Phraseology FAQ
Phraseology is an iPad writing app. This FAQ is intended to answer some of the most commonly asked questions regarding the app. If you don't see an answer to your question here, please let us know. You can also keep up with Phraseology on Twitter or Facebook.
Why doesn’t Phraseology do X?
- There are a number of possibilities ranging from “We did not think of X” to “We have not had time to implement X” to “We do not think X is a good match for the app”. Please feel free to contact us about your feature requests.
What about Dropbox/iCloud syncing?
- We plan to providing at least Dropbox syncing in a future release of Phraseology, but can not commit to a specific time frame for that release right now. It was important to us to focus on the unique features of Phraseology for its first release, but we will be filling in these gaps in time.
What do the scores in the “Inspect” window mean?
- Phraseology calculates several common readability scores in its Inspect view, here is a brief overview of some of these scores with links to more detailed information. These tests will provide more accurate and useful information on longer texts, and are geared for use only with English.
- Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease/Grade Level: The Flesh-Kincaid Reading Ease score is based on factors such as the number of words per sentence and number of syllables per word. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level value should roughly translates the scoring to the U.S. grade level equivalent that should be comfortable reading the text. The scores work inversely, so a higher “Reading Ease” score will typically translate to a lower “Grade Level”.
- Gunning Fog Index: Gunning Fog estimates the years of formal education needed to understand a text on first reading. The formula is based on words per sentence and also the predominance of “complex words”, which are three or more syllables.
- SMOG Index: The SMOG index is similar to Gunning Fog, in that it’s output attempts to approximate the number of years of formal education required to read the passage of text, but it is based on a somewhat simpler formula.
- Phraseology calculates several common readability scores in its Inspect view, here is a brief overview of some of these scores with links to more detailed information. These tests will provide more accurate and useful information on longer texts, and are geared for use only with English.