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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I totally agree with Karel's comment on how it is the
readability of the actual content which is the crucial element. It makes no
difference how large a font is if the text is complex and poorly
written.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I also take the point on the ease of making text larger in
electronic and digital formats. Despite all the developments in technology and
providing information online in a variety of downloadable formats, people still
demand print based materials for a lot of documents, particularly government
departments launching research findings or new initiatives. I worked on several
lengthy documents at the DRC which were supposed to be online only but ended up
as expensive print versions. This is without mentioning some of the bilingual
print documents which are printed in Welsh and English often running to over 200
pages in some cases.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'd be interested to hear from anyone who is working on
easier to read documents. I have several years experience writing and designing
Easy Read documents for people with learning disabilities a format which,
to my knowledge, has never been applied to the production of patient information
leaflets. There is a very real need to design information for the elderly/older
people in an easier to read format and patient information leaflets would seem
to require this approach.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Other audiences who need to be considered are those for
whom English is not their first language - migrant workers and asylum
seekers/refugees. What information is available in an easier to read format for
these people?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Happy to share ideas with interested parties.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Katie</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>
<DIV><BR>Raincharm Communications Ltd <BR>Tel 07971 909007<BR>Registered No.
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