Cancer Council: New website tool improves access to cancer information – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

Cancer Council Victoria has launched ‘Recite Me’, an online accessibility toolkit for its website.

New website tool improves access to cancer information
Cancer Council Victoria has launched ‘Recite Me’, an online accessibility toolkit for its website. This tool will help increase access to cancer information for thousands of Australians who experience online barriers due to a vision or hearing impairment, learning disability, or who use another language at home (22.8 per cent).

When you visit Cancer Council Victoria’s website you will now see ‘Accessibility Toolbar’ in the top right-hand corner. When you click the link, colourful little boxes will then appear at the top the page, allowing you to access the following features: 

Screen reader reads content aloud in English and 35+ languages
Content can be downloaded as an audio file
Text, font, colour and contrast options including Open-Dyslexic font
Reading tools: magnifier, reading ruler and screen mask
Plain text only option for keyboard navigation
Integrated dictionary and thesaurus
Acceptable translations of all content, including PDFs, into 100+ languages (not Google translate), including audio/text to speech

GO HERE to ACCESS RESOURCES IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.