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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