# song typer

> turn typing into sequential MIDI note playback

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/song-typer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/song-typer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `song-typer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Harrison Q
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-23
- **First published:** 2026-03-20
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/song-typer/)

## Description

Song Typer plays MIDI music one note at a time as you type. Each keypress advances to the next note in the song, turning any text input into a musical performance.

Features:
- Comes with built-in classical MIDI songs (Fur Elise, Bach Prelude in C, Minuet in A Minor)
- Works on any website with text inputs
- Toggle on/off from the popup
- Configurable settings for velocity, instrument, and song selection
- Uses the Web Audio API for synthesis — no external dependencies needed

## Rankings

- #119,798 — Overall
- #42 — song

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/song-typer)