Accessibility Insights for Web

Accessibility Insights for Web

Accessibility Insights for Web helps developers quickly find and fix accessibility issues.

What is Accessibility Insights for Web?
"Accessibility Insights for Web" is a Chrome extension that empowers developers with tools to identify and rectify accessibility issues in their web development process. Learn more at https://aka.ms/accessibilityinsights. The extension can be initiated with the [Ctrl+Shift+K] shortcut. This initiative adheres to a robust privacy policy and license terms.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 100,000+
Version: 2.41.0 (Last updated: 2023-11-09)
Creation date: 2020-05-04
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • notifications
  • scripting
  • storage
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • activeTab
Size: 3.83M
Stats date:

Other platforms

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Accessibility Insights for Web
Accessibility Insights for Web (v2.41.0)
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Summary

Learn more about Accessibility Insights at https://aka.ms/accessibilityinsights.

The default keyboard shortcut to launch Accessibility Insights for Web is [Ctrl+Shift+K].

If that doesn't work, follow these instructions:

  1. Select Shift+Alt+T to move focus to the Chrome address bar
  2. Select the Left arrow key to move focus to the Accessibility Insights for Web extension.
  3. Select the Space key to open the extension.

Privacy policy: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839 Third Party Notice: https://microsoft.github.io/accessibility-insights-web/NOTICE.html License: https://microsoft.github.io/accessibility-insights-web/LICENSE.txt

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Detailed and comprehensive accessibility tests
  • References to W3C docs
  • Export assessment feature
  • Tab stop feature helpful for finding hidden fields
  • Quality of user interface and visualization tools
Cons
  • Assessment feature hard to understand initially
  • Use of toggle switches can be confusing
  • Extension stops working intermittently
  • Does not work on Linux Mint
  • Icon disappears when attempted to click
Most mentioned
  • Detailed and informative accessibility insights
  • Helps improve web app accessibility
  • Ease of use
  • Assessment feature
  • Occasional technical issues
Recent reviews
This is such a handy tool ,much more detailed than using Lighthouse to run assessments.
by Brodie Farrell-Oates Brodie Farrell-Oates, 2023-09-30

A good extension for tests of accessibility. With W3C docs references and highlight (in red) HTML elements with errors to fix. Nice job!!!
by Lucas Menezes Lucas Menezes, 2023-09-24

This is the best free extension to use if you need to conduct an accessibility test or audit. LOVE the export assessment function!
by Ryan Duer Ryan Duer, 2023-06-17
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Safety
Risk impact

Accessibility Insights for Web 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 Accessibility Insights for Web if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Accessibility Insights for Web has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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