24/08/2026
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ง๐ ๐ โ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐
At Easy Read Australia, we love a challenge. So when the approached us to work on an Easy Read web page, featuring their latest Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP), we jumped at the opportunity.
When we create Easy Read documents, we engage experts to produce tagged (accessible) PDFs for the web. This format has many benefits: it can be read by most screen readers, downloaded, shared and printed in its designed layout.
But HTML is the ๐ด๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ when it comes to accessibility. An HTML Easy Read web page is:
โข mobileโfriendly ๐ฑ
โข responsiveโ
โข screenโreader compatible ๐
โข easier to zoom ๐
โข faster to access, without download barriers ๐
โข more discoverable through search tools. ๐
Some website content management systems arenโt set up to allow for Easy Read layouts, like images on the left, aligned with text on the right. But the Department found a solution and worked with us to ensure the web page met Easy Read standards.
And everyone was happy with the outcome:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค โ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.โ Suraya Patel, NSW Department of Customer Service.
So, if your goal is to reach more people with your content, including the 44% of Australians with low English literacy, consider creating an HTML Easy Read web page.
Learn more about Easy Read. Visit easyreadaust.com.au
See the Departmentโs DIAP web page link in the comments.๐
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