# Check comprehension level

DevFeed: [Check comprehension level](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/check-comprehension-level-9377.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://a11yproject.com/posts/check-comprehension-level/>)

Author: Nat Tarnoff

Published: 2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The A11Y Project](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-a11y-project.md>)

Topics: [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [readability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/readability.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [writing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/writing.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to checking whether online content is understandable for its intended audience, especially people with cognitive disabilities. It recommends targeting readers aged 12 to 15 when the audience is unknown and using readability tools before rewriting unclear content.

## Source excerpt

People with cognitive disabilities often struggle with reading text on the Internet. When writing content, it is important to identify your target audience and write accordingly. If you don't know who your audience is, target your content towards a reader between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. Here are some tools to test your content: Read-able.com Readability Test - Juicy Studio Test your document's readability - Microsoft Office Hemingway Editor Choose your words carefully - plainlanguage.gov datayze Readability Analyzer xkcd Simple Writer If your content isn't hitting the target audience, take some time and rewrite it.