Creating an inclusive website experience with new assistive toolbar

We have recently updated the accessibility toolbar on our website to the Recite Me assistive toolbar. This will help all visitors to our website to customise their experience in a way that best suits their needs.

Approximately 13 million people in the UK have a disability which may prevent them from reading online content. With the introduction of Recite Me to the Hastoe website, those who struggle with decreased vision, learning difficulties, literacy, language/linguistic problems, attention disorders and physical disabilities can understand content in the best way for them. 

The toolbar includes a wide range of features such as screen reading functionality, multiple reading aids, styling options and an on-demand live translation function that features more than 100 languages, including 65 text-to-speech. 

You can try out our new accessibility features by clicking Accessibility in the top right corner of any page on our website.