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Recite Me offers UK businesses free help to give accessible COVID-19 info online

Press Release

18 March 2020

Recite Me to support businesses with a free accessible COVID-19 landing page

Web accessibility software company Recite Me’s CEO and Founder Ross Linnett has announced today that Recite Me will support all businesses for free by providing accessible and inclusive online Coronavirus related information to their staff and customers.

The uncertainly around the recent Coronavirus pandemic has the nation worried and people need and want to be kept up to date with the latest information and how it will impact their lives, jobs and the services they use.

It is vital that this Coronavirus related information is accessible and inclusive in order to keep as many people as possible informed on crucial information.

Recite Me will host a free accessible and inclusive landing page for any business to share their Coronavirus related messages to all staff and customers to ensure that vital information can be understood by everyone.

Each bespoke landing page will automatically launch the Recite Me accessibility and language assistive toolbar, helping people with disabilities, visual impairments, learning difficulties and people who speak English as a second language to stay well-informed.

Recite Me has a range of features that include text to speech functionality, fully customisable styling features, reading aids and a translation tool with over 100 languages, including 35 text to speech voices.

Any business can visit the Recite Me website now to find out how the free accessible and inclusive landing page works and how to contact Recite Me to create their own landing page.

Ross Linnett, Recite Me CEO and Founder said: “When information is vital, it is vital that information is accessible and inclusive for all.”

“During these uncertain times Recite Me is here to support businesses across the world to create online information related to Coronavirus that is accessible and inclusive for everyone.

“Recite Me was a dream to drive change, to make society more inclusive and to enable everyone to explore and share our online world freely.

“So this is our pledge to help everyone in a time of need by helping any business make key information relating to Coronavirus accessible online, free of charge.

“If you think your business needs help to make your Coronavirus related online information accessible and inclusive to all your staff and customers, please contact us now.”

-ENDS-

Notes to Editors

For more information about Recite Me please contact Gavin Harris:  

Email: gavin@bigvoicecommunications.co.uk  

Mobile: 07986 688 262 

Image caption: Ross Linnett, Recite Me CEO and Founder

About Recite Me

1. Recite Me is an innovative cloud-based web accessibility solution which allows website visitors to customise any website the way they need it to work for them.

2. Around one in every five people in the UK has a disability and they can often face barriers like inaccessible websites that prevent them from taking an active part in life.

3. Recite Me's innovative software makes websites accessible through a unique range of features including: text to speech functionality, dyslexia software, zoom and page masking, an interactive dictionary, a translation tool with over 100 languages.

4. Ross Linnett is the CEO and Founder of Recite Me and is available for interview or comment. Ross was diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult and founded Recite Me because traditional ‘assistive technology' was limited to only one computer.

5. A live demonstration of the Recite software is available: www.reciteme.com/contact/trial