The NJTPA is committed to ensuring everyone has equal access to our planning projects and programs, regardless of ability or the language they speak. To make our website more accessible, we now offer the Recite Me tool on this website and our Street Smart NJ pedestrian safety campaign website.
Click the 
accessibility button (shown to the right) at the top of the page to customize our website in the way that works best for you.
Here's why web accessibility matters for our work:
About 9.8 percent of the people living in the NJTPA region have a disability and they can often face barriers like inaccessible websites. This prevents people from being able to access information about projects and programs that may affect them or their community.
In addition, nearly 14 percent of people in our region have limited English proficiency. The largest share of those (8 percent) speak Spanish or Spanish Creole. There are 31 different languages spoken in the NJTPA region.
For more information about our non-discrimination policies, visit our Title VI page. Our accessibility brochure, provided below in English and Spanish, offers more information on how we’re working to include everyone in the planning process:
Guide to using Recite Me
For more information on Recite Me, check out their user guide here. Here's our quick guide to using the tool on our website:
Screen Reader
The screen reader helps people who are visually impaired or neuro-divergent to perceive and understand our website. Key features include:
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All content read aloud in a natural voice
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35 different language options
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Speed controls and word-by-word highlighting
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The Recite Me toolbar allows you to highlight any text and create an MP3 file, which downloads automatically to your computer so you can listen to it offline.
Styling
Recite Me supports people who are dyslexic, visually impaired or have a learning disability, by allowing them to change the way our website looks to make it easier to interact with. The features include:
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Adjusting text size and color and website background color
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Changing the text font type, including Open-Dyslexic
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A text only option, where all styling is stripped away. This leaves text only for your viewing, much like a document.
Reading
Reading content online can be a challenge for some people. To simplify and support your ability to read our content, Recite Me provides four tools:
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Ruler: Read line by line with no distractions of what is below
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Reading mask: Leaves only the information you want to concentrate on
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Magnifier: Zoom in to sections of the text making reading more clearly easier
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Margins: In text only mode you can use the margin feature to position content in the best place for you
Translation
By using Recite Me, you can quickly and easily translate all our website content into more than 100 languages, including 35 text to speech voices.