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Assistive Technology Extensions for Chrome

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Bookshare Web App Chrome Extension Free
Installing this extension enables text-to-speech for the Bookshare Web Reader.
This app works in conjunction with the Bookshare Website.
Students must apply for an individual bookshare membership in conjunction with their
SPED teacher for access.
Bookshare Web App Website
Change Colors Chrome Extension Free ChangeColors replaces a page's styling (colors, fonts, etc.) according to the user's preferences. Change Colors Website
ChromeVis Chrome Extension Free
This extension magnifies any selected text on a webpage. The magnified text is displayed inside
of a separate lens and preserves the original page layout.
You can change both the lens text color and the lens background color.
ChromeVis Website
Chrome Speak Chrome App Free - Select text and select "Read the selected text" from context menu.
- It works on long texts and it is offline, so it can be faster
- Select "Stop reading" from context menu to stop current reading.
- Be translated into almost all Languages.
Chrome Speak Website
Cortexit Chrome Extension Free
Select some text and CORTEXIT. A panel appears, displaying approximately one sentence at
a time –enabling slow and focused reading.
Cortexit Website
Dictanote Chrome App Free
Dictanote provides you with an advanced rich text editor with an inbuilt multi-language speech
recogniser.
Dictanote Website
OpenDyslexic Chrome Extension Free
Open-Dyslexic is an open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia.
This extension overrides all fonts on webpages with the OpenDyslexic font
and formats pages to be more easily readable.
OpenDyslexic Website
Read&Write Text Chrome Extension Free
Boost reading confidence. Make the web and Google Docs accessible to students with learning
difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL.
The free version offers text to speech for web and translator in google docs.
Read&Write Text Website
Readability Redux Chrome Extension Free
Readability Redux allows users to minimize the clutter on a webpage while reading. This
extension will bring forth only the desired text and elminiate all of the "noise" on the periphery
Readability Redux Website
Simple Dictation Chrome Extension Free
Click on the microphone and transform your speech to text with Chrome's speech recognition
technology. Once your text is transcribed,it takes only one click to search Google or
other search providers, or compose an email.
Simple Dictation Website
SpeakIt! Chrome Extension Free
SpeakIt reads selected text using Text-to-Speech technology with language auto-detection. It
can read text in more than languages.
SpeakIt! Website
Spoken Text Chrome Extension Free
SpokenText is a simple and intuitive text to speech/audio converter, you can record
(English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages,
and convert them to speech automatically.
Spoken Text Website
TidyRead Chrome Extension Free
TidyRead renders web pages with better readability as an-easy-to-read manner, similar to
eBooks,by accurately extracting the context text and removing the cluttered materials.
Read what you should and nothing else.
TidyRead Website
Voice Recognition Chrome App Free
Voice Recognition - Type with your voice. Dictation turns your Google Chrome into a speech
recognition app.
Voice Recognition Website
VoiceNote Chrome App Free Text input via speech. Typing without a keyboard now very easy! You say - he writes! VoiceNote Website
Zoomy Chrome Extension Free The Zoomy extension overrides the default zoom (text and images) for all websites.
Default zoom can be set manually or automatic.
Zoomy Website