Posts By: Readability Matters
Personalized Font Recommendations with Machine Learning
Vision Scientists, Data Scientists, and Typographers Collaborate on a New Readability Solutions At the proceedings of DIS’22, the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), Tianyuan Cai and his colleagues presented their latest research, Personalized Font Recommendations: Combining ML and Typographic Guidelines to Optimize Readability. The study is a collaboration between vision scientists, […]
Readability at Adobe Education Summit
Adobe Education Summit | July 26-28 Free and Online, Three Days of Connecting and Learning Register today for the 2022 global Adobe Education Summit. Adobe has assembled an impressive line-up of experts, including educators, technologists, researchers, and more. They will discuss how to build skills for digital literacy and empower student learning experiences. Readability Sessions […]
Google’s Commitment to Improving Readability
Making the Web more Beautiful, Fast, and Open with Typography Google launched Google Fonts in 2010–making fonts free and available to everyone–to benefit the general good of the web. Today, as of this blog writing, Google Fonts is a library of 1,432 open-source font families, including 253 variable font families and APIs for convenient use […]
Readability at SSSR 2022
Student Readability Research Studies will be Presented at Leading Scientific Reading Conference Technology provides an opportunity for personalized learning, which moves from a one-format-fits-all approach to one tailored for the student. Educational content can be formatted for each student in their best reading format, enhancing the student’s ability to learn. Better reading experiences create more […]
Lightning Learning with Dr. Jen Vanek
Preliminary Insights on Readability Research for Adult Literacy Many adults in the US without a high school degree only have access to the Internet through a smartphone. Hence, to increase equity and access, Dr. Jen Vanek and the team at the EdTech Center at World Education are evaluating personalized readability to improve reading outcomes using […]
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer
Nielsen Norman Group Reports on TOCHI Readability Study Jakob Nielsen renowned web design and usability guru of the Nielson Norman Group (NN/g) recently reviewed the research published in ACM’s Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI) in his recent report, “Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer.” Shaun Wallace (Brown University Ph.D. candidate) and […]
Readability: A 2021 Adobe Corporate Social Responsibility Changemaker
CSR Report Highlights How Technology can be Leveraged for Good The FY21 Adobe Corporate Social Responsibility Report contains incredible stories of impact and inspiring examples of how technology can be leveraged for good. Adobe’s Readability initiative is a featured Adobe Changemaker. Readability Matters is proud to partner with Adobe in its Readability for All […]
EdTech Digest Names Readability Matters Leadership Visionary
Readability Matters Honored with EdTech Leadership Award The EdTech Awards 2022 have been announced to a worldwide audience of educators, technologists, students, parents, and policymakers interested in building a better future for learners and leaders in the education and workforce sectors. Celebrating its 12th year, the US-based program is the world’s largest recognition program for […]
New Readability Video Released
Video Released: Adobe for Education Summit, July 2021 New research in digital reading: How personalized formatting makes everyone a better reader Learn more about the latest readability research. Small changes to text formats can maximize an individual’s ability to read quickly and accurately, and comprehend more. Digital reading allows the shift from what is […]
Skoll World Forum: Building Better Reading Videos Released
Readability Experts Share Insights (Links to overview, 3 track and 9 lightning talk videos below) At the 2022 Skoll World Forum, 25 interdisciplinary readability experts came together to produce over 4 hours of lightning talks and discussions on readability. Hosted by Readability Matters, experts from nonprofits, tech, academia and education presented the latest research […]
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