Readability Score

Readability Score

Given a body of text receive a score on how readable that text is based on the flesch-kincaid readability index.

What is Readability Score?
"Readability Score" is a tool that calculates the reading level needed to understand any given text. Developed as a Chrome extension, it uses the Flesch-Kincaid index to provide a grade level and a 'easy, medium, hard' rating of the text.
Stats
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 3.00 (4)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2018-02-19)
Creation date: 2018-02-18
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • https://ajax.googleapis.com/
Size: 8.55K
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Summary

Readability Score is a tool designed to give you an idea of what type of reading level is needed to comprehend your text. The score is calculated based off of the flesch-kincaid index, and provides a grade level, as well as a general "easy medium hard" rating for the text you run it on.

User reviews
Works great for websites, blogs and social media. doesnt work for google docs but that may not be their fault. clear concept
by E Rain E Rain, 2019-09-16

Doesn't seem to work with Google docs. :(
by Jamie Foster Jamie Foster, 2019-07-22

You have to select text on a page to determine its reading level. That's way too cumbersome when you're doing lots of revisions on a document and are continually going back to the extension to check your score.
by Al Sargent Al Sargent, 2019-06-06
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Safety
Risk impact

Readability Score may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Readability Score is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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