Easy to read

Easy to read is a term for texts that are easy to understand for people with learning difficulties . You thereby support accessibility . According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, texts are divided into different levels of difficulty. The easiest level to understand is A1. Only known words are used here, the sentences are particularly short, the grammar is very simple and only the most important message is conveyed. Often, information is not only provided on the text level, but also with photos, sounds and films. Information at level A1 is understandable for almost everyone. Information at level A2 is more detailed. They enable readers to deal with a topic in such a way that the main consequences are understood. Examples of this are a notification or work instruction. Translations at level B1 are based on previous knowledge or the vocabulary of experienced everyday readers. You avoid jargon . They can therefore be found wherever it is a matter of informing non-specialists.

Further information

Guideline

The Austrian Association for Rehabilitation has published guidelines for easily understandable information. The bidok development association has published an easy-to-read library on the Internet.

Quality mark

Texts that have been prepared according to difficulty levels A1, A2 or B1 and have been checked for comprehensibility by appropriately trained people with learning difficulties can be marked with the quality mark LL (LL stands for easy reading). The easy-to-read seal of approval was certified by TÜV Austria in 2012 .

literature

• Candussi, Klaus; Fröhlich, Walburga (Ed.): Easy reading. The key to the world . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-20211-0 .
• European Association of ILSMH (Ed.): Just say it! European guidelines for the production of easily readable information for people with intellectual disabilities for authors, editors, information services, translators and other interested parties . European Association of ILSMH, Brussels 1998, ISBN 2-930078-12-X ( webforall.info [PDF; 52 kB ; accessed on August 3, 2012]).
• Inclusion Europe (Ed.): Information for everyone. European rules on how to make information easy to read and easy to understand. Inclusion Europe, Brussels 2009, ISBN 2-87460-111-X ( bidok.uibk.ac.at [PDF; 1000 kB ; accessed on August 3, 2012]).

Web links

Wiktionary: Easy reading  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Competence network information technology to promote the integration of people with disabilities: Easy reading
• Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs: Easier reading
• Equal Opportunities Act amended , ORF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Austrian Working Group for Rehabilitation: Guidelines for easily understandable information. ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Bidok project: library for easy reading.
3. ↑ Barrier-free information: “Easy to read” seal of approval  ( page no longer accessible , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , capito.