Gmail inbox Readability Score — Calculating the readability score of an email

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When you read an email you will see a numerical score just below the subject–a score between 0 and 100. A score of 100 means the email is very easy to read and a score of 0 means the email is very difficult to read.

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Argyrou Argyris

Gmail inbox Readability Score

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We spent a lot of working hours reading, writing and tagging emails in a very time-consuming process. We need an easy way to filter–prioritize, which emails to start with. *** That's how we stumbled upon Flesch–Kincaid readability tests and the concept of filtering emails based on the readability score *** These are readability tests designed to indicate how difficult a passage in English is to understand. After doing more research on the subject, we've noticed that Outlook, Grammarly, and other popular services that help you improve your writing skills are already using the formula but not for reading. *** We just flipped the idea, to be applied when reading and not writing–when you read an email you will see a numerical score just below the subject–a score between 0 and 100–a score of 100 means the email is very easy to read and a score of 0 means the email is very difficult to read *** This is a beta release and supports only English. If you guys find this service useful we can definitely spend more time on further developing the idea supporting other platforms–services, beyond emails and Gmail. We also offer the service as an API, to be applied in any type of text–document and give it a try in your own context–application. Just submit your interest in the service and we will be happy to add you to our first beta phase. I hope you enjoy this simple, idea.