“No Deal” – Brexit information baffles the public, inaccessible to 73%* of the UK population This September, Google reported that the most searched questions in the UK related to Brexit. The public is now looking for clear communication on what the UK’s departure from the EU will mean. And, they are looking to the government …
Why Top Tasks & Readability Analysis Matter for the Canadian Government’s Digital Strategy A Readability Analysis of the Canadian Government’s Top Tasks Read on below or access the complete report in PDF format here. Since 2013, the Canadian Government has adopted an approach to web design that focuses on the top tasks that web visitors …
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Say “Hasta la vista” to bad content! For years now, we’ve been witnessing the content marketing explosion. One of its main effects is that, today, all organizations are now publishers. But many don’t understand the importance of having a brand voice. The explosion is still growing, with the content marketing industry estimated to be worth …
How to decide what is a good readability score? When you first launch a plain language program and start scoring for readability, one of the first questions you’ll hear is; “what’s a good readability score?”. It’s a great question, and like many simple questions, it can be hard to provide a good answer. Here’s a …
Whitelist and LIX support for Readability / Email Server (and a few other bits too!) We have just rolled out some exciting new updates to our Readability and Email Server cloud users. To try out any of these features simply browse to readability.visiblethread.com. Whitelisting of words and phrases for Readability and Email Server LIX Readability …
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How to extract FAR clauses from RFPs in under 3 minutes If you’re a contracts or proposal manager working US federal programs, you’ll know the importance of the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) and DFAR (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations). And contractors working army contracts also review AFARS (Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement). You need to carefully review certain …
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98% of asset management firm websites are unreadable We regularly check the readability score of the written communication that governments and specific sectors create. You can see our past reports here. In June, our attention returned to the asset management industry. We published our 1st asset management research report in 2016. Suffice to say the …
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VisibleThread and ClearMark Awards recognizes plain language superstars The Center for Plain Language hosted the annual ClearMark Awards this month. These awards promote the use of clear writing in North American organizations. It judges entrants in various categories based on their use of clean, plain language. VisibleThread sponsored the event. We’re pleased to associate with …
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The Facebook User Agreement as seen by the Algorithms Yesterday, Senator Kennedy from Louisiana slammed Facebook saying, “Your user agreement sucks!” We analyzed it with our plain language tool. We collected some data for the software and legal experts out there. Not a big surprise, it does suck! It has lots of long sentences, passive …
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VisibleThread Docs 3.0 what’s new NOTE: May 15, 2018 – The VT Docs 3.0 update pack is now available for on-premise customers with up to date subscriptions. Contact support@visiblethread.com for instructions and download links. Our latest VT Docs 3.0 release has many extensions that we think you’ll love. In this post, I’ll give a full overview of …
