DIGITAL ACCESIBILITY
At the Great Plains Food Bank, we want to make food assistance as accessible as we can for our clients throughout North Dakota and Clay County, Minn. The same holds true for our website.
We have added the Recite Me toolbar to further our commitment to ensure as many hungry individuals as possible have the information they need to access the food assistance they need. All are welcome and all can make a difference in the fight to end hunger.
Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion
We champion understanding, acceptance and respect for individual differences including race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, physical or mental ability, religious belief, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation including gender identity or expression, political viewpoints and other ideologies, or discharge status from the military or status as a protected veteran.
Read more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion HERE.
the recite me toolbar
Our Recite Me toolbar gives each visitor to the Great Plains Food Bank website has the best possible access to the information and resources they need to access food assistance and voice our mission forward as volunteers, food and financial donors, partners and advocates.
Our Recite Me toolbar includes the following functions:
- Read website text aloud (including PDFs).
- Download text as MP3 file to play where and when it suits you.
- Change font sizes and colors.
- Customize background-color.
- Translate text into more than 100 different languages.
- Access a fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus.
How to use the Recite Me toolbar
The Recite Me toolbar allows our website to be as accessible and inclusive as possible to as many people as we can. Find resources below that details all the Recite Me toolbar has to offer.
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
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
Color, Ruler & 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
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
Dictionary, Translation & Magnifier
Dictionary: Highlight and click on this to view the definition of the word
Translation: Translate text into a different language
Magnifier: Click and drag the magnifying glass to magnify text on the screen
Plain Text Mode, Margins & Audio Download
Text Mode: Remove images to view content 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 the text as an audio file