eReadable vs Readability

eReadable is a free web-based writing tool for examining readability and adapting text to a target reading level. Its checker reports readability scores and grade levels, then flags difficult lines for review. The Text Simplifier rewrites dense passages in clearer English while aiming to retain required meaning. The Plain English Checker identifies jargon, legalistic wording, vague phrases, and passive voice, suggesting clearer alternatives. A Reading Level Converter supports grade and CEFR targets such as Grade 5, Grade 8, Grade 10, B1, and B2. The Sentence Rewriter offers clearer, shorter, or more direct versions for individual lines. eReadable combines formulas, structural checks, and task-specific rewriting, including Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, and SMOG. It accepts text input and includes grade-level analysis, sentence-complexity checks, and plain-language rewrites. Automated output still requires review for meaning, terminology, factual accuracy, and legal accuracy.

Readability analyzes Markdown files and reports measures of reading complexity. It provides grade level, reading ease and estimated reading time calculated at 200 words per minute. The listed grade-level formulas are Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, Coleman-Liau, SMOG and ARI. It also measures word and sentence metrics and can detect or require MkDocs-style admonitions. Results can be produced as a table, Markdown, JSON, summary or report. Configurable thresholds can fail CI checks when documentation exceeds them, and a.readability.yml file supports path-specific overrides. The project documents a Go command-line tool, Docker, a GitHub Action and pre-commit hooks, alongside CI/CD examples for GitLab CI, CircleCI and Jenkins. Pre-built binaries are listed for Linux and macOS in amd64 and arm64, and Windows in amd64. The project identifies its license as MIT and lists no paid plans. Its documentation cautions that scores measure word and sentence complexity, not accuracy, completeness, context or tone.