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…
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,…
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…
Better Readability, the Quick Summary! In a fun new video, Dr. Ben D. Sawyer sums up his readability research in 60 seconds. The video is part of a series produced by the University of Central Florida aiming to condense complex research into bite-sized summaries, allowing listeners to see how and why their faculty plans…
UDL-Con International 2024 One Font Doesn’t Fit All: Text Personalization Significantly Impacts Comprehension July 30, 2024 UDL-Con International 2024 was a gathering of education, government, tech, and edTech professionals, each working to improve educational outcomes for all learners. Attendees represented 14 countries and 43 US states. Among the presentations was the better readability-focused talk,…
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines, 3.0 Today, CAST released version 3.0 of the UDL Guidelines, a comprehensive update that includes references to Readability research and expands its Design Multiple Means of Representation, Consideration 1.1: Support opportunities to customize the display of information. CAST documented the rationale for the update noting, “The full description of…
IEEE Standards Association | ICICLE International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering Engineering for Better Reading Performance Improves Educational Outcomes At the 2024 IEEE ICICLE conference, Readability Matters’ Co-Founder Kathy Crowley, with colleagues Rick Treitman, Adobe, and Dr. Susanne Nobles, ReadWorks, presented the Learning Engineering approach taken by a broad ecosystem of interdisciplinary…
Bringing Personalization To A Whole New Level In a recent Forbes Technology Council article, Ben Semmes, COO at Monotype, examines the future of digital personalization, highlighting how technological advancements are transforming our interaction with text. Semmes explains that personalization is now essential for meeting users’ unique needs on digital platforms like apps, websites, smartwatches,…
Readability Matters and Exquisitive Partner on New Digital Tutor Readability Matters and Exquisitive have joined forces to release a new digital tutor focused on enhancing text readability. The Readability Explorer gives students an opportunity to experience reading with different text formats and make selections to personalize their reading experience. Personalization in education is more…