Forbes: The Time to Build for Personalization is Now

Forbes: The Time To Build For Personalization Is Now

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,…

UDL-Con: International | One Font Doesn’t Fit All: Text PersonalizationSignificantly Impacts Comprehension, July 30, 2024

Readability at UDL-Con

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,…

CAST Releases Universal Design for Learning Guidelines 3.0, Support opportunities to customize the display of information, Font, size of text, character and line spacing, character width, background color, and text colors

CAST Releases New UDL Guidelines, adding Readability Considerations

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 ICICLE Learning Engineering Conference, Engineering for Better Reading Performance Improves Educational Outcomes

Readability at IEEE ICICLE Learning Engineering Conference

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…

Readability Explorer, Exquisitive Tutor + Readability Matters

Exquisitive Releases Readability Explorer

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…

The Vision Sciences Society 2024: The Vision Science of Digital Readability Community Building Workshop Hosted by The Readability Consortium, Ben D Sawyer Director, Nilsu Atilgan, Steve Clapp, Minjung Kim - Meta Platforms, Hilary Palmén - Google, Denis Pelli - NYU, Shaun Wallace - University of Rhode Island, Benjamin Wolfe - University of Toronto, Yingzi Xiong - Johns Hopkins University

The Vision Science of Digital Readability

Community-Building Workshop Summary Dr. Nilsu Atilgan The Readability Consortium guest author   The Readability Consortium organized a satellite event at the annual meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS) in St. Pete Beach, Florida, in May. This satellite event served as a community-building workshop at the most prestigious vision science conference, hosting experts from several…

+ Monotype, The Readability Consortium

Monotype Joins The Readability Consortium

Readability Consortium Grows to Inform Next-Generation Reading Solutions The Readability Consortium explores ways to enable better reading and shift reading outcomes by personalizing text format for the individual   Monotype is a global leader in type design and technology, and has had a significant impact on the world of typography, providing fonts, technologies, and services…

Engineering for Better Reading Performance Improves Educational Outcomes, IEEE ICICLE Learning Engineering Conference

Readability at the IEEE ICICLE Learning Engineering Conference

IEEE Standards Association  | ICICLE International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering   Learning Engineering is a process and practice that applies the learning sciences using human-centered design and engineering methodologies and data-informed decision making to support learners and their development. ICICLE has evolved into a suite of opportunities for Learning Engineers to…