Merthyr Credit Union now offers the RECITE ME Web Accessibility & Language Toolbar

With the increasing demand for our services, we’re thrilled to announce we have purchased the RECITE ME web accessibility and language toolbar to help make our online content accessible to as many people in our common bond area of Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

RECITE ME  uses innovative technology via a unique range of features on all devices, it will help one in five people in the Wales who have a disability, including common conditions like sight loss and dyslexia in a way that suits them best.

It will also help the 20% of people in Wales who don’t speak English as their first language, by being able to translate our web content into over 100 different languages including Polish, Portuguese and Welsh.

Delyth Shearing, CEO said “As part of improving access to our services, we’re pleased to be adding this accessibility tool to our website to help current and future Members customise our website to suit their own needs, in order to take full advantage of our range of savings and loans’.   

How does Recite me help make our website more accessible?

Recite me helps people to access all of the content on our website and has a range of functions. The toolbar can be used to:

• Have the text on our website read aloud (including PDFs)
• Download the text as an MP3 file to play it where and when it is convenient
• Change font sizes and colours
• Customise background colour
• Translate text into more than 100 different languages
• Access a fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus

To activate the RECITE ME toolbar and set it as default on a desktop, click the 'ACCESIBILITY SUPPORT' button on the top of our website (picture below)

To activate the RECITE ME toolbar and set it as default on a phone/tablet click the menu and click the 'ACCESIBILITY SUPPORT' button at the bottom on the menu (picture below)

To change the language, click the  button and select the language you require.

If you have any problems accessing the toolbar or any queries, please contact us on 01685 377888 or info@mtbcu.org.uk and we will be in touch