ACCESSIBILITY
The North Haven Memorial Library believes in accessibility for all. Center for Disease Control and Prevention research finds
61 million U.S. adults – about 1 in 4 Americans – have a disability that impacts a major part of their life. (CDC) Many of these disabilities can make websites like ours challenging and consequently limit their full participation. We’ve added the Recite Me web accessibility and language toolbar to our website to make it accessible and inclusive for as many people as possible. It helps one in four people in the US who have a disability, including those with common conditions like sight loss and dyslexia, access our website in the way that suits them best. The toolbar also meets the needs of one in five people in the US who speak a language other than English at home, by translating our web content into over 100 different languages.
RECITE ME WEB ACCESSIBILITY AND LANGUAGE TOOLBAR
The Recite Me toolbar allows every visitor to the North Haven Memorial Library’s website access to the information and resources they are looking for. The comprehensive Recite Me toolbar works across all devices and offers a unique range of functions ensuring that our work is accessible to all. You can use it to:
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Read website text aloud (including PDFs)
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Download the text as an MP3 file to play it where and when it suits you
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Change font sizes and colors
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Customize background-color
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Translate text into more than 100 different languages
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Access a fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus
You can open the Recite Me language and accessibility toolbar by clicking on the either the Accessibility icon in the header OR the Accessibility Tools’ button in the bottom left corner of the page.
After you click on the Accessibility Icon OR ‘Accessibility Tools’ button, the Recite Me toolbar opens and displays a range of different options to help people access our website and customize the content in a way that works best for them.
HOW TO USE THE RECITE ME TOOLBAR
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
​Play Audio
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Back: Rewind to the previous paragraph of text.
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Play: Click the Play button to read the text aloud.
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Forward: Skip forward to the next paragraph of text.
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Download Audio: Highlight a section of text and download it as an audio file to consume offline.
Text Styling and Customization
Decrease: This will decrease the text size.
Font: Choose from a range of fonts and customize line height, spacing and size.
Increase: This will increase the text size.
Colour: Customize the color palette of a website, including the background, text and link colors.
Focus Text: Emphasize the most critical parts of words, to guide the eyes smoothly through the text.
Focus Tools
Ruler: Use the reading ruler to stay focused on lines of content.
Cursor Options: Customize the cursor size and color to help focus on page location.
Screen Mask: Filter out unnecessary distractions to focus on the content you want to read.
Text-Only Mode: Removes all images, video and design leaving text and links to consume.
Margins: While in text-only mode reposition text on the screen to aid ease of reading.
Reading Aids
Dictionary: Easily highlight a word and find the definition on the page.
Page Summarizer: Eliminate unnecessary content, to surface core information to easily understand at different reading ages.
Magnifier: Like the offline world, zoom x2 onto a section of the website page to aid reading.
Settings
Settings: Adjust your Recite Me Toolbar settings.
Reset: This will restore the default settings.
User Guide: Will give you an overview of the Recite Me Toolbar Features.
Translation
Language: Translate text into a different language.
Play: Click the play button to read translated text aloud.
Q: Do I need to download anything to enable Recite Me?
A: No. Recite Me is a cloud-based software so there is no need to install anything on your computer.
Q: How do I launch the Recite Me toolbar?
A: To Launch the Recite Me web accessibility toolbar you will need to click on the Recite Me button. This will then launch the toolbar, which will appear at the top of the page.
Q: How do I disable the auto read?
A: To disable the auto read you need to click on the button marked “Settings”. This will give you a list of 3 functions to choose from. You need to click on the bottom to the right of the option marked “Autoplay” This will then disable auto read.
Q: Does Recite Me work across different operating systems and mobile devices?
A: Yes. Our software works on multiple devices and operating systems including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows devices.
Q: Can I save my settings?
A: The Recite Me toolbar uses cookies to save user settings.
Q: How do I change the language?
A: To change the language of the website that you are viewing you need to select the button marked “Languages”. This will then produce a drop-down list of all the languages that Recite Me offers. Find the language that you want from the list and press on it. The site will then be converted to that language.
Q: How do I create an MP3?
A: To create an MP3, first turn off the Autoplay option located within the settings button. Highlight the section of text that you wish to create into an MP3. Once highlighted select the Download Audio button from the toolbar. You will then see a message telling you that your file is being created. Once created you will see the file appear ready at the bottom of the web page. You can now either listen to the file created or save it to a location of your choice.
Q: How do turn Recite Me off?
A: To close the Recite Me toolbar simply click on the icon marked “Close” to the right of the Toolbar.
Q: Where can I find support for Recite Me?
A: If you have any questions about Recite Me you can contact them by email at info@reciteme.com or call them at +1 571 946 4068.
You can learn more about how to use these options in the Recite Me Users Guide.
NORTH HAVEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
This accessibility statement applies to www.northhavenlibrary.net. The goal of this website is to guarantee the accessibility of its content and services for individuals with disabilities who require additional access support. Resources have been dedicated to enhancing the website's user-friendliness and accessibility, driven by the aligned mission with Recite Me that every individual deserves to experience and engage with digital content, equally.
Measures to support accessibility
This website takes the following measures to ensure accessibility:
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Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
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Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. This website aims to conform with WCAG 2.1 level AA or higher.​
Accessibility Efforts & Disclaimer, and What We're Doing to Improve Accessibility
We remain dedicated to the ongoing enhancement of the accessibility of its website and services. This commitment is rooted in the belief that ensuring a smooth, inclusive, and unrestricted experience for individuals with disabilities is a shared ethical responsibility.
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We are always striving to enhance the accessibility of all pages and materials on our website. We acknowledge that some content does not meet accessibility standards. Our accessibility journey is continuing - please note that we are working on a suitable fix to improve user experience, but this process will take some time. Our staff is diligently working to make our website not only fully WCAG 2.1 compliant, but easy and comfortable to use.
Recite Me Assistive Technology
We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website. To provide additional support to aid a more inclusive user experience we provide the Recite Me assistive technology tool. This Toolbar enables all website visitors to customize their experience through a range of options to suit their online accessibility and language needs.
The Recite Me toolbar provides text-to-speech functionality, fully customizable styling features, reading aids, and a translation tool with over 100 languages, including 65 text-to-speech voices and many other features.
This means that when the toolbar is activated by the user they can:
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Listen to the website using text-to-speech functionality
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Customize background, text, and accessibility tool colors
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Modify the font, line height, or spacing of text
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Zoom in up to 200% without text spilling off the screen
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The text will reflow in a single column when you change the size of your browser window
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Navigate the website using just a keyboard
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Translate the website into a different language
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Download mp3 files of web page text
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View website pages in text-only mode
Third-party content and functionality
We may make use of third-party resources that embed content on our website. Wherever possible we will ensure these are conformant.
Technical Specs/Info About this Website’s Accessibility
Our organization is committed to making its website accessible to all visitors, in line with regional regulations and we aim for conformance with the WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1) at level AA.
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Accessibility of this website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browsers and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
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HTML
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CSS
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JavaScript
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility guidelines used.​
Reporting Accessibility Problems with this Website
We know that there are multiple items that are not currently accessible on our website and we are in the process of updating and/or replacing pages/content on our website. Once we have completed this upgrade we will provide contact information for reporting problems. In the meantime, we ask that you check our site frequently for updates and use the Recite Me toolbar for assistance.
Funding for Recite Me was provided through a generous donation made in loving memory of Joseph C. Russo by his family.
Joseph was lifelong advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.
He was one of the first attorneys hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act.
He devoted his entire career to public service, working across the country and at all levels of government, fighting to make the human-built world accessible to all people.