{"id":6428,"date":"2025-03-19T12:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skrivanek.lt\/translation-services\/easy-to-read-language\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:18:35","slug":"easy-to-read-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skrivanek.lt\/en\/translation-services\/easy-to-read-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy-to-read language"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nVERTIMAI” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:left|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1620225641816{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}” link=””][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”WHAT IS EASY-TO-READ LANGUAGE?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23111111|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1737620158251{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1737620212613{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}” accent_color=”#b3110d” el_class=”sep-55″][vc_column_text css=””]Easy-to-read language is a simplified writing style, which ensures that the texts are clear and accessible to everyone including those who have reading or comprehension difficulties. Texts written in easy-to-read language are unique with their short and clear sentences, which convey the most important information regarding a certain topic. Usually, such texts come along with images helping to understand the information.<\/p>\n
As of January 1, 2024, public authorities have been obliged to provide information in easy-to-read language, and following Directive 2019\/882\/EU of the European Parliament and the Council (the European Accessibility Act), the majority of Lithuanian companies will have to comply with this as of June 2025. The European Accessibility Act applies to\u00a0all businesses that offer digital products and services within the EU. <\/strong>Only companies with less than 10 employees will be exempted.<\/p>\n Non-compliance can result in financial penalties, legal consequences, and reputational damage. However, accessibility is not just an obligation. It is a competitive advantage and an opportunity to reach more users.<\/p>\n Statistically, easy-to-read language would help more than 15% of Lithuanians. That is 420,000 people.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”WHICH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES EILL NEED TO BE ADAPTED TO EASY-TO-READ LANGUAGE?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23111111|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1737620413148{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1737620212613{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}” accent_color=”#b3110d” el_class=”sep-55″] The following technical solutions are also mandatory<\/strong>: alternative text for visual elements, subtitles and transcription of audio and video content, content structuring according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1), and the adaptation of interactive elements (buttons, forms, navigation) for all users.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”WHY EASY-TO-READ LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23111111|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1742372758983{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1737620212613{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}” accent_color=”#b3110d” el_class=”sep-55″] Level 1<\/strong> texts are short and contain only essential information. Level 1 texts are aimed at people with significant cognitive challenges. The ideas are presented in a very clear and coherent way and illustrated with examples from everyday life.<\/p>\n Level 2<\/strong> texts are short and convey the most important information on a given topic. New and more detailed information is introduced gradually, only when it is necessary. Key information or more complex ideas are illustrated with pictures.<\/p>\n Level 3<\/strong> texts are aimed at people with lower levels of education and literacy, and people with intellectual disabilities. May be supplemented with pictures, but not necessarily. These texts are also suitable for advanced users of Lithuanian as a foreign language.<\/p>\n All the standards for text production discussed above emphasise the importance of the inclusion of the target group – the text must be checked in an easily understandable language by validators supported by facilitators.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23111111|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1737620935178{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1737620212613{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}” accent_color=”#b3110d” el_class=”sep-55″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n Our specialists assist businesses and the public sector in transforming texts into easy-to-read language. The process includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREPARING TEXTS IN EASY-TO-READ LANGUAGE:” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23111111|line_height:1.5em” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1737642646208{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1737620212613{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}” accent_color=”#b3110d” el_class=”sep-55″] 1. Make it possible for users to use the website or application using the senses available to them. How?<\/p>\n 2. Make sure that users can find and use content and functions regardless of how they navigate. This primarily includes enabling the site to be operated using both the mouse and the keyboard alone, but also:<\/p>\n\n
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\nIndications on how to design websites and mobile applications in accordance with the EAA are presented in The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). They include 4 principles, the implementation of which may require many activities:<\/p>\n\n
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