Audio Descriptions

Adds support for native text-to-speech audio descriptions for videos.
What is Audio Descriptions?
Audio Descriptions is a Chrome extension that enhances videos with native text-to-speech audio descriptions. It adds a drop-down menu for enabling audio description tracks, allowing users to have a more inclusive video-watching experience.

Extension stats

Users: 51 ▲ 3
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2022-05-29)
Creation date: 2022-05-28
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 25.05K

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This extension adds support for audio descriptions in videos that use the track element. A drop down menu field is appended after compatible videos for users to enable audio description tracks.

When a audio description track is enabled and a video is playing, when a cue is reached, the video is paused, the audio description text is read aloud via text-to-speech, then the video is played again.

There are settings in the extension's popup for adjusting the text-to-speech rate and pitch.

Many more features in the future.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Audio Descriptions requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Audio Descriptions has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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