How to use Recite Me on Cornwall Council website

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The Recite Me accessibility toolbar is now available on Cornwall Council's website. This video explains the different tools available and how to use them to make our information more accessible to you.

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00:00The Recite.me toolbar is now available on our website.

00:04You access it by clicking on Listen and Translate.

00:08This then reveals the toolbar.

00:10It provides visitors with a collection of accessibility and language tools.

00:15You can interact with online content in a way that best suits your individual needs.

00:19Once you have launched the toolbar, simply hover over our website content to have it read aloud.

00:25This feature can also be controlled by three green buttons on the left side of the toolbar.

00:30You can also download the audio of the website by highlighting the text and clicking the Download Audio button.

00:38Clicking the Ruler button enables the Reading Ruler.

00:44By clicking the screen mask, you can create a letterbox for focused viewing on the section of the page.

00:51This can help those who may get distracted by other elements of the page when reading.

00:57The Magnifying tool allows you to drag a magnifying glass onto the screen to magnify text and images.

01:05The Settings cog allows you to adjust various settings of the Recite.me toolbar.

01:11Click Reset to restore the default settings of the toolbar.

01:16The toolbar also allows people to change the way the website looks.

01:21Select the Font button to change the font of the text displayed on the page.

01:25You can choose from a range of fonts that best suit your needs.

01:29A font in particular to note is Open Dyslexic, which is designed to mitigate some of the common reading errors caused by dyslexia.

01:37The minus sign decreases the size of the text and the plus sign increases it.

01:43And you can use the colour wheel to change the background, text and link colours.

01:48Text mode allows you to remove images so you can focus on the text without distractions.

01:53And the Margins button changes the dimensions of the text by narrowing the width of the text column.

01:591 in 10 people do not speak English as their first language.

02:03By selecting the Translate button, you can choose from over 100 languages, 65 of which can be read aloud.

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