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lily94

Hello. I am looking for software that my organisation can use to turn our documents into 'easy read'. does anyone know of any software that we can buy to do this?
would be good for both physical documents and for our website.
thanks!

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steve51

Hi @lily94

Good Morning it’s great to meet you today!!!!!

Here’s some some info below for you:

https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjN39fu6dHhAhUute0KHVLEBg8YABAAGgJkZw&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASEuRo5JvhpJlvNeKfQ4aipkv71A&sig=AOD64_1lQe3waZQf3yi3wLyq9dCMM95RSA&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwixm9Pu6dHhAhU6TxUIHVx9DOIQ0Qx6BAgNEAE

Please please let me know if there’s any problems ????

@steve51

Sam_Alumni

Welcome to the community @lily94
@Andy_Assistive or @Ryan_Assistive can you help at all?

lily94

steve51 said:

Hi @lily94

Good Morning it’s great to meet you today!!!!!

Here’s some some info below for you:

https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjN39fu6dHhAhUute0KHVLEBg8YABAAGgJkZw&ohost=www.google.co.uk&cid=CAASEuRo5JvhpJlvNeKfQ4aipkv71A&sig=AOD64_1lQe3waZQf3yi3wLyq9dCMM95RSA&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwixm9Pu6dHhAhU6TxUIHVx9DOIQ0Qx6BAgNEAE

Please please let me know if there’s any problems ????

@steve51

thanks so much!

Ryan_Scope

Hello @lily94,

Thank you for your question.
From previous experience in making Easy Read document for both staff/colleagues and individuals with learning disabilities, i`ve never known of any software that can do this for you.

Please see below and list of things to consider when creating an Easy read document, many of these are to ensure the visual feel of the document is clear, plain and not over crowded.

Use wide margins.
Justify all of your writing to the left.
Keep the pictures to the left of the writing.
Use at least 1.5 spacing between lines.
Number the pages at the bottom right hand side.
Use large font: at least size 14/16.
Use a clear font like Arial.
Usually 4-5 pictures to a page is the maximum.
Use wide spaces so the information is clear.
Use numbers not the words for numbers: 8 not eight.
Do not use text boxes as they are hard to adjust formatting.
Include visual pictures, examples (Makaton symbols, Widgit symbols) depending on your target audience.

I have attached a document to download here https://www.base-uk.org/sites/default/files/knowledgebase/esa40-easy-read.pdf so that you can get a understanding of how the document will look and feel.

If you have any other questions please do contact me.

Regards @Ryan_Assistive

vysvader

@lily94 ,

Even better, if you want your own on-demand customized software (that exactly meets your needs) which can extract written data (text) from any photography/image or via a life recording camera, it's for a few lines of code in Python (there are many libraries like e.g.: this one). Consequently, the extracted data will be saved into your SQL database or/and directly read. Of course, the extracted data can be reused for your website, auto-published directly from the software. However, to read the website, Chrome and Windows offer native support for disabled people so this is pointless.

Get in touch if you find out that your organization needs a programmer. I'm yet currently studying against a degree in computer science but a student working on freelance projects has always been seemed as the point where you can save some money.

Best regards,
J. Vysvader