http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/Latest comments on Check Text Readability on ILoveJackDaniels.comhttp://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Readability Formula Constants ( <a href=""></a> )<br /><br />I have question about the constant in readability formula. Where they come from? <br /> <br />Like Flesch readability formula: <br /> <br />ReadingEase = 206.835− (1.015 * ASL) − (0.846 *AWL) <br /> <br />Also, Can we apply it to other language like French ?http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Josh ( <a href="http://">http://</a> )<br /><br />Hi! Using the code on the two pages linked from here (copy paste, even), I get different results for the Gunning-Fog Index. Did you change something in your live code but not the example? Regardless -- great code! Thanks for sharing.http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Joe Kovar ( <a href="http://develobert.blogspot.com">http://develobert.blogspot.com</a> )<br /><br />I think I found why vujsa was having problems with the syllable count. <br /> <br />In the "count_syllables" function there is two lists of syllables. One for adding to the count, one for subtracting. <br /> <br />If you look at the values in those lists, they appear to be Regular Expressions. <br />However the function those values are being passed too "strpos" takes a literal string argument, not a regular expression. <br /> <br />I'm getting expected results for syllables using the following loops instead of the "strpos" loops in that function. <br /> <br />foreach ($subsyl as &$syl) { <br /> $syllables -= preg_match('~'.$syl.'~', $word); <br />} <br />foreach ($addsyl as &$syl) { <br /> $syllables += preg_match('~'.$syl.'~', $word); <br />} <br /> <br />Note that in PHP < 5 "as &$syl" needs to be "as $syl" because PHP < 5 doesn't support byref in foreach loops.http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by nora pinkihan ( <a href="http://http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/resources/readability-score/">http://http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/resources/readability-score/</a> )<br /><br />its nice but i wish you include readability of a paragraph using gunning fog index.thanks..http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Dave Child ( <a href="http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com">http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com</a> )<br /><br />Hi Jane. <br /> <br />In short, I don't know. I don't have access to Microsoft's source code so can't tell you how they calculate these scores. Differences, though, are likely to be caused primarily by differences in the function that calculates the number of syllables in a word.http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Jane ( <a href="http://">http://</a> )<br /><br />How does your calcualtion differ from the Readibility and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level tests in Tools in Microsoft word. The Grade level, words per sentence and readibility levels differ.http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Ravi ( <a href="ravikumars@fineye.co.in">ravikumars@fineye.co.in</a> )<br /><br />Just need a clarification - If I have s script which contains Tables,Tabular tags as well as Text,how the scores will be computed.whether it ignores or considers those Tables and tags.http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Simon ( <a href="http://">http://</a> )<br /><br />Excllent tool,now bookmarked as a study aid. Nice to know I'm writing at Post-grad level! <br />Would never 'ave thunk it....http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by Mae East ( <a href="http://">http://</a> )<br /><br />Thanks for a great tool and a fun website. <br /> <br />I'd like to add a request: could the results include Total # of Words? And while I'm asking, how about a recommended minimum text to submit? <br /> <br />I think some of my students are trying to use samples that are too small. Thanks again.http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/article/readability-score/comments/Comment by James ( <a href="http://">http://</a> )<br /><br />Your layouts borked. Validation might help: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilovejackdaniels.com%2Fresources%2Freadability-score%2F <br /> <br />Nice idea though.