HTML5 Audio Description (via screenreader)

This extension plays audio description track elements of HTML5 videos via a screenreader.

What is HTML5 Audio Description (via screenreader)?

The 'HTML5 Audio Description (via screenreader)' is a Chrome extension designed to render audio descriptions for HTML5 videos using a screenreader. This enhances the accessibility of videos, especially for the visually impaired. Currently, it supports ChromeVox screenreader and requires the activation of 'Enable <track> element' experiment in chrome://flags/ for proper functioning. The language supported depends on the screenreader in use. It is in alignment with Axs-Chrome, an open-source project aimed at enhancing accessibility.

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By: Google Accessibility

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 2.36 (14)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2012-08-10)

Creation date: 2012-08-10

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
tts

Size: 39.07K

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 20865 ▼ 34

Other rankings

#1874 in Accessibility ▲ 1 #106 in audio keyword 57 ▲ 3

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Summary

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IMPORTANT: Please activate the “Enable <track> element” experiment in chrome://flags/ This experiment MUST be enabled for the extension to work.

Use this extension if you want your screenreader to render audio descriptions. For the extension that plays via Chrome text to speech, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/a/google.com/detail/jafenodgdcelmajjnbcchlfjomlkaifp

Currently supported screenreaders:

ChromeVox
Mac OS X VoiceOver is not fully supported

Languages supported:

depends on language support of your screenreader

Keyboard shorcuts: For keyboard shortcuts, press alt + ? while on a webpage.

This is part of the Axs-Chrome open-source project http://code.google.com/p/google-axs-chrome/, which supports extensions that enhance accessibility. You can submit feedback to the Axs-Chrome discussion group: https://groups.google.com/group/axs-chrome-discuss?pli=1

User reviews

As a sighted web developer I couldn't get this to do anything when it was enabled. If I were blind it would be impossible to activate... even if that did anything.

Bryan Myers, 2018-08-20

no instructions!

Bradley Johnson, 2018-06-06

There's no instructions. I can't figure out how to work it.

Daubney Thielking, 2017-11-29

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Safety

Risk impact

HTML5 Audio Description (via screenreader) may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.