Digital Accessibility Toolbar

The Recite Me assistive toolbar on the Town of Apex website enables our visitors to customize their experience in a way that works best for them. It includes screen reading functionality, multiple reading aids, customizable styling options, and an on-demand live translation feature that offers over 100 languages including 65 text-to-speech and styling options.

Accessing the Recite Me Toolbar

You can open the Recite Me language and accessibility toolbar by clicking on the rectangular button located at the bottom right corner of any page on our site. After you click on the button, the Recite Me toolbar opens and displays a range of different options for customizing the way the website looks, and ways you can interact with the content.

Recite Me Toolbar Button Descriptions


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
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Text Options
  • Decrease: This will decrease the text size
  • Font: You can change the font that displays on the page
  • Increase: This will increase the text size
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Color, Ruler, and Screen Mask

  • Color: Change the background, text and link colors
  • Ruler: Click to enable the reading ruler
  • Screen Mask: Will create a letterbox for focused viewing of a section of the page
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Dictionary, Translation, and Magnifier

  • Dictionary: Highlight and click on this to find the definition of the word
  • Language: Translate text into a different language
  • Magnifier: Click and drag the magnifying glass to magnify text on the screen
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Plain Text Mode, Margins, and Audio Download

  • Plain Text Mode: Remove images and view in plain text mode
  • Margins: Change the text dimensions by narrowing the width of the text column
  • Download Audio: Highlight the text then click the button to download text as an audio file
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Settings, Reset, and User Guide

  • Settings: Adjust your Recite settings
  • Reset: This will restore the default settings
  • User Guide: Will give you an overview of the Recite Me Toolbar Features
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