Accessibility
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The David and Joyce Milne Public Library strives to make our resources accessible to all users through a variety of collections and services.
However, we acknowledge the continued work needed to be done in hopes of becoming accessible to all patrons, staff, and community members. We are working to improve our accessibility efforts in and outside of the library. Learn more about our web accessibility below!
Accessibility Services
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Handicap accessible parking
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Building entrance (no steps and automatic doors)
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Wheelchair accessible catalog (those near the front circulation desk)
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Wheelchair accessible computers
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Digital library resources (and link to our digital resources page)
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Specialized materials
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Large print books
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Audiobooks
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Captioned DVDs
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Digital resources
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Assistance in retrieving library items and photocopying
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ASL interpreter (with one week's notice)
Using the Recite Me Toolbar
The David and Joyce Milne Public Library believes in accessibility for all, allowing everyone the opportunity to use the internet in the way that it is intended.
We pride ourselves on being an organization that goes the extra mile to improve communication and quality of service for our patrons and staff. To fulfill this mission, we now provide Recite Me assistive technology on our website, which enables our website visitors to customize their experience in a way that best suits their individual needs.
About Recite Me
Recite Me is innovative cloud-based software that lets visitors view and use our website in a way that works best for them.
We’ve added the Recite Me web accessibility and language toolbar to our website to make it accessible and inclusive for as many people as possible. It helps one in four people in the US who have a disability, including those with common conditions like sight loss and dyslexia, access our website in the way that suits them best. It also meets the needs of one in five people in the US who speak a language other than English at home, by translating our web content into over 100 different languages.
How Do I Access the Recite Me Toolbar?
You can open the Recite Me language and accessibility toolbar by clicking on the navy blue button in the bottom right corner of the page. This button is the universal symbol of accessible services which is also featured on the top of this page.
This button now appears in the bottom right on every page of our website.
After you click on the navy blue 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.
How Does Recite Me Help Me Access this Website?
Recite Me helps people access our website and customize the content in a way that works best for them.
The Recite Me toolbar has a unique range of functions. You can use it to:
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Read website text aloud (including PDFs)
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Download the text as an MP3 file to play it where and when it suits you
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Change font sizes and colors
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Customize background-color
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Translate text into more than 100 different languages
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Access a fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus
Toolbar User Guide
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.
Download: Highlight a section of text and download it as an audio file to consume offline.
Text Styling and Customization
Decrease: This will decrease the text size.
Font: You can change the font that is displayed on the page.
Focus Text: Emphasize the most critical parts of words, to guide the eyes smoothly through the text.
Increase: This will increase the text size.
Color: Customize the color palette of a website, including the background, text, and link colors.
Translation
Language Translation: Translate text into a different language.
Play: Click the play button to read translated text aloud.
Focus Tools
Ruler: Use the reading ruler to stay focused on lines of content.
Cursor Options: Customize the cursor size and color to help focus on page location.
Screen Mask: Filter out unnecessary distractions to focus on the content you want to read.
Text-Only Mode: Remove all images, video, and design leaving text and links to consume.
Margins: While in text-only mode, reposition text on the screen to aid ease of reading.
Reading Aids
Dictionary: Easily highlight a word and find the definition on the page.
Page Summarizer: Eliminate unnecessary content, to surface core information to easily understand at different reading ages.
Magnifier: Like the offline world, zoom x2 onto a section of the website page to aid reading.
Settings
Settings: Adjust your Recite Me toolbar settings
Reset: This will restore the default settings
User Guide: This will give you an overview of the Recite Me Toolbar Features