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WebGazer: Scalable Webcam Eye Tracking Using User Interactions

WebGazer: Scalable Webcam Eye Tracking Using User Interactions

Can webcam eye tracking facilitate readability research?   At the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2016, Alexandra Papoutsaki, Patsorn Sangkloy, James Laskey, Nediyana Daskalova, Jeff Huang, and James Hays introduced “WebGazer: Scalable Webcam Eye Tracking Using User Interactions.” The paper detailed their research and development of WebGazer, a new approach to browser-based…

Malcolm Gladwell, Spaghetti sauce and Readability

Malcolm Gladwell and Spaghetti Sauce… and Readability

What does Spaghetti Sauce have to do with Readability?   On National Spaghetti Day (Jan 4), we remember best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk, “Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce.” Malcolm covers the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce—and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice. Gladwell explains that Howard Moskowitz “has…

The Giving Back Fund 2020 Annual Report

The Giving Back Fund 2020 Report

Showcasing Projects with Great Promise for Future Sustainability and Impact   Today President and Founder Marc Pollick released a tour of the highlights of The Giving Back Fund’s work in 2020. The Giving Back Fund is a national non-profit organization with a global reach that facilitates philanthropic giving by providing consulting, management, and administrative services…

Readability Matters and Santa Clara University

Readability Matters + Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University EMBA Students Collaborate with the Tech-For-Good Nonprofit Readability Matters   Since 1851, Santa Clara University (SCU) has been home to generations of students committed to innovating with a mission. This year is no different as Executive MBA students from the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University (SCU) collaborated with the…

EdTech Center at World Education Readability Webinar

World Education Hosts Readability Webinar

Readability for All: Improving Literacy & Engagement through Enhanced Readability Webinar for Adult Education Professionals   The EdTech Center at World Education invited Adobe and Readability Matters to deliver a webinar on improving readability for their audience of adult education professionals. Hosts Jen Vanek and Victoria Neff of the EdTEch Center brought together more than…

This Changes Everything. New Approaches to Reading. Adobe MAX

This Changes Everything: New Approaches to Reading

A New Personalized Reading Paradigm Better Readability for All Readers Young and Old, Strong and Struggling   Readability was on the agenda at software giant Adobe’s annual MAX conference this year. CEO Shantanu Narayen kicked off the conference by announcing over 500,000 people had registered for the virtual event. Rick Treitman, Entrepreneur in Residence, Adobe,…

Adobe unveils readability partnerships

Adobe Unveils Readability Partnerships

“Democratizing Digital Literacy: Adobe unveils readability research partnerships at MAX”   Today at the Adobe Max 2020 virtual conference, Mala Sharma, Adobe Vice President and General Manager, announced Adobe’s commitment to democratizing digital literacy through new partnerships in their commitment to improving reading experiences for all. “Together with Readability Matters, University of Central Florida, and…