New Accessibility extensions

ChromeVis - Magnify and change the color of any selected text. Use the mouse
or the keyboard to move the selection around the page.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/halnfobaneppemjnonmmhngbfifnafgd
this can also be used to copy and paste text. Chrome does not have a 'caret'
browse mode. this extension compensates for that. 
Strangely, the extension does not run on the page above or any Chrome
Extensions Gallery page. 

Other Chrome Accessibility extensions -
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/featured/accessibility

JISC Techdis Toolbar -  mostly student tools, magnify, change font, spell
check, dictionary, limited text to speech,  works on FF and Opera on all
platforms. IE-Windows, Chrome & Safari on Windows and OSX.
Functions - http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ToolBar/functions 

Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964

Received on Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:51:05 UTC