AccessiByeBye

Web accessibility overlays don't work. Wave them all bye-bye in one easy step, with AccessiByeBye!

AccessiByeBye - Block Accessibility Overlays

AccessiByeBye is a user-friendly browser extension for Google Chrome users. Designed to counter the inconvenience faced by screen reader users by automatically blocking web accessibility overlays that are often more of a hindrance than a help. An initiative by Pneuma Solutions, the extension prioritizes the privacy and performance of the user's browser while maintaining the potential to adapt if the overlays prove useful in the future.

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By: Pneuma Solutions

Users: 872

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Rating: 5.00

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1 new ratings

Version: 1.9.0 (Last updated: 2024-03-06)

Creation date: 2021-03-21

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>

Size: 114.69K

Ranking

# 33,119 ▼ 135

Other rankings

#4698 in Accessibility ▼ 10 #32 in screenshot reader keyword 63 #99 in overlay keyword 37

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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If you use a screen reader and have been prompted to press a hotkey to turn on some website's screen reader mode, you've likely encountered the category of website add-ons known as accessibility overlays. These include services like AccessiBe, EqualWeb, MaxAccess, and UserWay.

We know that while these overlays are supposed to make websites more accessible, they're actually annoying and often counter-productive. That's why we made AccessiByeBye, a simple browser extension that blocks these overlays.

Just install AccessiByeBye into your browser, and those pesky overlays won't bother you again. There's no catch. We don't collect your web browsing habits or other personal information, and the AccessiByeBye extension won't slow down your browser or computer. If you ever decide you do want one of those overlays, it's easy to turn off the extension at any time.

At Pneuma Solutions, we're all in favor of any tools that truly improve accessibility. So if any of the accessibility overlays that we block actually become useful to the people that they claim to serve, then we'll remove those blocks. But until then, we believe that the spread of accessibility overlays is hindering true improvements in website accessibility. Read more about our thoughts on accessibility overlays.

User reviews

Finally! I never have to deal with these widgets again! Widgets are the worst thing that's ever happened to the disability community and make so many companies have false hope that there's an "easy button" when it comes to doing the right thing.

Info The Good Place, 2024-12-13

This is a fantastic tool! Unfortunately, it needs to be updated ASAP! CHrome 130 and later automatically disable it, and I really don't want to lose such a valuable tool. Please update to support Google's new standard for extensions.

Chris Wright, 2024-10-30

Soluzione semplice e immediata per abilitare / disabilitare la presenza di accessibility overlay, consentendo quindi di fare analisi di accessibilità per identificare sia i problemi strutturali sia la risoluzione e/o la presenza di ulteriori problematiche generate dagli accessibility overlay.