Enhancing Informational Accessibility

By:  Sandra Ziebold

Access has been at the forefront of our business development plan in 2022, so we are incredibly proud to be able to provide Recite Me's innovative assistive technology across our website.

5% of the global population have a disability that can prevent access to online information.  Beacon of Hope Crisis Center now provides accessibility tools to enable online visitors to read content barrier-free.

Beacon of Hope Crisis Center wants to provide accessibility to everyone. As part of our efforts to make information accessible to all, we have added the Recite Me tool on our website. We want to make sure that every user gets the most out of beaconofhopeindy.org during their visit. 

Recite Me is an innovative accessibility and language toolbar to make the information on our website easily available and inclusive to allow users to customize our website in the way they need it to work for them and includes text to speech functionality, Dyslexia tools, interactive dictionary, and translations in more than 100 languages.  1 in 10 people speak English as a second language.

The Recite Me tool provides people with disabilities a toolbar they can use from any computer or device to better explore our website.  Our goal is to ensure that anyone in need of our services can access our services and this website accessibility toolbar is one more step toward helping those who need us find us. 

To access the Recite Me toolbar on beaconofhopeindy.org, click the accessibility options menu tab near the top of the website or the accessibility icon image on the lower right side of the website.  This will engage the Recite Me toolbar which has a range of options for customizing how the website looks and how to access content.

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Guide To Using Recite Me
Screen Reader

• All content read aloud in a natural voice
  
• 35 different language options
• Speed controls and Word by Word highlighting for total customization
• MP3 download to listen to content offline

Styling

• Text and color
  
• Website background color
• Text font type, including Open-Dyslexic
• Text only more to eliminating all styling, much like a Word document
• Adjust Recite settings
• Restore default Recite settings

Reading

• Ruler to read line by line
  
• Reading Mask to eliminate distraction
• Fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus on site
• Magnifier to zoom in too sections of text
• Margins to reposition text in text-only

Translation

• Recite Me quickly and easily translates on demand all your web content into over 100 languages, including 35 text to speech voices.