Health Literacy Advisor

What Health Literacy Advisor is

Health Literacy Advisor assesses and improves document readability using plain-language principles. The desktop edition works inside Microsoft Word, avoiding a separate copy-and-paste workflow. It includes Fry-Based, Precise SMOG, Gunning-Fog, ARI, Flesch-Kincaid, Dale-Chall, FORCAST, and Coleman-Liau readability indices. Search and Replace offers plain-language alternatives and descriptions for more than 12,000 difficult words, phrases, and medical terms. HLA highlights complicated words, words with three or more syllables, and long sentences. ReadEasy combines readability data with a self-assessment covering readability, content, design, and cultural appropriateness. HLA Online works in browsers and saves documents with their scores and details. It supports desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices running Windows, Macintosh, Android, or iOS. The online service is hosted on a private remote server described as HIPAA compliant. Licenses last 365 days for one identified individual. English plans cost $499 a year; English and Spanish plans cost $599 a year.