Readability Community News: Aleena Niklaus, Adobe

Readability Community News: Adobe’s Aleena Niklaus

Adobe Computer Scientist Presents Digital Reading Rulers Research   From computer scientist and engineer to published researcher, first-author Aleena Niklaus presented Digital Reading Rulers: Evaluating Inclusively Designed Rulers for Readers With Dyslexia and Without at the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction ACM CHI’23. Physical reading rulers have been used with books for years as…

THERIF: Themes for Readability from Iterative Feedback

Research Highlight | THERIF: Themes for Readability from Iterative Feedback

Engineering Reading Themes for Diverse Audiences   Prior research has shown that personalization of text formats can significantly improve reading performance, creating better results in speed, accuracy, and comprehension. As these benefits are better understood, digital reading application providers are working to offer readers custom control over text settings, but adjusting the settings can be…

Digital Reading Rulers Evaluating Inclusively Designed Rulers for Readers With Dyslexia and Without, CHI'23

Research Highlight: Digital Reading Rulers

Evaluating Inclusively Designed Rulers for Readers With Dyslexia and Without   At the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction ACM CHI’23, first-author Aleena Niklaus presented Digital Reading Rulers: Evaluating Inclusively Designed Rulers for Readers With Dyslexia and Without. Physical reading rulers have been used with books for years as a readability aid. The research team…