Recite Me

Recite Me is a UK accessibility company based in Gateshead, incorporated in 2010 as Recite Me Limited. Its best known product is a cloud assistive toolbar that lets visitors change fonts, colours and spacing, hear the page read aloud, translate it and use a screen mask. Around it sit an accessibility checker aimed at WCAG 2.2, PDF remediation, manual audits, documentation and training.

Compared with the other candidates in this category it sits closest to the widget-plus-services end. Eye-Able and AccessiWay also combine a visitor-facing widget with scanning, while Silktide and Siteimprove lean towards monitoring and governance dashboards. Recite Me is the one that most explicitly packages audits, documentation and training for compliance evidence, with strong UK public sector and charity positioning (PSBAR, Equality Act).

Weaker points are openness and fit. Prices are not published and a demo is needed for a quote, unlike AccessiWay or Web Accessibility Checker where euro figures are visible. A toolbar also does not fix the underlying code, so it complements rather than replaces remediation. Ownership is private (a UK investment manager and a founder each hold 25 to 50 percent per Companies House), with offices in the US and Australia.

What Recite Me does well

• Assistive toolbar with text-to-speech, translation and colour themes
• Checker, PDF remediation, audits and training from one vendor
• UK entity, English law and clear Companies House record
• Free automated homepage scan to try before a demo
• Strong UK compliance content (PSBAR, Equality Act, EAA)

Where Recite Me falls short

• No public pricing, quote only after a demo
• UK entity, outside the EEA (adequacy decision)
• Toolbar does not repair underlying code or markup
• Hosting location and certifications not stated on pages we checked

Standout feature. One UK vendor covering visitor toolbar, scanner, PDF remediation and manual audits for compliance evidence.