Communications for everyone

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Why is it important that your communications are for everyone?

  • 43%Literacy levels
  • 15%65 years or older
  • 22.8%Languages other than English
  • 33.3%NAPLAN results
  • 40%First Nations literacy levels
  • 17.7%Australians with disability

Making your communications mainstream

  • Plain language
  • Easy Read
  • HTML
  • Language translations

Plain language

We may publish the information that you send to us on our website or in a printed report.

If you would prefer not to have your submission published, please put the word ‘Confidential’
on the cover sheet.

Reading level: 7 to 9

Easy Read

  • We might put your ideas on our website.
  • A white notepad with black text Description automatically generated We might put your ideas in a document, such as a report.
  • If we do this, other people will be able to read your ideas.
Reading level: 3 to 6

Easy Read online

summit.easyread.com.au

QR code to go to summit.easyread.com.au
  • Listen function
  • Easy navigation
  • Contents menu
  • PDF print option
A screenshot of an Easy Read bulletin in HTML format. Click the link above to go to the Easy Read webpage.

The benefits of these approaches for language translations

Language translations are only as accessible and inclusive as the source text – your original document.

A plain language or Easy Read translation gets straight to the point and makes the language translation easier.

A person holding a folder. A plain language document. An arrow pointing to a document written in Chinese. Another person holding a folder.

What’s in it for you?

  1. A person sitting at a desk with a computer 1. Increase engagement
  2. A person holding a piece of paper 2. Increase understanding
  3. A person with their thumbs up 3. Increase compliance, action or results

Department of Social Services: case study

  • Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031.
  • Easy Read translations.
  • Ethnolink language translations.
  • Advice on culturally appropriate images and icons.
An Easy Read page written in Arabic.

About the Information Access Group

We make documents easy to read and websites easy to use.

  • Writing a documentEditorial services, including plain language and Easy Read
  • Editing on a laptopGraphic design and marketing
  • A website on a desktop computerAccessible website development and audits
  • A document with a tickAccessible document production and remediation
  • A magnifying glassResearch and user testing
  • A person pointing at a boardTraining and consultation

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