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Clone or download and extract the repository\n2. Go to chrome://extensions (or in the Chrome menu, \"More tools\" then \"Extensions\")\n3. Enable developer mode via the toggle (top right as at November 2020)\n4. Click on \"Load unpacked\" (top left as at November 2020)\n5. Select folder with extension files (from step 1)\n\nThe extension should now be loaded into Chrome.\n\n## Usage\n1. Highlight some text on a webpage\n2. Click the extension icon\n\nYou can see the text as analysed, as well as more information about grades, the method and limitations by clicking on the respective headings.\n\n## Features\n- **estimated US grade level** required for the selected text (calculated using the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman%E2%80%93Liau_index\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Coleman-Liau Index Wikipedia article\"\u003eColeman-Liau Index\u003c/a\u003e - information on the index and alternatives is provided)\n\n- **grade range:** pre-school to graduate (lowest level: \"Before US grade 1\"; highest level: \"Grade 16+\"; grade 16 is roughly equivalent to the final year of an undergraduate degree)\n\n- **non-US equivalence guide:** rough guide to how US grades map to ages and UK school years\n\n## Contributing\n\nBug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at [https://github.com/yndajas/selected-text-readability](https://github.com/yndajas/selected-text-readability).\n\n## Licence\n\nThis gem is available as open source under the terms of the \u003ca href=\"https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT\" target=\"_blank\" title =\"MIT License\"\u003eMIT License\u003c/a\u003e.\n\n## Credits\nIcon made by \u003ca href=\"https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Freepik\"\u003eFreepik\u003c/a\u003e, available \u003ca href=\"https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/font_167502\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"icon\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fyndajas%2Fselected-text-readability","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fyndajas%2Fselected-text-readability","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fyndajas%2Fselected-text-readability/lists"}