Web Disability Simulator

Simulates how people with disabilities experience the web

Web Disability Simulator - Empathy Tool for Web Accessibility

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

Users: 10,000+

-10,000

Rating: 3.88

(16)

Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2024-10-20)

Creation date: 2019-02-15

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
activeTab
scripting

Size: 501.76K

Email: in*****@metamatrix.se

Ranking

# 9,547 ▼ 2,706

Other rankings

#437 in Accessibility ▲ 1

Other platforms

Web Download (v0.2.5)

2.94

(263) 42,848+

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension 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

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Pros

Good selection of disabilities to simulate
Helps users understand problems faced by people with disabilities
No ads and free to use
Great for demonstrating accessibility needs
Has replaced other plugins for some users

Cons

Not a realistic depiction of disabilities for some users
Did not work on MacOS and Chrome for some users
Limited ability to change severity of disabilities

Most mentioned

Variable experiences with accuracy of ADHD simulation
Concerns about the representation of disabilities
Praise for educational value and understanding

User reviews

I think this is good. While I respect the previous comment around the person feeling humiliated by the ADHD representation, I don't feel that way and I have a moderate to severe ADHD diagnosis. I feel that any reference to the condition, particularly in lighthearted way, may actually encourage people to talk about it, so I don't mind. I am also colourblind and while the representation is perhaps a bit over-the-top (although I'll never really know!), again, it's spotlighting a condition and scenario, which will hopefully be talked about and referred to afterwards.