3. Contents
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The Story of Recite ..................................................................
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How does it work? ..................................................................
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Using Recite ..............................................................................
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What is Dyslexia? .....................................................................
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Facts ..........................................................................................
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Accessibility ...............................................................................
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Key Features ..............................................................................
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Benefits .....................................................................................
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Our Customers ..........................................................................

4. The Story Of Recite
While at university, company founder
and director Ross Linnet realised that
he had to work much harder than his
contemporaries to achieve the same
results. During studying for his course
in electrical engineering he would
often be the one helping his peers
understand concepts during term time,
and yet, in exams they always seemed
to fill examination booklets quicker and
achieved better marks.
It wasn’t until after his academic career
had finished and when he became
president of the Students Union, that it
was suggested that Ross Linnett might
have dyslexia.
After going through various tests it was
determined that he had dyslexia which
had gone undetected throughout his
entire school life and academic career.
A lot of people with dyslexia are often
able to disguise their weaknesses, even
from themselves, until they reach higher
education when they encounter the
thresholds at which they are no longer Pictured above Ross Linnett
able to compensate. (center), Managing Director of
Recite and the Recite team.
A lot of these are given software that
read websites out aloud and different
software that enable them to change the
text and contrast of websites.
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5. At first, this seemed like a good solution to the problem, but very soon it became
obvious that the problem was only solved on one main computer that was used at
the time but when other computers where used, e.g. in the library or elsewhere,
the software wasn’t installed and everything was back to square one: no options to
have the websites accessed and read out.
It was then that the idea for Recite was born.
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6. How Does Recite Work?
Recite is a unique system that allows
any person with visual impairments,
learning difficulties like dyslexia or
literacy issues to use any computer
anywhere in the world to access a
website in a personalised way. The key
is that no software needs to be installed,
so it is a fully portable solution.
Today, people are using multiple devices
from computers through smartphones,
iPads and tablets, Recite works across
all of these. As soon as a user clicks on
the Recite button, they can view a site
with the aid of a variety of disability
functions and options such as text to
speech and adjustable text only views.
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7. Using Recite Will Change The Way You
Access The Internet
Our aim is to engage with people with accessibility difficulties early on
and open up the accessibility agenda providing them with information
and facts to help them assess their needs and requirements.
Recite is an online system which makes any website accessible from any
computer, no matter where in the world you are. It increases disability
usability and compliance levels of any website.
It is very quick and easy to get started with Recite: A link is placed on
the website and a customised Recite button appears, for example ‘click
for accessibility’, ‘read text’ or ‘speak’. Once this button has been clicked
Recite will be enabled.
It transforms the format of websites, repackaging the content
by adding disability functionality. Recite’s current functionality
includes translating web page content from text-to-speech,
providing a bespoke user choice of high contrast colour schemes,
the ability to enlarge words, as well as dictionary and thesaurus
definitions. Recite does all of this online allowing the web page to
be viewed in an enriched, highly accessible format.
Recite works instantly, online and with no software to intall.
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8. What Is Dyslexia Anyway?
Dyslexia is a condition that involves difficulty in learning to read or interpret words,
letters, and other symbols.
Over 6 million people in the UK suffer from dyslexia and over 2 million have
visual impairment which makes over 10% of the UK population struggle to access
information on the internet. Often, dyslexia will also result in severe literacy
problems. This includes: Individuals in the workplace, Individuals in Higher and
Further Education, private individual usage.
Below is an example of how a dyslexic person might see text on a page.
Weall seethings the same way. Wesee wordsin
groups or phrases. Theprint is more dominant
thanthe background. Theprintshows no
movement. Theprinted letters areevenly black.
Black print on white papergives thebest contrast
for everyone. Whiteback ground lookswhite.
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9. Show Me The Facts
Dyslexia is a common cause of reading, writing and spelling difficulties.
Of people with poor reading skills, 70-80% are likely dyslexic.
Less than 1/3 of children with reading disabilities are receiving school services
for their reading disability.
About 5% of the population will have enduring, severe reading disabilities that
are very difficult to treat given our current knowledge.
Every day another 100 people start to lose their sight. This figure is based on the
average number of people each day who registered as severely sight impaired
or sight impaired (blind or partially sighted) in Britain.
About 1.5 million people in England have a learning disability (2.5% of the
population). 796,000 of them are aged 20 or over.
There are 55,000-75,000 children with a moderate or severe learning disability
in England.
Just 1 in 3 people with a learning disability take part in some form of education
or training.
The number of adults with learning disabilities is predicted to increase by 11%
between 2001 and 2021.
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10. What’s This About Accessibility?
What Are The Legal Guidelines?
The legal requirements surrounding accessibility vary from country to country.
Broadly a service provider, i.e. website owner, must provide reasonable
adjustments so as not to discriminate against someone with a disability. Today
websites also have to comply with the guidelines from the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). The guidelines discuss accessibility issues and provide
accessible design solutions. They address typical scenarios that may pose
problems for users with certain disabilities.
Why Have An Accessible Website?
Having an accessible website has many advantages for the users and
may even increase brand awareness and potential online business.
• Usability of your website will be enhanced
• Open your site to as wide an audience as possible
• Good publicity
• Avoid expensive legal fees
• Easier website management
• Compatibility with new browsing technologies
• Appear higher in search engines
• Download time is significantly improved
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11. Making Your Website Accessible
The W3C guidelines are complemented by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG) which state that a website has to be:
Perceivable
• Provide text alternatives for non-text content.
• Provide captions and other alternatives for multimedia.
• Create content that can be presented in different ways, including by
assistive technologies, without losing meaning.
• Make it easier for users to see and hear content.
Operable
• Make all functionality available from a keyboard.
• Give users enough time to read and use content.
• Do not use content that causes seizures.
• Help users navigate and find content.
Understandable
• Make text readable and understandable.
• Make content appear and operate in predictable ways.
• Help users avoid and correct mistakes.
Robust
• Maximize compatibility with current and future user tools.
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12. What Are The Key Features?
Fast, intelligent, natural text to speech.
Change the font size and colour
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13. Translation into 52 languages
Full Dictionary and Thesaurus support
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14. Change the text dimensions
Change the background colour
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15. What Are The Benefits?
1. Recite can improve online sales by creating a more accessible
website
2. Recite gives a website good social corporate responsibility
3. Recite can help you reach a wider audience
4. Having Recite on your website or using it on the go will change
the way we view web.
5. Recite change people’s outlook on using the web
6. Recite changes people’s access to knowledge and information
7. Recite reduces access barriers
8. Recite helps to improve web accessibility
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16. What Our Customers Say About Us
“With the introdution of smart ticketing and
online sales, our website is now much more
than simply a source of information. By adding
Recite, we are giving visually impaired and
dyslexic users the tools they need to enjoy all the
benefits that our website can offer.”
“The product looked modern, fresh and easy to
use and had more features than we were hoping
for. We were particularly impressed by all the
dyslexic features, like plain text view and varying
contrast.”
“As a disability company the accessibility of our
website is vital to us. We chose to work with
Recite not only because of the quality of the
product but also because of their commitment
to further development. The ability for our
customers to change background, text colour,
alter the size of the fonts and even change the
font type - in a simple interface - really makes us
stand out from our competitors.”
“Like many large corporate websites, we
have a big challenge to keep our websites
and all subsites compliant with the disability
and discrimination act. Using Recite fixes this
overnight!”
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17. Get In Touch
3.04 Baltimore House
Baltic Business Quarter
Gateshead NE8 3DF
t. 0191 432 8092
info@reciteme.com
www.reciteme.com

18. Recite is a Future 100 Award winner -
The awards celebrate the UK’s leading social enterprises
3.04 Baltimore House | Baltic Business Quarter | Gateshead | NE8 3DF
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