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EASIT, 
Easy Access for Social Inclusion Training.

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Hi!
This is Unit 2, Easy-to-understand (E2U)

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Element 2: Legislation, 
standards and guidelines

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Video lecture on standards and guidelines. 

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I am Ester Hedberg, 
from the Swedish National Association for Dyslexia.

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In this video lecture, 
I will talk about international standards,

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and guidelines on easy-to-understand.

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In Unit 1, Element 4, you can learn
more about standards on media accessibility. 

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I will focus on 
two ongoing projects within ISO.

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International Organization
for Standardization (ISO)

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These standards are 
expected to be published in a few years:

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a. Guidance on making 
written text easy to read and understand

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b. Plain language - Part 1: 
Governing principles and guidelines

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I will also talk
about two existing guidelines:

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c. Information for all,

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European standards for making 
information easy to read and understand,

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from Inclusion Europe.

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d. Guidelines for easy-to-read materials
from IFLA,

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International Federation 
of Library Association and Institutions.

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Standards are documented 
and agreed descriptions of how products,

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services and processes should
work to satisfy the needs of users.

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You will find standards 
for computer keyboards, light bulbs, 

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hexagon screws 
and many other things.

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Even languages are standardized. 

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Standards are normally not mandatory,

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but some of them get implemented
or referred to in laws,

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and might be something
you must comply with. 

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A standard can be used as a guideline. 

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But a guideline 
is not necessarily a standard.

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A standard is developed
by a standardization organization. 

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It’s a result of a process
of compromises and agreements,

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among stakeholders 
and experts from different areas.

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Like producers,
consumers and researchers. 

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There are different organizations
that create standards.

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I already mentioned ISO. 

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You are probably also familiar with ITU.

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International Telecommunication Union.

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And the W3C,
World Wide Web Consortium.

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In Europe we have ETSI,

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European Telecommunications Standard Institute,

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and CEN,
European Committee for Standardization.

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In your country you will find
national organizations for standardization.  

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There are no published global standards
on Easy language. 

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But ISO is working on this topic.

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One project addresses E2U texts
and another Plain Language. 

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First, ISO/IEC WD 23859:

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Guidance on making written text 
easy to read and understand.

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Second, ISO/WD 24495:

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Plain language — Part 1: 
Governing principles and guidelines

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“WD” stands for Working Draft. 

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The ISO/IEC WD 23859,

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Guidance on making written text
easy to read and understand,

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focuses on user interfaces.

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It will provide recommendations
on how to create,

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adapt, validate 
and procure written easy text,

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for various types of content, 
environments and formats,

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for diverse users.

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That includes texts in audio format 
and in different hybrid access services,

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like easy subtitles 
and easy audio description.

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The aim of the validation
is to make sure that the content,

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is easy to read and understand
for the target group.

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It is important that the end users
are involved in the validation process.

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This standard will not
provide language-specific guidance.

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ISO/WD 24495 on plain language,

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will provide support for writers 
to produce any document in plain language. 

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The International Plain Language Federation,


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has been working to create 
this universal multi-language standard

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for several years.

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The standard will build
on the definition of plain language,

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that the federation created
a few years ago: 

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“A communication is in plain language
if its wording, structure, and design,

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are so clear that the intended audience
can easily find what they need

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understand what they find,
and use that information.”

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In Europe, 
a European guideline from 2009 called:

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“Information for all – European standard,

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for making information
easy to read and understand” 

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is often recommended to writers
who want to write easy-to-read content.

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These guidelines
were created by Inclusion Europe,

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which consists of
78 European organizations,

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for people with intellectual disabilities

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The guidelines
were produced in the project:

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“Pathways to adult education
for people with intellectual disabilities”.

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The document contains
guidelines on how to create,

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easy-to-understand information
for the following types of content:

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General, written, electronic,
video and audio.

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International Federation 
of Library Association and Institutions,

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published in 2010
“Guidelines for easy-to-read materials” . 

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While the guidelines from Inclusion Europe
target people with intellectual disabilities, 

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the guidelines from IFLA 
have a broader target group,

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and include people with
reading difficulties that have different causes.

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The guidelines from IFLA
have three main purposes. 

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I quote:

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First, "To describe the nature
and needs for easy-to-read publications"

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Second, "To identify the main
target groups for these publications"

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Third, "To offer suggestions
to publishers of easy-to-read materials,

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and those organizations and agencies
that serve persons with reading disabilities.”

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The ISO standards are not published.

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But I suggest that you read the guidelines
from Inclusion Europe and IFLA. 

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Both of them are available
free of charge on their webpages.

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“Information for all” is also
available in different languages. 

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I also suggest that you read:
"Do not write for us without us,

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Involving people with
intellectual disabilities in the writing of texts,

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that are easy to read and understand. 

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That is also from Inclusion Europe.

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This video lecture
was prepared by Ester Hedberg,


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from the 
Swedish National Association for Dyslexia.  

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You can reach me at 
ester.hedberg@dyslexi.org

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Thank you.

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The project EASIT has received funding
from the European Commission,

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under the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships
for Higher Education programme,

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grant agreement
2018-1-ES01-KA203-05275. 

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The European Commission support
for the production of this publication,

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does not constitute 
an endorsement of the contents,

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