[lbo-talk] A possibly useful tool for Carrol and others (WAS Re:willingham on the NAEP scores)

[Jeffrey Fisher]

I was just going to recommend readability. I use it myself just beause  
it makes reading so much more pleasant. removes all the clutter, among  
other good things.

sent from phone. please excuse tipos or bad autoconnect.

On May 2, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


>
>
> John Adams wrote:
>>
>> http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/04/readability.html
>>
>> "This tool transforms a Web page into something clean and legible.  
>> It also puts the text in large print. Easy to install, easy to use,  
>> free!"
>>
>> Installs on Firefox, Safari, and Chrome--apparently not on IE or  
>> Opera.
>
> Thanks. Even if I still have to have ZoomText read it aloud having a
> really legible text would help a great deal. Up to now I've read web
> sources by first pasting them into a text file, then a Word file, then
> formatting the Word file for my purposes. As I said in a previous  
> post,
> that is a painful process.  And audible text cannot be  merely browsed
> in to determine inbterest. One needs legible print for that.
>
> Carrol
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