Readability Highlights Vision Sciences Society (VSS) 2025 Guest Author: Nilsu Atilgan, PhD, Lead Scientist, The Readability Consortium At the annual conference of the Vision Sciences Society in May, 1700 vision scientists gathered to discover exciting new science and make valuable connections. Digital readability drew significant attention at the 2025 VSS conference, reflecting a…
Conference Proceedings Published Engineering for Better Reading Performance Improves Educational Outcomes: Applied Learning Engineering Practices Kathy Crowley, Susanne Nobles, Rick Treitman, & Marjorie Jordan At the 2024 IEEE ICICLE Learning Engineering Conference, a powerful idea took center stage: what if simply changing the appearance of text could dramatically improve how students read and learn? Kathy Crowley (Readability Matters),…
Preparing the Tech Stack for Personalized Reading Required Foundational Elements Reading proficiency is a foundational skill, yet far too many students in the United States and around the world struggle with reading comprehension. As learning continues its shift to digital platforms, we face a pivotal opportunity: using technology to personalize the reading experience in…
Leading experts join TRC to advance reading effectiveness and outcomes The Readability Consortium (TRC) continues to grow with the recent addition of six new Research Associates, bringing the total to 18 distinguished experts. Representing diverse fields—including education, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, technology, and typography—these associates bring a rich array of perspectives to advance…
VSS 2025 May 16-20 | St. Pete Beach, Florida The Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society encompasses the broad field of vision science, drawing on a range of disciplines, including visual psychophysics, visual neuroscience, computational vision, and visual cognition. The central goal is to understand how vision works and is used. This year,…
A Theory of Visual Attention Based Assessment of Font Style: How Important is x-height for Font Legibility? At the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) annual conference, Drs. Bart Cooreman and Sofie Beier presented their work to understand the impact of different font characteristics on reading letters. In three experiments, they looked…
ReadabilityRx | Voice-AI Experience Available Thru June 2025 Designed For Students in Grades 2-5 Every child deserves a reading experience that feels smooth, engaging, and frustration-free. Did you know that simple changes to text format can make a big difference in how well a child reads? Small adjustments in text style can improve reading…
Readability Demo Sandbox Updated for use by School Students Software developers often create a test environment, called a sandbox, with elements for the intended users to try before the code is built, tested, and deployed. Our Readability Sandboxes provide a unique opportunity for readers to explore and personalize text format features—such as font, character…
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New Research Published from Across the Readability Community The proceedings of the 2024 Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference include four posters presented by members of the cross-disciplinary readability research community. Their groundbreaking work examines how different typefaces and typographic features influence reading performance. These presentations add to the growing evidence that typography plays a…