FAQs

UK: The Equality Act 2010 gives disabled people important rights of access to everyday services. Service providers have an obligation to make reasonable adjustments to premises or to the way they provide a service. Under the Act it is unlawful for service providers to treat disabled people less favorably because they are disabled. A website is classified as a service and as such, to comply with the law, you must make reasonable adjustments not to treat a disabled people unfavorably because of something connected with their disability.

USA: In the United States, Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires all Federal agencies’ electronic and information technology to be accessible to those with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Justice has also endorsed the WCAG 2.0 AA standard as an appropriate standard for accessibility in multiple settlement agreements.

EU: On 2 December 2015, the European Commission published a proposal for a European Accessibility Act. Once this proposal is adopted, it should lead to common accessibility requirements covering products and services across the EU. Currently, there is no specific EU legislation on accessibility for persons with disabilities and the proposed Accessibility Act has therefore a lot of potential.

Recite enhances the user experience of websites for the 15-20% of your customers with dyslexia, visual impairments and literacy issues. In the UK this equates to Recite ensuring the 7 million people with literacy issues, 3.5 million people with dyslexia, and 8.6 million people registered disabled can have an enhanced user experience across the web.

Across the EU this impacts 80 million citizens with disabilities, and the 87 million Europeans aged over 65.

In the US 15-20% of the population has dyslexia, which is why the Bipartisan Congressional Dyslexia Caucus is seeking to implement change at a national level to improve access to information, education, and encourage technological innovation.

Recite is trusted by the Dyslexia Foundation and Dyslexia Action, which are amongst the largest dyslexia organizations in the UK. We are also a Go ON Gold partner, which means we are actively supporting the British governments initiative to change the fact that currently 43% of disabled people in the UK have never been online.

We work with every customer individually to make sure that we meet their exact requirements. The cost of Recite Me assistive technology for your website will vary depending on the size, complexity, and volume of traffic your site receives. Contact us for a free demo, a trial on your website, and a quote.

We have a DocReader which is capable of reading all documents online aloud, including Adobe PDFs.

We do our best to ensure all reasonable compliance with EU Cookie Laws. None of our cookie data is linked to personal information, and this all falls within the following legislative exemptions:

Some cookies can be exempted from informed consent under certain conditions if they are not used for additional purposes. These cookies include cookies used to keep track of a user’s input when filling online forms or as a shopping cart, also known as session-ID cookies, multimedia player session cookies, and user interface customisation cookies, e.g. language preference cookies to remember the language selected by the user. For further information click on the link to our Cookie Statement.

Yes. Users can save their settings so your website appears exactly as they need it every time they visit.

No. Recite does not negatively affect the user experience or functionality of any website. Our software simply and effectively ensures the 15-20% of users who need it can have enhanced access to the content of your website. With Recite your website becomes more accessible to millions of people who currently, needlessly miss out on everything you have to offer.

AccordionAssistive technology refers to a product or service that helps improve the lives of individuals with disabilities or impairments allowing them to communicate and learn, giving them the ability to live an independent life. Content