If you have trouble reading text on websites, seeing specific colors, or have dyslexia, Google Chrome has accessibility features that can help. You manage them individually through various Chrome extensions available in the Web Store.
Official Google Accessibility Extensions
Google offers four official accessibility extensions that you can add to your browser from the Chrome Web Store:
Color Enhancer: A customizable color filter applied to webpages that improve the perception of colors for people with partial colorblindness. Caret Browsing: An extension that lets you browse the text of a webpage using the arrow keys of your keyboard. High Contrast: Change or invert the color scheme of webpages to make it easier to read the text with the press of a button. Long Description in Context Menu: Add an item to your right-click context menu that opens an image’s long description link—a special HTML attribute used by some assistive technologies to provide more information than an image’s alt-text.
To install one of these extensions, click the “Add to Chrome” button to the right of its name.
Read the extension’s permissions and then click “Add Extension.”
After a few seconds, the extension will be installed and ready to use.
Third-Party Accessibility Extensions
If you find that the few options from Google aren’t doing it for you, the Chrome Web Store has a bunch of third-party extensions to choose from as well. Installation is the same as for official Google extensions, but they’re sorted under a different category.
Head to the Chrome Web Store and then select “Accessibility” from the drop-down menu under Categories.
To view the full list of accessibility extensions, click on “View All.”
There are quite a few here to choose from, but here are a few that we think are pretty useful to get you started:
With these accessibility features added to your browser, you can start to enjoy a customized experience tailored to your needs, making it easier for you to navigate the web.
