Recite Me

Recite Me Review

What is Recite Me?

Recite Me is a web accessibility company that advocates for website users to have an inclusive online experience. This dream started in the late 90s when its CEO Ross Linnett was diagnosed with dyslexia in university. Despite having his technology, Ross found the system to be limited due to the computing power of a single computer. Thus, Recite Me was born.

Recite Me Service(s) and Features

Making accessible websites should be a part of every software development project. It is only possible to achieve this when accessibility testing is integrated into software development processes such as design, development, testing, and monitoring.

Recite Me interface is armed with customizable options that allow people with disabilities to choose how they navigate and consume information. At the click of a button, users can access Recite Me’s versatile text-to-speech capabilities, fully customizable styling options, reading support tools, and more than a hundred languages, including 35 voice types and many other features.

The Recite Me assistive technology provides disabled people with all the functions they need to understand and engage with products and services online. Its unique web accessibility toolbar allows for adjustments to all elements of the page including text, graphics, language, and navigation.

Integration

Your website can easily be integrated with Recite Me assistive technology. You simply add some JavaScript to your site and decide what your launch button/link looks like. Typically, installation takes only an hour or two, and a team of experts will be available to guide you through the process and answer any questions.

Reporting

Once the Recite Me JavaScript code has been fully integrated into your site and you’re up and running, you will receive regular reports regarding launches, feature usage, and more. Recite Me Google Analytics allows tracking the usage of website assistive toolbars on individual pages, based on specific goal outcomes. The process ensures you have the insight you need to support your visitors and your business.

Marketing

Recite Me is also on hand to help you with marketing efforts because it believes a noble pursuit as accessibility for all should be well promoted online. Whatever you need, whether PR support, landing page design, or help with social media posts, Recite Me has you covered.

Accessibility features

Recite Me allows you to give your visitors total control of your site. when viewing your website content. Discover the unique range of accessibility features to allow people to customize the way they interact with your website.

Screen reader
The Recite Me screen reader helps visually impaired website visitors to perceive and understand your digital content by reading aloud website text, which can be customized to suit the viewer.
Features of the screen reader include:

• 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

Reading
Reading content online can be a challenge for some people. To simplify and support Recite Me provide five main tools.

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

Margins to reposition text in text-only

Styling
Styling features include:

• Text size and color
• Website background color
• Text font type, including Open-Dyslexic
• Text-only mode to eliminate all styling, much like a Word document.

Translation
One in ten people doesn’t speak English as their first language. Recite Me quickly and easily translates on demand all your web content into over 100 languages, including 35 text-to-speech voices.

Other features are

For people with dyslexia Recite Me supports their content viewing experience by being able to customize the look and feel of a website. To support reading a user can customize the text font, color, sizing, and spacing. They can also customize the color of the website background, links, reading mask, and ruler.

Visual Impairments
People with visual impairment need to have the ability to customize a website to view content in a way that works best for them. To aid in viewing website content visitors can customize the website’s background color and the text, font style, size, and color with Recite Me assistive toolbar. People can also use text only to reposition text on a screen.

Autism
Children and adults with Autism can face distinct challenges when reading. Recite Me can support website visitors with a customizable screen reader, that allows text to be read out aloud at different speeds, and in different languages either with a male or female voice.

ADHD
To support people with ADHD and reading content online, the Recite Me toolbar offers a screen mask or a rule allowing them to focus and stop being distracted by other content on the page.

Epilepsy
For extreme Epilepsy Recite Me can support people online by using the “text-only” feature to strip away any media or graphics that may cause a seizure. A user can also change the style of the website page if different colors affect them.

Hyperlexia
Recite Me provides a fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus. People with Hyperlexia will be able to read words but they may not understand their meanings. Having a built-in dictionary allows them to understand wording without leaving the website.

Recite Me Pricing

Recite Me does not display any standard pricing plans on its website which is quite unfortunate. It requires potential customers to book a consultation session to arrange bespoke pricing.

It claims competitive pricing packages are provided on an annual subscription for one to three years.

People who wish to avoid dealing with salespeople or have an idea of the types of plans offered before contacting a company will, however, be disappointed.

Recite Me Platform and Support

The options for support aren’t so impressive. Recite Me provides users with an email address. The platform has no live chat, but it does have a phone number (which unfortunately isn’t toll-free). There are FAQs on the website so users who don’t have an account yet can gather basic information without contacting Recite Me.

Why Recite Me? Pros and Cons

Recite Me has a FAQs page which at least helps to give the user some guidance. It also has a translation service that translates on demand all your web content into over 100 languages, including 35 text-to-speech voices. Although there aren’t any pricing clues on the websites, the combination of features will give users value for their money.

The Final Verdict on Recite Me

In addition to supporting your site visitors on a digitally inclusive journey with our accessibility toolbar, Recite Me can provide the tools you need to promote your accessibility initiatives and report on your audiences’ online needs.

The Recite Me cloud-based assistive technology toolbar makes your website digitally inclusive by allowing visitors to customize your content so that they can consume it in ways that work best for them.

Although there aren’t any pricing clues on the websites, the combination of features will give users value for their money. Sure, Recite Me could improve on its pricing information, but it’s a pretty decent solution.

Recite Me has a FAQs page which at least helps to give the user some guidance. It also has a translation service that translates on demand all your web content into over 100 languages, including 35 text-to-speech voices.

Taking stock of everything, Recite Me is a platform worth trying out! Have you used Recite Me before? Drop a comment and let me know.