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Tool for measuring readability of English text
english for terminal, spanish for everything elseEnglish/Hungarian usersIs there a text based mind mapping tool for Ubuntu?Changing ubuntu server's language to englishSimple GUI to display static text informationsGambas3 in EnglishWhat software exists for learning the English language in Ubuntu?Why some apps appear in english?Command-line snake game?Unicode Text Tool
Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
I believe such a program exists in the official repositories, but I cannot remember its name. There's also the possibility that I am misremebering.
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Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
I believe such a program exists in the official repositories, but I cannot remember its name. There's also the possibility that I am misremebering.
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Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
I believe such a program exists in the official repositories, but I cannot remember its name. There's also the possibility that I am misremebering.
command-line software-recommendation language
Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
I believe such a program exists in the official repositories, but I cannot remember its name. There's also the possibility that I am misremebering.
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The diction
package contains a tool called style
:
Style
analyses the surface characteristics of the writing style of a
document. It prints
various readability grades, length of words, sentences and paragraphs. It can further
locate sentences with certain characteristics.
For example, if I evaluate your question body (saved in a file flux_question
) to print the sentences with a readability index (ARI) over 10:
$ style -r 10 flux_question
flux_question:1: Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
flux_question:2: For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
readability grades:
Kincaid: 10.2
ARI: 10.8
Coleman-Liau: 12.5
Flesch Index: 51.1/100
Fog Index: 12.0
Lix: 48.6 = school year 9
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
sentence info:
333 characters
65 words, average length 5.12 characters = 1.65 syllables
4 sentences, average length 16.2 words
25% (1) short sentences (at most 11 words)
0% (0) long sentences (at least 26 words)
1 paragraphs, average length 4.0 sentences
25% (1) questions
25% (1) passive sentences
longest sent 21 wds at sent 2; shortest sent 8 wds at sent 4
word usage:
verb types:
to be (1) auxiliary (2)
types as % of total:
conjunctions 5% (3) pronouns 9% (6) prepositions 2% (1)
nominalizations 0% (0)
sentence beginnings:
pronoun (1) interrogative pronoun (0) article (0)
subordinating conjunction (0) conjunction (0) preposition (0)
To filter the output you can use e.g. tail -n8
to get only the grades or grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
to just print the Flesch Index and the SMOG-Grading:
$ style style_test | grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
Flesch Index: 51.7/100
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
Further reading
man style
- linux.com article: Improve your writing with the GNU style checkers
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The diction
package contains a tool called style
:
Style
analyses the surface characteristics of the writing style of a
document. It prints
various readability grades, length of words, sentences and paragraphs. It can further
locate sentences with certain characteristics.
For example, if I evaluate your question body (saved in a file flux_question
) to print the sentences with a readability index (ARI) over 10:
$ style -r 10 flux_question
flux_question:1: Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
flux_question:2: For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
readability grades:
Kincaid: 10.2
ARI: 10.8
Coleman-Liau: 12.5
Flesch Index: 51.1/100
Fog Index: 12.0
Lix: 48.6 = school year 9
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
sentence info:
333 characters
65 words, average length 5.12 characters = 1.65 syllables
4 sentences, average length 16.2 words
25% (1) short sentences (at most 11 words)
0% (0) long sentences (at least 26 words)
1 paragraphs, average length 4.0 sentences
25% (1) questions
25% (1) passive sentences
longest sent 21 wds at sent 2; shortest sent 8 wds at sent 4
word usage:
verb types:
to be (1) auxiliary (2)
types as % of total:
conjunctions 5% (3) pronouns 9% (6) prepositions 2% (1)
nominalizations 0% (0)
sentence beginnings:
pronoun (1) interrogative pronoun (0) article (0)
subordinating conjunction (0) conjunction (0) preposition (0)
To filter the output you can use e.g. tail -n8
to get only the grades or grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
to just print the Flesch Index and the SMOG-Grading:
$ style style_test | grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
Flesch Index: 51.7/100
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
Further reading
man style
- linux.com article: Improve your writing with the GNU style checkers
add a comment |
The diction
package contains a tool called style
:
Style
analyses the surface characteristics of the writing style of a
document. It prints
various readability grades, length of words, sentences and paragraphs. It can further
locate sentences with certain characteristics.
For example, if I evaluate your question body (saved in a file flux_question
) to print the sentences with a readability index (ARI) over 10:
$ style -r 10 flux_question
flux_question:1: Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
flux_question:2: For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
readability grades:
Kincaid: 10.2
ARI: 10.8
Coleman-Liau: 12.5
Flesch Index: 51.1/100
Fog Index: 12.0
Lix: 48.6 = school year 9
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
sentence info:
333 characters
65 words, average length 5.12 characters = 1.65 syllables
4 sentences, average length 16.2 words
25% (1) short sentences (at most 11 words)
0% (0) long sentences (at least 26 words)
1 paragraphs, average length 4.0 sentences
25% (1) questions
25% (1) passive sentences
longest sent 21 wds at sent 2; shortest sent 8 wds at sent 4
word usage:
verb types:
to be (1) auxiliary (2)
types as % of total:
conjunctions 5% (3) pronouns 9% (6) prepositions 2% (1)
nominalizations 0% (0)
sentence beginnings:
pronoun (1) interrogative pronoun (0) article (0)
subordinating conjunction (0) conjunction (0) preposition (0)
To filter the output you can use e.g. tail -n8
to get only the grades or grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
to just print the Flesch Index and the SMOG-Grading:
$ style style_test | grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
Flesch Index: 51.7/100
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
Further reading
man style
- linux.com article: Improve your writing with the GNU style checkers
add a comment |
The diction
package contains a tool called style
:
Style
analyses the surface characteristics of the writing style of a
document. It prints
various readability grades, length of words, sentences and paragraphs. It can further
locate sentences with certain characteristics.
For example, if I evaluate your question body (saved in a file flux_question
) to print the sentences with a readability index (ARI) over 10:
$ style -r 10 flux_question
flux_question:1: Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
flux_question:2: For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
readability grades:
Kincaid: 10.2
ARI: 10.8
Coleman-Liau: 12.5
Flesch Index: 51.1/100
Fog Index: 12.0
Lix: 48.6 = school year 9
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
sentence info:
333 characters
65 words, average length 5.12 characters = 1.65 syllables
4 sentences, average length 16.2 words
25% (1) short sentences (at most 11 words)
0% (0) long sentences (at least 26 words)
1 paragraphs, average length 4.0 sentences
25% (1) questions
25% (1) passive sentences
longest sent 21 wds at sent 2; shortest sent 8 wds at sent 4
word usage:
verb types:
to be (1) auxiliary (2)
types as % of total:
conjunctions 5% (3) pronouns 9% (6) prepositions 2% (1)
nominalizations 0% (0)
sentence beginnings:
pronoun (1) interrogative pronoun (0) article (0)
subordinating conjunction (0) conjunction (0) preposition (0)
To filter the output you can use e.g. tail -n8
to get only the grades or grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
to just print the Flesch Index and the SMOG-Grading:
$ style style_test | grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
Flesch Index: 51.7/100
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
Further reading
man style
- linux.com article: Improve your writing with the GNU style checkers
The diction
package contains a tool called style
:
Style
analyses the surface characteristics of the writing style of a
document. It prints
various readability grades, length of words, sentences and paragraphs. It can further
locate sentences with certain characteristics.
For example, if I evaluate your question body (saved in a file flux_question
) to print the sentences with a readability index (ARI) over 10:
$ style -r 10 flux_question
flux_question:1: Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
flux_question:2: For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should output the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, McLaughlin's SMOG grading, etc.
readability grades:
Kincaid: 10.2
ARI: 10.8
Coleman-Liau: 12.5
Flesch Index: 51.1/100
Fog Index: 12.0
Lix: 48.6 = school year 9
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
sentence info:
333 characters
65 words, average length 5.12 characters = 1.65 syllables
4 sentences, average length 16.2 words
25% (1) short sentences (at most 11 words)
0% (0) long sentences (at least 26 words)
1 paragraphs, average length 4.0 sentences
25% (1) questions
25% (1) passive sentences
longest sent 21 wds at sent 2; shortest sent 8 wds at sent 4
word usage:
verb types:
to be (1) auxiliary (2)
types as % of total:
conjunctions 5% (3) pronouns 9% (6) prepositions 2% (1)
nominalizations 0% (0)
sentence beginnings:
pronoun (1) interrogative pronoun (0) article (0)
subordinating conjunction (0) conjunction (0) preposition (0)
To filter the output you can use e.g. tail -n8
to get only the grades or grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
to just print the Flesch Index and the SMOG-Grading:
$ style style_test | grep 'Flesch|SMOG'
Flesch Index: 51.7/100
SMOG-Grading: 11.2
Further reading
man style
- linux.com article: Improve your writing with the GNU style checkers
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