Key term - Declaration

[SamHyler]

Overview

Update language across the site to reflect current knowledge around terminology for declaration.
A first step is to remove "letter" and leave "declaration" as the term across the site to reflect legally correct language. The issue requires follow up research from UXR around accessibility of the term (complicatedness, legal jargon, 4th-5th grade reading level) and user's understandings of the legal space.

Background: The tool was originally called a personal statement generator. Possibly for accessibility reasons (there is nothing to reference on the decision making)

Action Items

• Follow up with UXR on accessibility of the term Follow-up research for “declaration” #1647
• Audit and implement "declaration" across the site
• Follow up with Content on iterations
• Check in with Design on spacing etc.
• Create and hand over to Dev

Resources/Notes

Add research and follow ups here
Figma Workspace

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SOT Audit is done, small changes need to be done. After the 3 key terms can be worked on site wide.

Will change to Declaration as a for-now solution. Needs follow-up research (beyond desk research) on the term declaration versus personal statement, letter, or another term regarding legal jargon, accessibility, 5th grade reading level, SEO, and understandability for our target groups. Declaration is the legal term, legal terms can potentially be inaccessible or contribute to cognitive overload.

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SOT ready, will start updating.

[SamHyler]

#1647 Follow up research request handed over with presentation describing the content problem, context, background, what we know and don't know, the request and questions we have, and what we don't need. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_NgVnxfu8MU8c1o7nMAuWOVnunJc-AxZnq6vMJS-tCo/edit#slide=id.g314eedca226_0_665 Themes of accessibility and plain language.

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Figma workspace https://www.figma.com/design/hYqRxmBVtJbDv9DJXV6nra/Expunge-Assist-Main-Figma?node-id=2-8

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Giselle will take over as this is a more straightforward first issue

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