Flesh is a cross-platform, freeware Java application designed to quickly analyze a document (plain text files, specifically) and display the difficulty associated with comprehending it. After processing a document, Flesh produces two scores: the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and the Flesch Reading Ease Score. Each of these scores is calculated after determining the number of sentences, words and syllables a document contains. Using those numbers, the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and Flesch Reading Ease Score can then be calculated. What's New: Version 1.0: Greatly improved accuracy, especially for files with many lists or section headings Improved handling of fragmented sentences In-program help explaining scores and options Better handeling of plain text files without a visible .txt extension Additional advanced options |