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A11y Slackers Gitter Channel Archive 5th of April 2017

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
  1. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 13:39
    [mgifford] How does this compare with other readability analysis tools? https://readable.io/text/
  2. [mgifford] Seems similar to http://www.orwellapp.com/
  3. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 14:23
    [jbuller] @ndxcc we refer to people with access need, since disabilities doesn’t cover it either technically or culturall.
  4. [shawn.henning] I have often used, "people who use assistive technologies"
  5. [jbuller] Not every one with access needs uses assistive tech either
  6. [jbuller] @caesar we as government have ‘users’ of our services - they have no choice of supplier and (often) pay no money so they are not customers
  7. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 15:07
    [michiel] mgifford: I was recommended this one: https://datayze.com/readability-analyzer.php
  8. [michiel] Spits out the score from a bunch of different testing methods.
  9. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 15:17
    [garcialo] @michiel ooo…haven’t heard of that one…will add it to my list…once I…find where I put that list
  10. [michiel] list-of-things-michiel-suggested-i-shouldnt-try.md?
  11. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 15:23
    [garcialo] wow…you’re like a mind reader
  12. [michiel] Yes, like the opposite of a screen reader
  13. [garcialo] more like an add-on for it
  14. [michiel] Are you saying I’m an add-on to your life?
  15. [garcialo] <3
  16. [michiel] :sparkling_heart:
  17. [garcialo] :heartpulse:
  18. [michiel] :gift_heart:
  19. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 15:28
    [garcialo] :man-heart-man:
  20. [michiel] This making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but don’t think I forgot that you still owe me a beer.
  21. [garcialo] I never forget
  22. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 15:59
    [garcialo] …except where I put lists.
  23. [michiel] Haha
  24. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 22:03
    [elliottregan] Speaking of readability, are there any reliable ways to summarize text to get a lower Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level?
  25. [elliottregan] I started playing with this idea in Node, replacing longer words with shorter synonyms, but I’m wondering if anybody else has managed to do the same already.
  26. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Apr 05 22:30
    [karlgroves] @elliottregan That’s definitely a far more complex issue than it may seem at first. Lots of research happening right now in that space though
  27. [elliottregan] Yup. haha
  28. [karlgroves] Its the kind of thing you might be able to get a pretty sizable research grant for, though!