Readability Plug-in for Content Targeting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Authors face challenges in ensuring the readability of their content matches the intended audience's reading skills, leading to inconsistent or mismatched communication, as they must manually determine and maintain readability while creating textual content.

Innovation Solution

A content readability plug-in integrated into authoring tools assesses content readability using indices like Flesch-Kincade and Gunning-Fog, providing real-time feedback and suggestions to adjust the content's readability, aided by an artificial intelligence engine that analyzes the content and recommends improvements based on target audience and purpose.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If authors manually determine readability while creating content, then they can maintain creative control, but the readability may be mismatched with the intended audience and inconsistent across different portions of the content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereadability assessment accuracyVSAvoidcontent creation process simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides automated readability feedback during the content creation process. As authors type or paste text, the plug-in continuously analyzes readability metrics (such as Flesch-Kincaid grade level, sentence length, word complexity) and provides real-time suggestions for improvement, allowing authors to adjust their writing without leaving the authoring tool.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The readability plug-in acts as an intermediary between the author and the readability assessment process. It integrates seamlessly into the authoring tool interface, providing automated analysis and suggestions without requiring authors to manually calculate or track readability metrics, thus maintaining creative control while improving accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If authors focus on matching readability to audience skills, then communication effectiveness improves, but the time and effort required to create content increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication effectivenessVSAvoidcontent creation time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary readability analysis as content is being created, rather than requiring a separate review process. The plug-in continuously monitors readability metrics during authoring and provides immediate suggestions, allowing authors to make adjustments in real-time without adding significant time to the creation process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The readability assessment and suggestion system operates autonomously, analyzing the content and providing recommendations without requiring manual intervention from the author. This automation reduces the time and effort needed while maintaining communication effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Stability of the object's composition

If real-time readability feedback is provided during content creation, then readability consistency improves, but the complexity of the authoring tool increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereadability consistencyVSAvoidauthoring tool complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The readability analysis and suggestion features are merged into the existing authoring tool interface. The plug-in integrates seamlessly with the text editor, displaying readability metrics and suggestions within the same workspace where authors create content, avoiding the need for separate analysis tools or complex multi-step processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Measurement precision

If automated readability assessment is implemented, then readability measurement accuracy improves, but the extent of automation increases system complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereadability index accuracyVSAvoidreadability assessment automation

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The plug-in serves as an intermediary layer between the authoring tool and the automated readability assessment engine. It handles the integration complexity by providing a simplified interface to authors while managing the automated analysis in the background, thus improving measurement accuracy without significantly increasing the perceived system complexity for users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20220083725A1Systems and methods to assist in user targeted content composition using content readability information

Publication Date: 2022.03.17 OPEN TEXT CORPORATION

AI summary

Systems, methods and products for assisting an author in targeting content to a desired audience. In one embodiment, a content readability plug-in is installed in an authoring tool. The author identifies a desired level of readability, type of communication or audience, from which the plug-in determines a desired level of readability. As the author creates content using the authoring tool, the plug-in examines the content and assesses its readability using readability indexing techniques embodied in a readability index library. The plug-in then provides feedback to the author which indicates the readability, and may provide suggestions for improving the readability of the content. The plug-in may provide feedback in real time as the content is being generated, or it may examine and assess a completed body of content. The author can then revise the content based on the feedback to achieve a readability level suited to the target audience.