Recite Me User Guide
Recite Me is an innovative cloud-based software that lets visitors view and use our website in a way that works best for them.
You can access the Recite Me Assistive Toolbar by selecting the accessibility button at the top of this page.
Please visit the UF accessibility website for all compliance updates. https://accessibility.ufl.edu/
User Guide
Play Audio
Back: Rewind to the previous paragraph of text.
Play: Click the Play button to read the text aloud.
Forward: Skip forward to the next paragraph of text.
Download: 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: You can change the font that is displayed on the page.
Focus Text: Emphasize the most critical parts of words, to guide the eyes smoothly through the text.
Increase: This will increase the text size.
Color: Customize the color palette of a website, including the background, text, and link colors.
Translation
Language Translation: Translate text into a different language.
Play: Click the play button to read translated text aloud.
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: Remove 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.
Simplify Content: Simplifies any content over 150 characters, breaking down long and complex text into clear, concise, and easy-to-understand insights.
Magnifier: Like the offline world, zoom x2 onto a section of the website page to aid reading.
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Settings
Settings: Adjust your Recite Me toolbar settings
Reset: This will restore the default settings
User Guide: This will give you an overview of the Recite Me Toolbar Features
Keyboard Shortcuts
Tab – to move to the next toolbar button.
Shift+Tab – to go backwards
Spacebar – to select a button and to change toggles
ctrl+right – play next element
ctrl+left – Play previous element
ctrl+alt+p – play the current element
ctrl+alt+f – show font menu
ctrl+alt+c – show theme menu
ctrl+r – Enable/Disable ruler
ctrl+d – Enable/Disable dictionary
ctrl+l – Show translation languages
ctrl+x – Enable/Disable text-only mode
ctrl+m – Show page margin settings
ctrl+shift+o – Show/Disable settings menu
ctrl+s – Save settings
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Recite Me is cloud-based software so there is no need to install anything on your computer.
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.
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.
Yes. Our software works on multiple devices and operating systems including Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows devices.
The Recite Me toolbar uses cookies to save user settings.
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 offers. Find the language that you want from the list and press on it, the site will then be converted to that language.
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.
To Close the Recite toolbar simply click on the icon marked “Close” to the right of the Toolbar.