Click by Voice

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

Click by Voice - Control your Browser with Voice Commands

'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

Users: 924

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Rating: 3.64

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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

# 30,918 ▼ 56

Other rankings

#4708 in Accessibility ▼ 16 #29 in voice control keyword 33 #116 in command keyword 10 ▲ 11 #208 in commands keyword 7 ▲ 12

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Not available on Android

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 with Chrome by voice.
Works seamlessly with multiple voice recognition tools like Dragon Naturally Speaking and Vocola.
Excellent for activating links without having to say 'show numbers' each time.
Compatible with most websites, improving accessibility for users with voice commands.
Highly recommended for voice users seeking alternatives to mouseless browsing plugins.

Cons

Issues reported with functionality after the latest update, leading to non-responsiveness.
Does not work well with specific applications like Gmail when using Dragon.
No option to customize the appearance of the activation numbers.
Some users experience complete failure when trying to activate the extension.

Most mentioned

Functionality issues after updates
Compatibility with Gmail
Need for customization options for number visibility
Overall effectiveness in activating links
Ease of use for voice recognition users

User reviews

I use this frequently with the clickbyvoice grammar of Unimacro and Dragon Naturally Speaking.

Doug Ransom, 2024-12-08

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.