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26 September 2022
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Supporting National Inclusion Week with Recite Me
26 September 2022
National Inclusion Week 2022
Watch our video about adding the Recite Me accessibility toolbar to our website
Today marks National Inclusion Week, an important date in all our calendars where we raise awareness and open up the conversation about inclusion to ensure accessibility for all.
Scottish Water are proud to share, promote and inspire inclusion practices and culture across the workplace to create a better environment for all with Recite Me accessibility and language tools available on our website.
The theme for National Inclusion Week 2022 is ‘Time to Act: The Power of Now’ as we progress our unity created in previous years and turn it into action.
To support everyone online, we provide the Recite Me accessibility software on our external www.scottishwater.co.uk website, supporting those with disabilities, learning difficulties, visual impairments, or people who speak English as a second language.
Together with Recite Me we are on a mission to create an inclusive digital world, providing barrier-free access to online information and services. Recite Me have saw over 2.2 million people using their toolbar, viewing over 12 million pages in a way that best suits their individual needs.
Scottish Water are proud to share, promote and inspire inclusion practices and culture across the workplace to create a better environment for all with Recite Me accessibility and language tools available on our website.
The theme for National Inclusion Week 2022 is ‘Time to Act: The Power of Now’ as we progress our unity created in previous years and turn it into action.
To support everyone online, we provide the Recite Me accessibility software on our external www.scottishwater.co.uk website, supporting those with disabilities, learning difficulties, visual impairments, or people who speak English as a second language.
Together with Recite Me we are on a mission to create an inclusive digital world, providing barrier-free access to online information and services. Recite Me have saw over 2.2 million people using their toolbar, viewing over 12 million pages in a way that best suits their individual needs.
Accessing the toolbar
On the top menu, click 'Accessibility Toolbar' - as shown highlighted in red.
Alastair Kerr, Customer Experience Project Manager said “As part of our commitment to supporting customers in individual circumstances, we’re excited to launch the new Recite me toolbar on the Scottish Water website to help ensure customers can interact with our information and services in a way that suits them. This new development will help neurodiverse or visually impaired customers and those who don’t speak English as a first language.““As part of our commitment to supporting customers in individual circumstances, we’re excited to launch the new Recite me toolbar on the Scottish Water website to help ensure customers can interact with our information and services in a way that suits them.”
Alastair Kerr
Customer Experience Project Manager, Scottish Water
When visiting our website people are able to use our suite of accessibility tools to create a unique user experience. These tools 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 and many other features.
Together we can build an inclusive online world. This starts by creating awareness on an individual or organisational level, and helping others to understand the opportunities presented by inclusion, we can all make a positive difference.
