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- Increasingly accessible web browser
- Access facilitated by extensions and 'apps' created by Google and by third-party developers
- Click HERE for more information
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- Google Chrome extension
- Text-to-speech for reading web content in Google Chrome
- Select text, click icon, listen; or right-click selected text and choose Speakit
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- Google Chrome extension
- Use speech-to-text for Internet searches
- Click icon, speak search term
- Works with multiple search engines
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- Google Chrome App
- Text-to-speech that collects phrases and/or sentences in text box
- Text can be copied and pasted for use anywhere
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- Google Chrome extension
- Remove clutter from websites (ads and distracting graphics)
- Set margins, select style and adjust font size
- Can be activated by keyboard shortcut set by user
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- Google Chrome extension
- Magnify and change the color of any text selected
- Use mouse or keyboard to move selection
- Click HERE for ChromeVis manual
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- Google Chrome Extension
- Double-click on words on webpage for definitions, with audio pronunciation
- Definitions can be read aloud with Speakit
- Click on icon for search box to find defintion of any desired word
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Split Screen
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- Open multiple windows in Chrome
- View multiple websites simultaneously
- Note-taking window(s) available onscreen with website(s)
- Windows may be tiled horizontally or vertically
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- Speech-to-text for Google Chrome, not an extension, but a site that functions only in Chrome
- Text-to-speech available for dictated text
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- Run Google Chrome from a USB flash drive, without installing browser on the computer
- Install add-ons on portable version of Chrome, so these can be used on any PC computer
- Click HERE for more information
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- Information about installing and using Firefox
- Information about add-ons that facilitate access for people who need additional supports
- NOTE: Some Firefox add-ons work only on earlier versions of Firefox, which can be downloaded HERE
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- Firefox add-on that changes font and adjusts font size of theme options, eg. address bar or menus
- Access from 'Tools' menu, or install button on toobar
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- Online contextual and phonetic spell checker and grammar checker
- Helps correct misused and confused words
- Text-to-speech available via Speakit in Chrome
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- Versatile online text-to-speech option
- Multiple high quality voices available
- Type text, upload documents, or copy online content
- Download audio or embed file elsewhere online
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- Online text-to-speech
- Bookmarklet for reading online content
- Choice of ale or female voice
- Create mp3 audio files
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- Online text-to-speech
- Convert text from pdf, MS Word, text files, html
- Use with RSS subscriptions
- Create mp3 audio files
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