What’s Next
Resources, community links, and next steps for Simply Readable
What's Next
Simply Readable was built by Swindon Borough Council and is now adopted by councils across the UK and internationally. Here are resources to help you take the next step.
The people behind it
Simply Readable was developed by Swindon Borough Council's Emerging Technology team, led by Sarah Pena (Head of Emerging Technology) under Philip Murkin (Chief Digital Officer). The Easy Read feature was co-created with the council's "Experts by Experience of a Learning Disability" focus group — residents with learning disabilities who tested and shaped every aspect of the tool.
Key statistics
99.96%
Translation cost reduction
14 min
vs 19 days turnaround
75
Languages supported
~1p
per page Easy Read
Official sources
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AWS official
- AWS Case Study: Swindon Borough Council (opens in new tab)
- AWS Public Sector Blog: Simply Readable with Bedrock (opens in new tab)
- AWS ML Blog: Document Translation architecture (opens in new tab)
- AWS Samples documentation site (opens in new tab)
- GitHub repository (MIT-0 licence) (opens in new tab)
i.AI and central government
- i.AI Knowledge Hub: Document Translate (opens in new tab)
- i.AI Knowledge Hub: Simply Readable (opens in new tab)
- i.AI Knowledge Hub: Use case (opens in new tab)
Local government and industry
- LGA Case Study: Simply Readable (opens in new tab)
- Socitm: Translate case study (opens in new tab)
- Socitm: Simply Readable case study (opens in new tab)
- Digital Leaders: Translation cost savings (opens in new tab)
- Digital Leaders: Simply Readable innovation (opens in new tab)
- UKAuthority: Swindon's tech opportunities (opens in new tab)
- UKAuthority: GenAI for Easy Read (opens in new tab)
- Cities Today: Translation cost reduction (opens in new tab)
- LGC Plus: AI for independence (opens in new tab)
- Swindon BC: Emerging technology recognition (opens in new tab)
- The Swindonian: AI for learning disabilities (opens in new tab)
Next steps by role
Service delivery, community engagement, and adoption
Architecture, deployment, and infrastructure
Accessible content, Easy Read, and translation best practices
Commercial support
CityTrax offers commercial support, deployment, and customisation services for Document Translate and Simply Readable.