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Florida Literacy Conference - Readability for All: Fostering Adult Literacy Through Personalization

Florida Literacy Conference 2021

Readability for All: Fostering Adult Literacy Through Personalization   Highlighting the improved reading impacts delivered by readability changes, readability research results, and new tools, a team from Adobe and World Education presented at the Florida Literacy Conference. Rick Treitman, Entrepreneur in Residence, Adobe, kicked off the session with a review of the state of reading…

The new Readability Tech Channel on Medium

The Readability Tech Channel Now on Medium

A Publication of the Readability Ecosystem Working to Deliver the Next Generation of Personalized Reading Interfaces   Medium is an open online platform where readers find dynamic thinking and where expert and undiscovered voices can share their writing on any topic. The new Readability Tech Channel on Medium is a forum for sharing the latest work…

Readability Matters video

Watch Our Story: Building Better Reading

Readability Matters Releases New Video #BeTheBestReaderYouCanBe   Readability Matters’ founders Marjorie Jordan and Kathy Crowley come together to share their passion for shifting reading outcomes for adults and children. Partners Rick Treitman of Adobe, Dr. Susanne Nobles of ReadWorks, and Dr. Jenae Cohn of Cal State – Sacramento are featured. Join the ecosystem of partners…

Reading Needs Its Next Gutenberg Press The Next Wave in Reading Technology for Education, Employee Productivity and Beyond Marjorie Jordan and Kathy Crowley March 23, 2021

Reading Needs Its Next Gutenberg Press

The World Needs The Next Gutenberg Press Personalized Reading Formats Will Improve Reading Outcomes for Everyone, Everywhere   Readability Matters celebrates Dr. Clayton Christensen’s influential business ideas and his thought leadership in improving the world through disruptive innovation. Readability Matters posits that personalized reading formats are the next disruptive innovation in reading technology. The next generation…

Adobe Launches New Readability Blog

Adobe Launches New Readability Blog

CSR Initiative Aims for Better Reading for All Adobe is working with educators, nonprofits, and technologists to help people of all ages and abilities read better by personalizing the reading experience on digital devices.   With a story about his grandchildren, prescription eyeglasses, and readability, Adobe Entrepreneur in Residence, Rick Treitman launched the Adobe Readability…

Collaborative Inter-Disciplinary Readability Research

A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Readability Research Approach

The Launch of a Readability Research Community Bringing Together Experts From Vision Science, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Education, Typography, and more   Dr. Zoya Bylinskii, Research Scientist at Adobe, began exploring readability in 2019 with her Adobe collaborator Rick Treitman, together with an intern – PhD candidate Shaun Wallace of Brown University. Coming to the…

Surprising Impacts: Readability and Reading Rulers, axe-con

Adobe Results at axe-con: Reading Settings and Reading Rulers

Adobe shares the Liquid Mode Development Story and Results of Readability and Reading Ruler Studies   An Adobe team consisting of Robert Haverty – Senior Product Manager, Document Cloud Accessibility, Matthew Hardy – Senior Engineering Manager, Document Cloud, Jamila Keba – Frontend Developer for Acrobat’s Liquid Mode, and Rick Treitman – Entrepreneur in Residence, presented…

Tune Your Text: Tech to Support Digital Reading

New Readability Session Coalition on Basic Adult Education (COABE)   Join Readability Matters at the national conference of the Coalition on Basic Adult Education (COABE) at 2:00 CDT, on March 22, 2021. The EdTech Center at World Education, Adobe, and Readability Matters will be discussing the opportunity to Tune Your Text for better digital reading.…