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5 Readability Guidelines is a collaborative project to develop inclusive, universal content style guidance. We believe everyone can design inclusive content by default, if we have guidelines for making content easily readable (comprehensible) by all.
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7 Sarah Richards at Content Design London [[started the project in 2018>>url:https://contentdesign.london/blog/usability/readability-guidelines]]. During 24 weeks of Alpha and Beta we held live, global discussions in a Slack workspace.
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15 * if an open community of content people want to contribute to a single style guide
16 * if we'd like to rely on evidence for the style guide elements – and if yes, what evidence would be most useful
17 * if a wiki model is sustainable
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20 Read the [[final Alpha blog update>>https://contentdesign.london/research/readability-alpha-the-end/]].
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22 Alpha ran from July to October, 2018.
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25 == Beta ==
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27 From the Alpha discussions we identified [[17 content style usability questions>>url:https://app.nuclino.com/Content-Design-London/Readability-Guidelines/Usability-questions-a01f6825-982e-4152-abcd-02801c2f63a7]]. We researched evidence to answer them in Beta. By the end we identified some [[top level findings>>doc:Top findings.WebHome]]. And some stye points for further testing.
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29 Read the [[final Beta blog update>>url:https://contentdesign.london/content-process/readability-guidelines-beta-update-4-by-lizzie-bruce/]].
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31 Beta was October to December 2018.
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34 == Get involved ==
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36 Explore and join us:
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39 * read the Slack discussions: [[readabilityguidelines.slack.com>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.slack.com/]], join: [[bit.ly/2D0OW1F>>url:https://bit.ly/2D0OW1F]]
40 * watch the London Accessibility MeetUp [[Readability Guidelines talk>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzdtE8JQOs]]'
41 * share usability studies and academic research evidence on this wiki
42 * follow #ReadabilityGuidelines on Twitter and LinkedIn
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44 We have almost 500 members in our Slack community.
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48 == Contributing ==
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50 This is a totally open project – dive in! You're welcome to edit, comment on or create wiki pages. The only rules are:
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53 * make any comments in the spirit of positive open learning
54 * include usability evidence to support your edits or thoughts
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56 Any comments or queries outside of this wiki, please get in touch on twitter [[@ContentDesignLN>>url:https://readabilityguidelines.slack.com]].