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Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com> Sun, 13 September 2015 18:01 UTC

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From: Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>
To: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
Subject: RE: Another attempt at plain language
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Cc: Tobias Bengfort <tobias.bengfort@posteo.de>, "ietf-languages@alvestrand.no" <ietf-languages@alvestrand.no>
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> Not all resources are textual.  The Voice of America broadcasts both in ordinary English and in Special English, which fits nicely into this category of simple/plain/easy language: it not only limits vocabulary but is spoken more slowly than VOA ordinary English.

For some of the goals stated on the site (dyslexia, etc), I wonder how a screen reader fits in?

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