tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post5899872715083147643..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: ReadabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-90214004370596814262010-05-14T11:28:25.511-04:002010-05-14T11:28:25.511-04:00Hi,
Jimmy here from WebDesignFromScratch.com. Gre...Hi,<br /><br />Jimmy here from WebDesignFromScratch.com. Great to hear you found our article helpful!<br /><br />All the best.<br /><br />Jimmy<br />Scratchmedia Ltd<br /><a href="http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com" rel="nofollow">Web Design London</a>Jimmy Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-48177859042997566032009-12-02T12:30:47.873-05:002009-12-02T12:30:47.873-05:00One of the big NY publishing houses, I forget whic...One of the big NY publishing houses, I forget which one, uses <a href="http://www.oleandersolutions.com/" rel="nofollow">Oleander Solutions</a>.<br /><br />Not free, but exceptional.Spy Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299551957327543491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-60086419671655036472009-12-02T11:22:34.799-05:002009-12-02T11:22:34.799-05:00PW,
First, thanks so much for all you do on this ...PW,<br /><br />First, thanks so much for all you do on this blog. I never miss a day, and I wonder if I'll ever be at your level of daily word count!!! LOL <br /><br />Second, it's nice to think that I can share something with you - and today I can. <br /><br />For listening to text read back to me, I've been using the free version of Natural Reader for years for editing - no character limit and a selection of voices. Cut and paste your content into the box (same as AT&T), listen, and pause NR when you need to change something in your work.<br /><br />Link is here: http://www.naturalreaders.com/<br /><br />A free, excellent offer over the web. Gotta love it. <br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and your family!<br />RebaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075252729188011233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-71115595557432700012009-12-02T09:17:33.368-05:002009-12-02T09:17:33.368-05:00Margaret wrote: I'm a bit confused. Is this me...Margaret wrote: <i>I'm a bit confused. Is this meant for fiction? Or is it meant for blog posts and essays?</i><br /><br />In some cases, both. Readability on the internet is mostly about fonts, formatting and other types of presentation, in which case the links to Patrick Burt's and the WebDesignFromScratch.com's articles would be helpful. The rest are more about the readability of printed text, like what we publish in our books. I just went with both because I found them all pretty interesting. :)<br /><br /><i>Readability in fiction might be one of those "I know it when I see it" kind of things.</i><br /><br />I have an advantage in that I write by speaking to the VRS, so I can actually hear all my dialogue as it hits the page, and I've found it really helps me with composition -- sometimes I catch myself writing guy dialogue that sounds out loud more like girl dialogue, for example. That AT&T link can read back a line or two of dialogue to you in different voices so you can hear how it sounds. I also like seeing counts on my scenes (especially averages on words per sentence, since I try to avoid writing long, rambling one, so the Readability tool helps give me a regular count check.the authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220786472896283714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-54524215053772354792009-12-02T09:14:51.573-05:002009-12-02T09:14:51.573-05:00You are just so helpful. : )You are just so helpful. : )Little Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324107673573817188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-45682069987002346182009-12-02T09:07:44.848-05:002009-12-02T09:07:44.848-05:00There is a great tool called Readability that take...There is a great tool called Readability that takes the text of a web page and reformats it as "bookish" texts. I've found that it is fantastic for reading the books at Gutenberg. Also work for other web pages - strips out everything but the main body of the text.<br /><br /><a href="http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/" rel="nofollow">Readability</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-83032653716209654512009-12-02T08:47:55.221-05:002009-12-02T08:47:55.221-05:00I'm a bit confused. Is this meant for fiction...I'm a bit confused. Is this meant for fiction? Or is it meant for blog posts and essays?<br /><br />Readability in fiction might be one of those "I know it when I see it" kind of things.Margaret Yanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464624057491288244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-57355105550082575192009-12-02T06:01:33.894-05:002009-12-02T06:01:33.894-05:00Readers may also find the free readability tools o...Readers may also find the free readability tools on my site helpful: http://www.articulatemarketing.com/tools.htm. You can evaluate a web page or pasted text for Flesh Reading Ease, Grade Level, Gunning Fog and the SMOG index. Also, you may find my blog post about using readability tools helpful: http://www.badlanguage.net/more-on-readability-metrics.Matthew Stibbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625499709716973452noreply@blogger.com