{"id":19096,"date":"2022-09-27T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/?p=19096"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:03:00","slug":"digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Accessibility Makes News in Hidalgo County"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Hidalgo County, located in South Texas, caught the attention of local media with the addition of Recite Me language and accessibility tools<\/a>\u00a0to the Hidalgo County government website.<\/p>

At a press conference led by Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez, county officials shared their excitement in offering a more inclusive online experience, enabling website visitors of all abilities, including people with visual impairments, to access the website barrier-free.<\/p>

Texas Workforce Commission business relations coordinator, Vanessa Vera, emphasized the importance of an inclusive website.<\/p>

\u201cIn Hidalgo County, we have over 200,000 individuals that have a disability. That\u2019s a huge number that are now going to be able to have access to all this information and resources,” Vera said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

“[With Recite Me,] Individuals that may have hearing loss can enhance the sound; individuals that have a learning disability can have an easier read. Individuals that have a visual impairment can make changes on contrast and colors and sizes of the font,” continued Vera.<\/p>

The major advancement in digital accessibility comes after a series of meetings with people representing the community of persons with disabilities, many of whom speak a language other than English at home.<\/p>

Community member Rodrigo Uresti was pleasantly surprised with the new addition to the Hidalgo County website.<\/p>

\"Quote\u00a0\u201cI started testing it out and playing around with it and I was amazed. Wow, it\u2019s definitely a lot easier than I had assumed and it\u2019s definitely a need for the people here in this region with disabilities,\u201d signed Uresti.<\/p>

Another community member, Felicia Cuellar, stressed the importance of assistive technology when it comes to barriers to participation and opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>

\"Quote\u201cI am a hard-of-hearing individual. I can voice for myself, but I love that the caption was there, and the reader was there for me so that helped me and is allowing me to have more accessibility and opportunity here,\u201d signed Cuellar.<\/p>

The Hidalgo County website is often used to broadcast important messages and vital information that must be accessible to everyone, especially in critical situations.\u00a0<\/p>

\"Quote\u201cWe have emergencies here all the time. We had a pandemic, we have hurricanes, we have flooding, we have other stuff. We wanted to make sure that we had developed the proper protocols to reach all the people,\u201d said Judge Richard Cortez.<\/p>

Hidalgo County joins a growing list of government agencies throughout the United States offering Recite Me language and accessibility tools, including Dutchess County, NY<\/a>, Cameron County<\/a>, and the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State<\/a>.<\/p>

To learn more about Recite Me technology, please contact us<\/a> or book a demo<\/a>. You can also try out our free website accessibility checker<\/a> today.<\/p>

See the full news story here: https:\/\/www.valleycentral.com\/news\/local-news\/hidalgo-county-adds-disability-access-tool-to-website\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[135],"departments":[157],"type_tag":[132],"flag":[],"class_list":["post-19096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-government","departments-all-job-titles","type_tag-client-launch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRecite Me in the News in Hidalgo County, Texas | News | Recite Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recite Me in the News in Hidalgo County, Texas | News | Recite Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Recite Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-27T20:28:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-16T09:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Halpin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Halpin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Halpin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/a803bb6cbfcec2867b8f9f543359cbf8\"},\"headline\":\"Digital Accessibility Makes News in Hidalgo County\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-27T20:28:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-16T09:03:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/\"},\"wordCount\":466,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Government\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/\",\"name\":\"Recite Me in the News in Hidalgo County, Texas | News | Recite Me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-27T20:28:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-16T09:03:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Digital Accessibility Makes News in Hidalgo County\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/\",\"name\":\"Recite Me\",\"description\":\"Recite Me Website\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Recite Me\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/cropped-Recite-logo-350px-@2x.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/cropped-Recite-logo-350px-@2x.png\",\"width\":622,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Recite Me\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/a803bb6cbfcec2867b8f9f543359cbf8\",\"name\":\"Michael Halpin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae2f3f545f8d0f0cf271e95cd76a081b3357c7a3f243082c7750004eede90c88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae2f3f545f8d0f0cf271e95cd76a081b3357c7a3f243082c7750004eede90c88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Halpin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/author\/michaelhalpin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Recite Me in the News in Hidalgo County, Texas | News | Recite Me","description":"Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Recite Me in the News in Hidalgo County, Texas | News | Recite Me","og_description":"Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.","og_url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/","og_site_name":"Recite Me","article_published_time":"2022-09-27T20:28:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-16T09:03:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Halpin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Halpin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Halpin","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/a803bb6cbfcec2867b8f9f543359cbf8"},"headline":"Digital Accessibility Makes News in Hidalgo County","datePublished":"2022-09-27T20:28:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-16T09:03:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/"},"wordCount":466,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg","keywords":["Government"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/","url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/","name":"Recite Me in the News in Hidalgo County, Texas | News | Recite Me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-27T20:28:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-16T09:03:00+00:00","description":"Hidalgo County has launched a suite of digital accessibility and language tools to give its entire community access to vital information.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Hidalgo-County-Client-Shout-Out.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/news\/digital-accessibility-makes-the-news-in-hidalgo-county-texas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Digital Accessibility Makes News in Hidalgo County"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/","name":"Recite Me","description":"Recite Me Website","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#organization","name":"Recite Me","url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/cropped-Recite-logo-350px-@2x.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/cropped-Recite-logo-350px-@2x.png","width":622,"height":200,"caption":"Recite Me"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/a803bb6cbfcec2867b8f9f543359cbf8","name":"Michael Halpin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae2f3f545f8d0f0cf271e95cd76a081b3357c7a3f243082c7750004eede90c88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae2f3f545f8d0f0cf271e95cd76a081b3357c7a3f243082c7750004eede90c88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Halpin"},"url":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/author\/michaelhalpin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19096"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25872,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19096\/revisions\/25872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19096"},{"taxonomy":"departments","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departments?post=19096"},{"taxonomy":"type_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_tag?post=19096"},{"taxonomy":"flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reciteme.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/flag?post=19096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}