accessibility

Chrome 78 adds deep links to Android and Windows 10 Captions Settings

Posted by Techdows on Sep 17th, 2019

Ever since Microsoft started contributing to Chromium, Google Chrome started gaining new features for accessibility, Caret browsing is an example albeit its not available yet and Chrome allows screen readers to request Google for... More »

Chrome is ready to generate Automatic image descriptions [Accessibility feature]

Posted by Techdows on Apr 4th, 2019

As we’ve reported users running Screen Readers on their device can request Chrome to get image descriptions from Google for images that don’t have alt text, the work has begun on that, the latest version of Chrome Canary... More »

Chrome to allow Screen Reader users to get image descriptions from Google

Posted by Techdows on Mar 15th, 2019

Soon screen reader users can ask Google Chrome to fetch image descriptions from Google, for “always” or “once” via an option in the image context menu. If selected, the image descriptions can always be read... More »

Firefox 67: Keyboard Navigation Support for browser toolbar including Extension buttons

Posted by Techdows on Feb 19th, 2019

Mozilla’s Accessibility team have added keyboard navigation support for the Firefox toolbar and add-on buttons in Firefox 67, means, you can now able to access buttons on toolbar such as back/forward, reload. site information,... More »

Firefox 57+: Disable or Turn off Redirect Notice

Posted by Techdows on Oct 24th, 2017

Firefox 55 and versions before it, offered ‘Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page’ option in Advanced Settings (Settings > Advanced > Accessibility). The option when enabled, Firefox blocks auto... More »

Firefox 57 : How to disable Accessibility Services

Posted by Techdows on Sep 23rd, 2017

Do you’ve fears of any third-party accessibility service or tool is snooping on your browsing activity in Firefox browser? You don’t have to, as Firefox from version 57 onwards, shows a visual indicator in the toolbar when... More »

Firefox 57 lets you Prevent Accessibility tools from accessing the browser

Posted by Techdows on Aug 30th, 2017

A new privacy preference for accessibility has been added to ‘Privacy & Security’ section of Reorganized settings in Firefox 57, which, when enabled, prevents Accessibility services from accessing the browser. Mozilla... More »