[NFB-Lions] FW: [Tech-VI] For Users of Chrome and Chrome-based Browsers: Hide Web "Accessibility" Overlays With the AccessiByeBye Extension

[Milton]

Here is a Chrome or Edge browser that some of your may want, I mentioned it
during our Zoom on Sunday, Oct. 22. Its free!

>From the Tech-VI list owner: 

This is not a new extension. However, as the topic of accessibility overlays
recently came up on one of the mailing lists to which I'm subscribed I
thought it would be worth alerting subscribers about this free and extremely
useful overlay.

It is available for Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, such as Edge
and Brave. I don't see a version available for Firefox at this time.

 

Original Source <https://www.accessibyebye.org/> 

 


AccessiByeBye


Web accessibility overlays don't work. Wave them all bye-bye in one free and
easy step, with AccessiByeBye!

 
<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/accessibyebye/ikcamkknjfdplkdjjnc
obgmpciklohjg> 

If you use a screen reader and have been prompted to press a hotkey to turn
on some website's screen reader mode, you've likely encountered the category
of website add-ons known as accessibility overlays. There are several
accessibility overlays, including  <https://accessibe.com/> AccessiBe,
<https://www.audioeye.com/> AudioEye,  <https://www.equalweb.com/> EqualWeb,
<https://maxaccess.io/> MaxAccess,  <https://truabilities.com/>
TruAbilities,  <https://www.user1st.com/> User1st, and
<https://userway.org/> UserWay.

We know that while these overlays are supposed to make websites more
accessible, they're actually annoying and often counter-productive. That's
why we made AccessiByeBye, a simple and free extension for Chrome and
compatible browsers, that blocks them all.

Just install AccessiByeBye into Chrome or a compatible browser, and those
pesky overlays won't bother you again. There's no catch. We don't collect
your web browsing habits or other personal information, and the
AccessiByeBye extension won't slow down your computer. If you ever decide
you do want one of those overlays, it's easy to turn off the extension at
any time.

At  <https://pneumasolutions.com/> Pneuma Solutions, we're all in favor of
any tools that truly improve accessibility. So if any of the accessibility
overlays that we block actually become useful to the people that they claim
to serve, then we'll remove those blocks. But until then, we believe that
the spread of accessibility overlays is hindering true improvements in
website accessibility.
<https://pneumasolutions.com/the-fast-food-approach-to-web-accessibility/>
Read more about our thoughts on accessibility overlays.

If you agree with us that accessibility overlays are a growing problem, we
encourage you to let your voice be heard. Below you'll find a list of sites
that AccessiByeBye has blocked. 

 

 

 

David Goldfield,

Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist

 

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The Nation of Israel Lives!

 

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