Easy Read

About our Easy Read services

Our Easy Read services can help your communications reach a wider audience. Easy Read is information that is presented in a way that is very easy to understand. It uses images to support text, large font sizes and plenty of white space.

Easy Read is commonly used to connect with different groups in our community, including:

people with disability
First Nations people
people from multicultural communities
people with low literacy.

Our Easy Read translations provide clients with a simplified and summarised version of their original content. It’s important to remember that Easy Read is not a word-for-word translation. This means that we can work from draft content if your timeframes are tight.

Easy Read images

We have completed multiple photoshoots to make sure our images are representative of the Australian community and suitable for Easy Read. We combine these photos with stock photography for more general concepts. We can also create custom illustrations and icons that meet branding guidelines for our clients.

User testing

We test materials with different people to make sure the content meets the needs of the intended audience.

Learn more about our user testing services.

File output

We provide an accessible PDF that meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility requirements. We can also provide a text-only Word document and packaged files for web.

Easy Read online

Publishing your Easy Read content as a web page is the most accessible format for many users.

We can create an HTML version of your content and can also publish and host it for you to make this a straightforward process.

Find out more about our Easy Read online service.

Our experience

We have extensive experience translating complex information into Easy Read. From Disability Access and Inclusion Plans to NDIS law changes or Annual Reports, we can help you engage with more people in the community.

Item 1

Project: NDIS First Nations Strategy

Client: National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

Project type: Easy Read

Topic: First Nations people
Item 2

Project: National Office for Child Safety documents

Client: Attorney-General’s Department (AGD)

There are 2 project types:

Project type 1: Easy Read

Project type 2: User testing

Topic: Respect and safety
Item 3

Project: The Aged Care Bill 2024

Client: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC)

There are 2 project types:

Project type 1: Easy Read

Project type 2: Plain language

Topic: Older Australians

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Working with us

Timeframes

Timeframes depend on the length and complexity of your content. However, we can complete urgent Easy Read translations in as little as 3 to 5 working days.