Simulator of visual impairments

Helps to check if your website is accessible and understand how you can improve experience for your users.
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Simulator of visual impairments - Chrome extension

Simulator of visual impairments is a helpful Chrome extension that allows you to simulate visual impairments to test website accessibility and improve user experience. It provides filters for myopia, color blindness, and blindness, enabling you to identify any accessibility issues and make necessary improvements.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 503
-8
Rating: 3.67
(3)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2023-08-22)
Creation date: 2023-08-13
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 4.26M
Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 38,930 ▼ 485
Other rankings
#4612 in Accessibility ▲ 219

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

not working for me?
by Mickey Sandre, 2025-01-16
Very handy tool to check for some of the common accessibility issues
by Vladimir Ivanov, 2023-08-13
by Carl Franke, 2024-04-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Simulator of visual impairments requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Simulator of visual impairments. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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