ColorBlind A11Y Assistant: Enhancing Web Accessibility for Color Vision Deficiencies
ColorBlind A11Y Assistant is a Chrome web extension developed by Carlos Jeurissen to make websites more accessible for people with color vision deficiencies. This tool, created by colorblind individuals for colorblind individuals, aims to provide concrete assistance through a feature list that is the result of extensive user research.
One of the main features of ColorBlind A11Y Assistant is the ability to highlight buttons. This feature allows users to easily identify all interactable areas on a web page, ensuring that they can click exactly where they need to. By highlighting these buttons, individuals with color vision deficiencies can navigate websites with greater ease and accuracy.
Another useful feature is the ability to underline links. While not all links on the internet are underlined, many rely solely on different color tones to indicate their presence. With ColorBlind A11Y Assistant, users can choose to underline any link, enabling them to immediately perceive the contrast and identify clickable elements more effectively.
In addition to these features, ColorBlind A11Y Assistant also offers options to emphasize visited links, force clear focus state, and disable all styling. These functionalities enhance the overall accessibility of websites for individuals with color vision deficiencies.
ColorBlind A11Y Assistant is an ongoing project that is continuously being developed with the mission of helping the colorblind community. By providing practical and user-focused features, this web extension empowers individuals with color vision deficiencies to navigate the web more easily and independently.
