VSS 2025, Readability Panelists: Moderator: Benjamin Wolfe (University of Toronto Mississauga) Sofie Beier (Royal Danish Academy) Saeideh Ghahghaei Nezamabadi (Meta Reality Labs) Yingzi Xiong (Johns Hopkins University) Denis Pelli (New York University)

Highlights | Readability Workshop at VSS

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…

The Readability Consortium Research Associates

Expanding Expertise in Readability: New TRC Research Associates

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…

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…

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,…

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…