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Readability Calculator
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Readability calculator is a simple program to estimate how skilled a reader must be to understand a piece of text.
There is a large number of methods for that. The following ones are implemented in the current version of this program::

1. `Flesh Reading Ease <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_test#Flesch_Reading_Ease>`_
2. `Flesh Kincaid Grade Level <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_Grade_Level#Flesch.E2.80.93Kincaid_Grade_Level>`_
3. `Coleman Liau Index <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman-Liau_Index`_
4. `Gunning Fog Index <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning-Fog_Index`_
5. `SMOG Index <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMOG`_
6. `ARI Index <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Readability_Index`_
7. `LIX Index <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIX`_
8. `Dale-Chall Score <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%E2%80%93Chall_readability_formula`_

Usage
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    #!/usr/bin/env python

    from readcalc import readcalc

    calc = readcalc.ReadCalc("This is a simple text.")
    print calc.get_smog_index()
    

