st read

st-read — Evaluate readability metrics for stories

Shows reading-level metrics for a story: word count, sentence count, average sentence length, and Flesch Reading Ease score.

Run after: st-prep

Examples

st-read subject.json           # readability table for all stories
st-read --legend subject.json  # table + metric legend

Options: -l legend -v -q

Related: st-edit · st-prep

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For developers

Computes nine standard readability scores for every story and displays them in a compact table. Use --legend for metric descriptions and scoring scales.

Metrics: Dale-Chall FK-Ease Auto-Read Coleman-Liau FK-Grade Gunning-Fog Smog Poly-syl Mono-syl (via textstat)

Grade-level metrics share a scale: 6–8 middle school, 9–12 high school, 12+ college. FK-Ease: 70+ easy, 60–69 standard, below 50 difficult.