Using AI to Generate Custom Interfaces for Each User in Real Time (Content and Text Format) Marjorie Jordan and Kathy Crowley July 25, 2025 The digital content industry is a multi-billion-dollar market, thriving on customization for users, yet we continue to ignore the reality that no two readers are alike. The next frontier of…
The World Needs The Next Gutenberg Press Personalized Reading Formats Will Improve Reading Outcomes for Everyone, Everywhere Readability Matters celebrates Dr. Clayton Christensen’s influential business ideas and his thought leadership in improving the world through disruptive innovation. Readability Matters posits that personalized reading formats are the next disruptive innovation in reading technology. The next generation…
An Instructor Guide Engaging and Motivating College Student Readers through Customizable Reading Text Interface Jenae Cohn, Ph.D., Kathy Crowley, and Marjorie Jordan In higher education today, students access materials for learning in a variety of formats, from print textbooks to e-books, and PDFs. Given the importance of digital environments for delivering core college course…
Readability Matters White Paper: Maximizing Individual Reading Performance with Tuned Text Kathy Crowley and Marjorie Jordan July 17, 2019 Many researchers have demonstrated the value of changing text format to increase reading speed and accuracy for an individual. THE PROBLEM Unfortunately, the issue with adopting more readable text as an approach for education or even…
Readability Changes Impact Reading Performance Readability Matters advocates for the provision of a full set of Readability Features (including font choice, size, character spacing, character expansion, and line spacing.) Previous Readability Matters research has demonstrated significant numbers of readers benefit from the simple change to a clean round font, such as AvantGarde. Font matters…
95% of Students Read Better with Personalized Text Formats Much more than a simple design choice, Typography directly impacts how well individuals read. Research demonstrates that adjusting text size, shape, and spacing can enhance reading performance for struggling and dyslexic readers. However, the anecdotal evidence suggested a much broader impact. (See Henry’s Story and…
Readability Matters White Paper: Advancing the Reading Ecosystem Toward a Future of Personalized Reading Kathy Crowley and Marjorie Jordan May 7, 2019 Advancing the Reading Ecosystem Toward a Future of Personalized Reading: Human Factors Research + IT Systems Promise Value for Education, Business and Individuals SUMMARY It is well proven that small changes…
Lessons from an Unpublished Study: The Impact of Text Formats on Students with Dyslexia Developing reading skills is critical for participation in education and in life; for individuals with dyslexia, developing these skills is a significant challenge. Recent research demonstrates that text format characteristics, including shape, size, and spacing, can significantly impact reading proficiency.…
Optimizing Reading Performance by Manipulating the Shape, Size, and Spacing of Text to Match the Individual’s Visual Processing Capacity Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Kathy Crowley, Marjorie Jordan Published by the Collective Impact Project, revReading, September 2017 The ability to read quickly and efficiently is essential in the digital world with the exponential proliferation of information. Yet,…