Accents: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German

Type accents, symbols, and special characters through a simple popup system. Promote your education, productivity, and diversity.
What is Accents: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German?
'Accents: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German' is a Chrome extension developed by students Eugene Li and Gaëtan Almela. The tool aims to simplify typing of accents and special characters in multiple languages. The extension generates a pop-up menu when a key is held while typing, enabling the user to select the necessary character. Although the current version does not support Google Docs or Gmail, an update is underway. This extension promotes accurate communication, enhances language learning experience, and supports improved searchability.

Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Rating: 2.96 (102)
Version: 1.1.4 (Last updated: 2023-01-04)
Creation date: 2020-03-10
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • clipboardRead
  • clipboardWrite
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 1.97M

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Extension summary

Made by high school students Eugene Li and Gaëtan Almela.

Frustrated by the lack of a simple, unintrusive accent system on Windows OS, we developed this extension to emulate the one from newer versions of macOS. This version does not work on Google Docs and Gmail YET. Download it now, and we will have a fix soon. :)

Diacritics, symbols, and special characters are an important part of any language, and as insignificant as they might initially seem, they play a powerful role in the true meaning and authenticity of communication. With Accents, improve the language learning experience; get better search results; communicate more clearly in everyday writing; and promote your education, productivity, and diversity.

TO USE:

  1. Hold down a key when typing and wait for the pop-up to appear. Try it with uppercase letters, punctuation marks, and other symbols too.
  2. To select the character you desire, you can either press the number or click on the button itself.
  3. There is also a shortcut you can use: while holding the key, press the number of the button before the popup appears.

Test it out on your favorite websites.

Thanks!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works on Google Docs
  • Works well on the majority of websites
  • Numerical shortcuts make it faster to use
Cons
  • Doesn't work consistently
  • Malware concerns
  • Lacks settings for customization
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work
  • Worked initially but then stopped
  • Reinstalling did not help
Recent reviews
by Priceless Johnson, 2024-10-15

Doesn't work. I held down the key I needed I even tried holding down my right and left clickers buttons on the extension icon on my taskbar and pressing the key... neither one worked. I have the extension accent grid which works well, but only has a few of them....
by Bethany Leigh, 2024-10-08

Doesn't work.
by Sceth StXellus, 2024-08-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Accents: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Accents: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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