Useful Resources

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readability tips, reading level
Visit: Plain Language: Improving written content
Description: "Plain language (also called Plain English) is communication your audience can understand the first time they read or hear it...Written material is in plain language if your audience can find what they need, understand what they find, and use what they find."
readable text tutorial, reading level
Read: Readability Basics
Description: A step by step tutorial on how to create highly readable text (from www.transcend.net)
readability tester, reading level
Visit: Readability Test Tool (from www.JuicyStudio.com)
Description: An online readability test tool that also has some extra help in interpreting test results (from www.juicystudio.com)
low literacy, reading level, reability, how-to
Read: Writing for Low Literacy Users
Description: An article from useit.com that addresses techniques for writing text that everyone can understand.