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      <title>Recite Heads Down Under</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:11:53 +0100</pubDate>
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      <author>paul@wearearch.com (Paul Oyston)</author>
      <dc:creator>Paul Oyston</dc:creator>
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	Recite is proud to announce we have signed our first Australian Clients following a series of trader visits. Moreland City Council a local authority in the state of Victoria and the Starlight Children&#39;s Foundation a charity for young people with serious illnesses are amongst the first international clients to snap up the new text to speech software.

	It is estimated that around 10 percent of Australians suffer from dyslexia or visual impairment and, because the economic downturn there ...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite Shortlisted at SXSW</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:13:39 +0100</pubDate>
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	Recite will be heading to SXSW in Austin Texas are also pleased to announce that we are one of the finalists in the HATCH pitch competition. This is the first opportunity for Recite to demonstrate its innovative text to speech product to respected members of the US startup community, including those from Silicon Valley, San-Francisco and New York.

	&nbsp;

	HATCH is a pitch competition for startups with revolutionary ideas. They select fifteen finalists to present their business plans to...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite takes 3rd 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:08:03 +0100</pubDate>
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	Recite 
recently presented at HatchPitch at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Out of the 
initial 80 we were included in the final 15 companies that presented to 
a panel of judges, and we are pleased to announce that we finished in 
3rd place. We received loads of great feedback from the judges and made 
some great contacts whilst we were there.&nbsp;
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      <title>Making Social Media Sharing More Accessible </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:57:24 +0100</pubDate>
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      <author>toni@wearearch.com (Toni Allen)</author>
      <dc:creator>Toni Allen</dc:creator>
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	Sharing content - from articles you read online to songs you are listening to - is as much a part of social media now as smiley faces and animated graphics were when instant messaging first started. Everyone shares everything. That might be an exaggeration, but not by much, and L&eacute;onie Watson at Nomensa seems to agree

	Sharing is an essential element of social media for the following reasons:

	
		How we all interact within social networks - Facebook, Twitter, Google+ (and the myr...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Our Thoughts on the 7 Web Accessibility Myths </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:16:18 +0100</pubDate>
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	Given the fact we live and breathe web accessibility here at Recite we are always on the look out for those who share our passions. We found the following article by Gosia Mlynarczyk, an Accessibility Consultant for Nomensa, on their humanising technology blog, and thought it was worth sharing.&nbsp;

	One quote we feel needs to be highlighted in neon and underlined for all to see, is the statement that: &ldquo;it is estimated that around 10% of the population worldwide has a disability tha...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite Competes Against 1000 Startups from 36 countries in Europe's Largest Web Summit  </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:14:34 +0100</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Toni Allen</dc:creator>
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	Recite entered its third contest this year, this time in Dublin, Ireland. At the Dublin Web Summit. This is one of Europe&#39;s largest web conferences, held on the 17th - 18th October, where startups from all across the EU come together to network, compete and compare. We also were entered into the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius Competition.

	The summit has not been without controversy. Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, the online payments system got up on stage to make a point that coun...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Scotland shines a spotlight on Dyslexia</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:19:10 +0100</pubDate>
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	Australia isn&rsquo;t the only country which is ahead of England when it comes to dyslexia. North of the border, in Scotland, it was national Dyslexia Awareness Week from the 1st - 7th November. We were pleased to see just how enthusiastically Scotland has taken to promoting the issue of dyslexia.

	This has been run between Dyslexia Scotland and Edinburgh City Libraries, supported by the Bank of New York Mellon. Cathy Magee, Dyslexia Scotland&#39;s CEO said &quot;We&#39;re really pleased t...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite remembers SXSW</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>toni@wearearch.com (Toni Allen)</author>
      <dc:creator>Toni Allen</dc:creator>
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	South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, is without a doubt the unequaled tech and music event on the startup calendar. It is an essential gathering place in the tech universe. So, naturally, I was bouncing on the balls of my feet, with excitement, whilst waiting in the Newcastle International Airport departure lounge for my flight to the lone star state.

	I was the only one representing Recite, and would be the sole voice for my team at the HatchPitch competition. I was nervous and exc...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Making the Digital World Accessible to Everyone</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:22:39 +0100</pubDate>
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	In the digital world of the internet design is everything. Design strips away, cuts to the core of purpose and functionality, and takes us to the very limits of our imagined potential. The best design is simple. It makes a democracy of the web, putting this powerful communication tool at the disposal of everyone with an internet connection......[Continue Reading]

	Text to speech online solutions make the web more accessible for everyone who needs it, without needing downloads or complex in...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Software Startup Fighting Open The Web To Everyone</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Toni Allen</dc:creator>
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	The internet should be accessible to everyone. But it isn&rsquo;t. For people with dyslexia, visual impairment and learning difficulties it can be confusing, duanting, and inaccessible. With the school term in full swing it&rsquo;s worth considering what the internet, and online interactive whiteboard based lessons, are like for children with dyslexia and visual impairment..... [Continue Reading]
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      <title>Interview with the Boss by Peter Jackson, The Journal</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:24:44 +0100</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Toni Allen</dc:creator>
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	A disability has proved to be the springboard for success for Ross Linnett, as Peter Jackson discovers.

	ROSS Linnett watched British athletes triumphing in this summer&#39;s Olympic Games with mixed feelings. He shared in the patriotic jubilation, but there was also a sense of regret, of what might have been......[continue reading]

	The vision behind Recite is to be the leading online text to speech cloud solution which will make the web more accessible to everyone.
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      <title>Ross Linnett named one of the Most Influential People in the North East </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	Recite are please to announce that their main man Ross Linnett has been named as one of the North East&#39;s most influencial people 2012 by The Journal. He has also been featured as one the up and coming Entrepenuers of the year... Watch this Space!.......
	&nbsp;

	&quot;Welcome&nbsp;to the fifth edition of the Most Influential People in the&nbsp;North East, our annual&nbsp;publication that turns&nbsp;the spotlight on those individuals who&nbsp;are shaping the destiny of our region.........]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Adapt or face the music</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:29:17 +0100</pubDate>
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      <author>ian@reciteme.com (Ian Birtwistle)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ian Birtwistle</dc:creator>
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	Web accessibility is our driving passion here at Recite. So we like to give a shout out when we see other organisations and companies championing this issue.&nbsp;

	We noted here the case in the UK between BMI Baby and the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB), which resulted in an agreement to resolve the issue.&nbsp;

	In the US the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has been very active in the defence of blind students across a range of universities. During 2010 - 2011 the ...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite CEO Visits NYC</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:56:34 +0100</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Our friends at UK Trade &amp; Industry (UKTI) have once again given Recite support accessing a new market. This time with a packed visit to New York City.
	
	America is a market that every tech startup wants to access, and New York is one of the most important startup hubs in the world, comparable to London and Tel Aviv (still not as important as California). The opportunities this visit provided us to establish relationships and spread awareness of about Recite&#39;s innovative online text...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Northstar Investment Featured in The Journal</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:03 +0100</pubDate>
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	A TYNESIDE technology firm which enables the visually- impaired and those who are dyslexic to read websites has secured &pound;225,000 to expand its marketing capabilities overseas.
	
	Gateshead-based Recite Me, launched by Ross Linnett two years ago after he discovered he was dyslexic and wanted to help others with the same problem, has landed the sum of money from Newcastle-based Northstar Ventures&rsquo; Finance for Business North East Accelerator Fund ... (Continue Reading)

	About: R...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Q&amp;A with CEO of Recite - Ross Linnett</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	Ross was recently profiled in the northern regional newspaper, The Journal. Here are a some of the highlights about how Recite got started, from his interview with Peter Jackson: 
	
	Did you see yourself doing this when you were at University? 
	
	&ldquo;I honestly couldn&rsquo;t of imagined this being my career. I started out expecting to have an athletics career. However, I wasn&rsquo;t willing to make the sacrifices for sprinting. It&rsquo;s not living a university life, it&rsquo;s eat...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Q&amp;A Part II with CEO of Recite - Ross Linnett</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Ross was recently profiled in the northern newspaper, The Journal. Here are a some of the highlights about how Recite went from just an idea to a company with a staff of eight, from his interview with Peter Jackson: 
	
	How did Recite get started? 
	
	&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have a eureka moment, as such. It was more a gradual realisation, followed by the director of IT at Northumbria University and straightaway he thought it was an amazing idea. Then I kept it under wraps for about a year....]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Dyslexic Author, Sally Gardner wins the Costa Childrens Book Prize 2012 </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Recite wants to change the conversation when it comes to dyslexia. Negativity prevails amongst the dyslexic and accessibility community. There is a great deal of collective hand wringing over why things haven&rsquo;t been done, what hasn&rsquo;t happened, and why changes should take place. Legislation and law suits, or the threat of these, serves as the accessibility stick which is ritualistically hammered against the doors of corporations.
	
	Recite is a different sort of accessibility com...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Rethinking Dyslexia With Director James Redford </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	We are all about promoting dyslexia here at Recite, and we were pleased to see that the talented director, James Redford, produced an inspiring film about dyslexia. &lsquo;The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia&rsquo; was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, and broadcast on the US network HBO during November and December.
	
	The Big Picture was also shown in London, Washington DC (for the bipartisan Dyslexia Caucus) and Dyslexia Awareness Week in Scotland. Below is the movie trai...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Say Hello to Recite at BETT</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:06:34 +0100</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Ross Linnett, CEO of Recite, and the team will be at Bett,&nbsp;the UK&rsquo;s largest learning technology show, at ExCel London. The team will be there for the three days of the show, from 30th January to 2nd February.&nbsp;

	Bett powers the learning and technology community, where individuals discover technology for education. Bett embraces innovative solutions that inspire, in order to shape and improve the way people learn from classroom to boardroom. There will be 3800 events with ove...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite CEO at the Assistive Technology Industry Association 2013 Conference in Florida </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:15:33 +0100</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Ross Linnett, CEO of Recite has been in Orlando, Florida this week for the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) 2013 conference. This is a gathering of the movers and shakers of the accessibility industry. A conference where those leading the charge to make the internet and technology more accessible to the millions with dyslexia, visual impairment and other disabilities get the chance to meet, collaborate and network.
	
	The event is sponsored by companies like Cannon, IBM and ...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Are Council Web Visitors Better Connected in 2013? </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Socitm Insight: Better Connected 2013 Results. 
	
	Better Connected is the annual survey by the Society of IT Managers (Socitm) into the quality and performance of council websites for online users. The results are not encouraging. The report shows that &ldquo;the gap between the best and worst across the UK is gradually increasing.&rdquo;
	
	Council websites are assessed using a structured survey of 224 questions, along with comprehensive audits of every website.
	
	How did councils do...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Can we make the UK a digital by default nation?</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	In this age of austerity for public services every penny helps. A digital strategy report in November 2011, followed up by a commitment in the June 2012 Civil Service Reform Plan, and a digital efficiency report, shows how the government can save &pound;1.7 to &pound;1.8 billion by implementing a digital by default strategy.
	
	The idea is that online services will be &ldquo;so straightforward and convenient that all those who can use them will choose to do so whilst those who can&#39;t are...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Recite joins Go ON Gold: a national campaign to help disabled people get online</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Recite is proud to announce it has become a partner of a major new national campaign to raise awareness about the barriers faced by people with disabilities in accessing the internet and other new digital technologies, and help overcome them. Right now 43% of people with disabilities haven&#39;t accessed the internet, including those with dyslexia and visual impairments. Recite is on a mission to change that as a part of this campaign.
	
	Go ON Gold aims to encourage businesses, organisatio...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title> Universal Accessibility: A New Conversation About Web Accessibility </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:19:44 +0100</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Recite published an article in The Huffington Post about web accessibility. Read on to learn more.

	Time we fixed the web for everyone with dyslexia.

	Hundreds of millions of people can&#39;t access all the benefits of the internet. Dyslexia, visual impairments and literacy issues impact around 15-20% of people. The result is that the internet is a challenging environment to navigate. Making the internet fully accessible - the most universal, advanced, democratic communication tool ever...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Overcoming Dyslexia, Finding Passion - Piper Otterbein at TEDxYouth@CEHS </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:59:01 +0100</pubDate>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Piper Otterbein is a senior at Cape Elizabeth High School. Piper was born in New York, but she has lived in Cape Elizabeth for the past eleven years. When Piper was in first grade, she was diagnosed with a learning disability. While Piper struggled throughout elementary school, it was not until 7th grade that this disability was identified as dyslexia. Piper and her family spent a great deal of time and resources trying to fix her dyslexia; during her middle school years, Piper spent countl...]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Accessibility is a Bottom Line Issue </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:56:27 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://reciteme.com/blog/story/name/accessibility-is-a-bottom-line-issue</link>
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      <author>dominic@reciteme.com (Dominic Tarn)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dominic Tarn</dc:creator>
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	Web accessibility is not just a tick box legislative issue. Some web accessibility companies have a lobbying mentality, banging the drum about the potential threat of law suits and legal costs. This approach hasn&rsquo;t been very effective in the past. It dramatically narrows the field of those who ought to care about this issue, and immediately puts large corporates on the defensive. No one wants a law suit. Whilst at the same time no one wants to be on the wrong side of an issue which affe...]]></content:encoded>
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