We are Photosymbols

A picture library for Easy Read information featuring actors with learning disabilities

Picture Library

Unique pictures to use in your information - specially designed to reflect the lives of people with learning disabilities

Simplify text

Convert complex text into Easy Read with our AI assistant

Make Information

Design Easy Read documents and generate PDFs to share

Expert Advisers

We employ a team of Expert Advisers with learning disabilities who inform our work

The right fit

Whether you're an individual or a large organisation we have a subscription for you

Subscriptions

Which one is right for you?
Personal
From £275.00
Team 3
From £450.00
Team 5
From £600.00
Small 10
From £1,000.00
Medium 25
From £2,000.00
Medium 50
From £3,500.00
Large 100
From £6,000.00
Site Licence 500
From £12,000.00
Commercial Use
£3,500.00

Easy Read Training

We offer training courses to develop your Easy Read practice. Our Foundation Course has successfully trained over 500 students.

Our short course on Easy Read and AI is an introduction to the practical and ethical considerations of using AI in your accessible information.

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Actors

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Expert Advisers

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A little bit about who we are and what we do

About Us

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Customers

See who's using Photosymbols for Easy Read

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A person with an NHS lanyard is smiling and working on a computer. Behind them is a control panel entitled Settings for "Annual Health Check Invitation letter". There are toggle options for Show Page Numbers, Share with Team and Set as template

Sharing, personalising and standardising your Easy Read

Recently, we've been introducing Photosymbols' new modes for writing, designing and organising your Easy Read. Let’s look at a few options in Desig...

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On a blue background there is an image of a man and a woman having a conversation. Behind them are two text boxes, one is a 50 word summary describing the image, the other is a sentence of suggested alt text for the cutaway image of two people.

Picture summaries and alt text

We’ve added a couple of changes to the information available for each image in the library that we think have big potential for making your Easy R...

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Mix and match your Design Mode pages

Mix and match your Design Mode pages

Since the release of Design Mode earlier this year, we know that many of you have been looking forward to being able to customise the recommended t...

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A man sat at a desk with a laptop and some papers. He is on the phone and looks confused. There are question marks as graphics around him.

Troubleshooting

Most of the time Photosymbols works fine for people, their computer, network, and web browser. But sometimes things don’t work quite right.

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