Easy-Read-Online makes websites, web pages and other digital applications that are easy for people who have difficulty in reading and writing

5.2 million adults in the United Kingdom have a literacy level which is Entry Level or below. (Skills for Life National Needs and Impact Survey, DfES, 2003)

Most websites require a high degree of literacy, and form a barrier to information for many people. But the internet has a huge potential to provide easy access for everyone, by the use of video, sound and appropriate design.

According to recent research Over 70% of adults who have difficulty reading have a computer at home. Of those who do, over 70% of them use it to access the internet.
(From the 2004 report of the 1970 Cohort Study)

Easy-Read-Online has developed ways to make the content of your website accessible to both people who read and people who have difficulty in reading.

Click on the Easy Access button to find out how we do it, and click on the What We Do button to see some of the products that we have developed.