ABOUT THIS SERVICE

Braille

Make your documents accessible to the blind or partially-sighted by providing them in Braille. 

We provide Braille translations to public and private sector clients so that you can ensure that your content is provided to everyone. Our Braille service allows our clients to meet their accessibility standards and allows for inclusion. We can convert any type of document and any genre to Braille including tactile diagrams, numbers and tables and we can tailor this to your exact requirements. 

Braille is a collation of raised dots which are felt by fingertips and arranged to mean numbers and letters. It can be written in many ways using specialist machinery or software. 

1. Send us your document/s.
2. The document/s get converted into Braille using specialist softwares or equipment depending on your requirement.
3. The Braille is then fully checked by our Braille proofreaders to ensure complete accuracy and fluency. 
4. The finalised document/s then get embossed, bound and delivered directly to your service user. 

Easy Read

Easy Read is a document that combines text and images to portray your information clearly and simply so that people with learning disabilities have fair access to important information just like everyone else. The Easy Read version breaks down big chunks of text and instead displays them in smaller sentences with clearer language to enable easier understanding. The text is also accompanied with a picture to help show what the text is describing. Having an Easy Read version of your documents provides an option for so many people to be included in important goings on. 

This process is now a requirement for public sector bodies and organisations and we also offer accessibility statements to confirm that the Easy Read document is compliant. We pride ourselves on being able to offer services that mean accessibility for all, so we are ready to help you with this. 

Easy Read versions can be produced for all types of documents, whether that be medical reports, terms and conditions for work or training manuals, we can work closely with you to understand the key elements of your document, and then ensure those are portrayed in the best way for an Easy Read user. We like to discuss Easy read projects with our clients in detail, and are happy to send draft versions, as well as example images before anything gets finalised, so you can be sure that your Easy Read document sends the exact messages you need. We also provide typesetting services after Easy Read production so that you then have a design version of your Easy Read document for you to then publish, print and distribute in whichever way you need. 

Large Print

Turning documents into Large Print provides your audience with a document that is clear for all to read. Not everyone with a visual impairment reads Braille, people with partial sight loss, dyslexia or age-related sight loss conditions require standard text, but displayed in large font, without backgrounds in order for them to read clearly. Providing your documents in Large Print, enables you to reach a wider audience and offer the additional standard of care.

The standard text size of many published and distributed documents is between size 10 and 12, Large Print is created in much larger font, at least size 16. Clear font choices are also used as well as considering different printing options. Most images tend to be removed in Large Print documents and there is also spacing considerations between lines and paragraphs. The length of the document is also well-thought-out as some people with a sight impairment find it difficult to read long collections of text. We work closely with our clients to understand their exact requirements and then create the most suitable Large Print document for them. Any type of document can be produced in Large Print including newsletters, brochures and instruction manuals to name a few.

Just like with our translations, every Large Print document is fully proofread after it is produced to ensure that all accessibility requirements are fulfilled, but also for accuracy and clarity of text.