How to use the Recite Me toolbar

Using the Recite Me toolbar

Click the 'Accessibility tools' button in the top left corner. This launches the accessibility controls along the top of your screen.

Playing audio

Use these tools to listen to the text on our website. You can listen to the text on webpages as well as our PDF documents.

Image of the Recite Me play tools. From left to right: previous button, play button and next button

From left to right, these buttons let you:

  • Go back to the last paragraph of text 
  • Read the text aloud
  • Move on to the next paragraph of text

Reading support

These controls simplify the text on our pages to make it easier to read.

Image of the Recite Me reading support icons. From left to right: ruler, cursor options, screen mask, text mode, dictionary, page summariser, magnifier and download audio

From left to right, these buttons let you:

  • Enable the ruler to read line by line
  • Change the size and colour of the cursor
  • Mask the page to focus on an area of text
  • See the page as plain text
  • Open the integrated dictionary
  • Automatically condenses webpage content into easy-to-read summaries
  • Enable the magnifying glass
  • Download an audio file to listen to content offline

Changing the style

Change the look of our webpages to make the text and links clearer for you.

Image of the Recite Me style change icons. From left to right: decrease text size, text options, focus text, increase text size, translation and colour theme.

From left to right, these buttons let you:

  • Reduce the size of text
  • Change the font
  • Add focus to the beginning of words
  • Increase the size of text
  • Change the language 
  • Change the colour of the page background, text and links

Settings, reset and help

Image of the Recite Me icons. From left to right: settings, reset toolbar and user guide.
  • Settings
  • Reset all preferences to default
  • Opens user guide in new tab

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