Web Disability Simulator

Simulates how people with disabilities experience the web

What is Web Disability Simulator?

The 'Web Disability Simulator' is a Chrome extension that allows all users to understand and experience how the web is navigated by people enduring different disabilities. It's designed to simulate conditions like color blindness, low vision, dyslexia among others. The primary objective of this tool is to increase empathy and understanding for disabled web users, hence facilitating the creation of more accessible web pages.

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By: Metamatrix

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.71 (14)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2019-02-15)

Creation date: 2019-02-15

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*
storage
activeTab

Size: 502.78K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 9501 ▼ 16

Other rankings

#374 in Accessibility ▼ 2

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Summary

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The Web Disability Simulator lets you experience how people with different disabilities or inadequate abilities perceive a web site. Simulate color blindness, low vision, dyslexia and more. An easy-to-use tool both to increase understanding and lower the threshold to test accessibility on a website.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Good selection of disability simulations
Helpful for understanding accessibility needs
No ads

Cons

Does not work on all operating systems
Not a realistic depiction of disabilities for some users

Most mentioned

Good selection of disabilities
Did not work for me on MacOS and Chrome
Helpful plugin

Recent reviews

Παναγιώτης Παπαδημητρίου, 2023-12-20

Good selection of disabilities, would be better if can change the severity of it, for example, change severity of far-slightness

GnoxNahte, 2023-08-31

This is not a realistic depiction of disabilities. I have some of the ones that this suite includes, and in my opinion, this extension is a mockery of them. It is so blunt and unsophisticated. "People with ADHD get distracted. Let's have a bunch of **** flashing on screen."

Matthew, 2023-02-27

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Safety

Risk impact

Web Disability Simulator is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Web Disability Simulator if you trust the publisher.