Click by Voice

This Chrome browser extension provides support for activating links and other HTML elements using voice commands.

What is Click by Voice?

'Click by Voice' is a specialized Chrome extension that assigns numbers to each clickable or focusable item on a webpage. Users can activate these items via keyboard commands, introduced manually or via voice. This extension does not itself provide voice functionality. Instead, users can use other services like Vocola for voice commands. The extension supports functions like focusing on input elements, clicking elements, and opening links on both the same and a new tab or window.

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Extension stats

By: mdbridge

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Users: 997 ▲ 26

Rating: 3.50 (10)

Version: 0.30.2 (Last updated: 2024-07-05)

Creation date: 2019-04-07

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

clipboardRead
clipboardWrite
storage
offscreen

Size: 152.58K

Email: md*****@alum.mit.edu

Ranking

# 31321 ▲ 242

Other rankings

#4643 in Accessibility ▲ 11 #31 in voice control keyword 34 ▼ 1 #126 in command keyword 10 ▼ 4 #240 in commands keyword 3 ▼ 6

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Click by Voice numbers each clickable or focusable item at all times and allows activating them via keyboard. For example, to open a link numbered 13 in a new window, you could manually hit control shift space then type "13:w" into the resulting pop-up then hit enter. In practice, a voice command like "window pick 1 3" would be used to type these keys.

WARNING: this extension by itself provides no voice functionality; procurement of the needed voice commands is the user's responsibility. One recommended means of doing this is to use Vocola (http://vocola.net/).

Supported functionality includes focusing input elements, clicking elements, opening links in the same tab/a new (focused) tab/a new window, and removing the keyboard focus from the current element. For how to use Click by Voice, see https://github.com/mdbridge/click-by-voice/blob/master/README.md. CbV provides functionality similar to that of Firefox's mouseless browsing extension for voice control.

User reviews

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Pros

Greatly improves browsing experience for voice users
Successfully activates more links compared to similar extensions like Firefox's mouseless browsing
Allows click numbers to be 'always on', reducing command complexity for voice recognition users
Works well with various web pages and tools like Vocola and Dragon

Cons

Issues with functionality after the June 4th update
Not fully compatible with Gmail
Some users experience the extension not working at all
Requests for visibility customization options

Most mentioned

Functionality issues after the latest update
Works well with voice recognition tools
Desire for customization of number appearance
Praise for improving voice navigation efficiency

Recent reviews

Normally it works fantastic, but lately it doesn't work anymore!! On neither of 2 PC's. I guess since the latest update from June 4th. Please, help!! Normaal gesproken zeer tevreden, maar sinds een dag of 10 werkt het helemaal niet meer!! ik zie nu dat de laatste update op 4 juni 24 was, dus ik denk sindsdien.