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title: "Readability setup"
date: "2024-11-26T14:10:41+00:00"
summary: "Set up Readability. Learn how to configure scans and choose readability tests for your domain."
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Introduction
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The Readability feature is included in every subscription. The Readability score within the QA feature is optional. 

This document provides instructions for admin users on how to set up Readability.

Prerequisites
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This section describes the steps that need to be done before you can use the Quality Assurance feature.

*   Scan the site at least once to gather data.

For more information, visit [Domain scan setup](/node/58556).

Setup
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This section provides instructions for admin users on how to turn on and configure the Readability score.

1.  Log in to your Web Governance account.
2.  Select the domain that you want to work with.
3.  Click **Action**.
4.  Select **Edit domain**.
5.  Click the **Features** tab at the top of the page to navigate to that section and locate the Readability options.
    
    ![The location of the Readability button and Minimum Words field in the Features section of the Edit Domain page.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/zu3db6p6ju/web/WebGov_EditDomain-FeaturesSection-Readability.png?v=3a5f1732-d2ea-4cc8-b9c3-3449292337e3)
    
6.  **Readability**: Click in the **Readability** field and select the type of readability test to scan for from the list of options.
    *   **Flesch Kincaid Readability test** (English text)
    *   **LIX Readability test** (non-English text)
7.  **Minimum words**: Click in the **Minimum words** field and enter the minimum number of words that a page should contain for the Readability test to begin to assess the difficulty.

For more information about the scoring and the feature, visit [Readability](/node/58816).