Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 24038
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level readability statistics
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:42:04 UTC
In MS Word, as part of the Grammar/Speel Check I can obtain the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level readability and Flesch Reading Ease statistics. Is there a similar functionality in OpenOffice? I have searched the help documentation but it doesn't even recognize these readibility features, so, a, I correct in assuming OpenOffice can't do this?
HI->MRU: Pass to BH when this is an ENHANCEMENT
MRU->BH. looks like this feature can only be provided in package with a grammar check. The Flesh/Kincaid statistics give information about the complexity of a text. Here's what I've found about it: Flesch Score (Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level) - The Flesch scores (Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and Flesch Reading Ease) are based on the average number of syllables per word and words per sentence. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score rates text based on the U.S. high school grade level system (i.e. a score of 7.0 would mean a 7th grader should be able to comprehend the text). The Flesch Reading Ease score is based on a 100 point scale; the higher the score, the easier it is to comprehend. Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: (.39 x ASL) + (11.8 x ASW) – 15.59 Flesch Reading Ease: 206.835 – (1.015 x ASL) – (84.6 x ASW) ASL = average sentence length (number of words divided by the number of sentences) ASW = average number of syllables per word (number of syllables divided by number of words)
I understand the concepts and how the results are caluclated, I use it regularly in MS Word. When do you think this feature and a grammar checker will be added to OO? They are very obvious omissions right now. Mark
I agree that this should be added. The ASW may be a bit tricky depending on the dictionaries available. There are other reading indices available, perhaps one of them would be easier to implement quickly
This issue looks like issue 18975.
*** Issue 18975 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
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