readability 
readability utilizes the syllable package for fast calculation of readability scores by grouping variables.
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Installation
To download the development version of readability:
Download the zip
ball or tar
ball, decompress
and run R CMD INSTALL on it, or use the pacman package to install
the development version:
if (!require("pacman")) install.packages("pacman")
pacman::p_load_gh(c(
'trinker/lexicon',
'trinker/textclean',
'trinker/textshape',
"trinker/syllable",
"trinker/readability"
))
Contact
You are welcome to:
- submit suggestions and bug-reports at: https://github.com/trinker/readability/issues
- send a pull request on: https://github.com/trinker/readability/
- compose a friendly e-mail to: tyler.rinker@gmail.com
Examples
if (!require("pacman")) install.packages("pacman")
pacman::p_load(syllable, readability)
(x <- with(presidential_debates_2012, readability(dialogue, list(person, time))))
## person time Flesch_Kincaid Gunning_Fog_Index Coleman_Liau SMOG
## 1: QUESTION time 2 8.6 12.5 10.1 12.0
## 2: OBAMA time 1 9.1 12.2 8.9 11.4
## 3: OBAMA time 3 8.5 12.0 8.8 11.5
## 4: ROMNEY time 1 6.8 10.2 8.1 10.3
## 5: OBAMA time 2 6.8 10.2 7.8 10.3
## 6: ROMNEY time 3 6.7 10.1 7.5 10.2
## 7: ROMNEY time 2 6.1 9.3 7.4 9.7
## 8: SCHIEFFER time 3 5.1 8.7 6.8 9.3
## 9: LEHRER time 1 4.3 8.3 5.9 9.0
## 10: CROWLEY time 2 4.3 7.6 5.6 8.5
## Automated_Readability_Index Average_Grade_Level
## 1: 8.0 10.2
## 2: 9.0 10.1
## 3: 8.0 9.7
## 4: 6.0 8.3
## 5: 6.0 8.2
## 6: 6.0 8.1
## 7: 5.0 7.5
## 8: 4.0 6.8
## 9: 3.0 6.1
## 10: 3.0 5.8
plot(x)
