Professional Development
  • Security
  • Students
  • Syllables

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.