Providing A User-Specific Effort Value Associated With Digital Textual Content
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for providing a user-specific effort value associated with digital textual content. Typical embodiments include identifying a user read speed value; identifying a complexity value for a particular work of authorship; and calculating, in dependence upon the user read speed value and the complexity value, an individualized effort value for the work of authorship.
1 . A computer implemented method for providing a user-specific effort value associated with digital textual content, the method comprising:
identifying, by an effort rating module of a computer server, a user read speed value, wherein the effort rating module includes automated computing machinery configured for providing a user-specific effort value;
identifying, by the effort rating module, a complexity value for a particular work of authorship; and
calculating, by the effort rating module, in dependence upon the user read speed value and the complexity value, an individualized effort value for the work of authorship.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a user read speed value further comprises receiving from a user client device the user read speed value.
3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting to the user the individualized effort level value.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein presenting to the user the individualized effort level value further comprises presenting to the user an average effort level value of other users.
5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying a length of the work of authorship and wherein:
calculating an individualized effort value for the work of authorship further comprises:
calculating an individualized effort value for the work of authorship in dependence upon the user read speed value, the length of the work of authorship, and the complexity value.
6 . The method of claim 5 further comprising calculating a predicted length of time to read the work of authorship in dependence upon the read speed value and the length of the work of authorship.
7 . The method of claim 6 further comprising presenting to the user the individualized effort level value and the predicted length of time.
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