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You customize your golf clubs, running shoes, eyeglasses... Why not customize your text format?

Customization = Improved Performance

The Rise of Customization   We can customize our cars, our clothes, and even our food. But what about the things that have the potential to improve our performance? Our golf clubs and our running shoes are examples of things that can be customized to create these performance improvements. Just as eye doctors can make…

Better Reading Implementation Study Announced - University of Oregon, ReadWorks, Readability Matters, Loyola Marymount University - iDEAL Institute

Readability Matters Partners with Literacy Experts to Improve Reading Outcomes

Better Reading Implementation Study Announced The University of Oregon, ReadWorks, LMU iDEAL Institute, and Readability Matters   August 8, 2023 – Readability Matters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving readability for all, is partnering with literacy experts, funding research to improve educational outcomes through personalized reading solutions. Personalized reading formats are the next offering in…

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…

Individualized Format Readability: The Messy Research Processes of Educational Technologies

Individualized Format Readability: The Messy Research Processes of Educational Technologies

University of Arizona Researchers Report on Readability for College Students   A 3-year project investigates the impact of better reading formats for college students. Funded by a University of Arizona CUES grant, the research is intended to catalyze innovative teaching and learning. Personalized reading formats allow students to customize their reading experience by changing the…

Readability in Education: "When readability format becomes a support rather than a barrier, students can build and leverage their reading strenghts across all of their education." Susanne Nobles, ReadWorks

Impact: Better Readability in Education

Lightning Learning with Susanne Nobles, Chief Academic Officer, ReadWorks   Is it important that a student can increase her reading speed and comprehension by 33% when simple changes are made to her reading text format? Dr. Susanne Nobles says yes.   Susanne joined cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Shannon Sheppard (Chapman University) and Dr. Sofie Beier (Royal…