Firefox Extensions
Here is a listing of Firefox extensions that can greatly improve the way that you use and view the Internet. Not all of the Firefox extensions listed here were made for accessibility purposes, but they are all helpful in one way or another for those who may have specific needs in how web content is presented to them and how they interact with it.
All of the extensions listed are easy to install, learn, and use, and we've provided brief guides to introduce you to them that contains screen shots and links to download pages and other related resources.
AnyColor
Quickly and easily create your own custom theme for Firefox that uses the background / foreground colors and images and text sizes that you specify.
Introduction and links
Fire Vox
Screen reader talking browser extension for Firefox.
Introduction and links
Accessibar
Toolbar for customizing the appearance of web pages plus it has an intergrated screen reader.
Introduction and links
Page Zoom Buttons
Toolbar buttons to control the full page zoom feature in Firefox 3,
Introduction and links
Firefox Accessibility Extension
More than 55 different accessibility tools to aid in web page
navigation and use.
Introduction and links
WebVisum
An accessibility add-on that provides tools to make web pages more accessible to screen readers and the visually impaired. Includes a tool that automatically solves CAPTCHAs.
Introduction and links
CLiCk, Speak
Text to speech extension at the touch of a button for Firefox.
Introduction and links
Web Developer
Here is an excellent extension that is not just for developers.
Web Developer has over 150 helpful tools (including accessibility related ones) to use with Firefox.
Introduction and Links
Colorful Tabs
Extension that marks each Firefox tab with a different color for easier tab identification.
Introduction and links
ImageTweak
Customize the way that you view images in Firefox including image centering and setting the background color that an image is viewed against.
Introduction and links
Miscellaneous:
IE Tab
View web pages designed for Internet Explorer only inside of Firefox
tabs. This extension is currently incompatible with most screen readers.
An option to try is IE View
which can launch Internet Explorer from Firefox.
Introduction and links
Offsite Add-ons Information:
The following is a list of external links to other great and helpful add-ons for Firefox that we recommend. We are in the process of creating guides to them and as they are completed, they will be added to this page so be sure to bookmark us.
Default FullZoom Level
Provides several options for zooming in and out of web pages including separate ways to quickly zoom text only or full page zoom through toolbar buttons or status bar menu and provides a status bar magnification level display.
Noise
Customizable add-on that allows you to assign sounds to actions made in Firefox.
Reasy
Reasy will display text that you highlight on web page in a popup box that can automatically scroll through the text that you've highlight. The amount of time that each line is displayed and how much text should be displayed in the box are both customizable as is the box background color, the text color, the font for displaying text, and the text size.
HYPER-ANCHOR
Hyper Anchor allows you to bookmark the position of highlighted elements on web pages (text, images, etc) and when you click on that bookmark you'll be taken to not only the web page that you bookmarked but the location on the page of the highlighted element. This is very useful for when you visit web pages that are very long.
Wired-Marker
Wired Marker offers a permanent highlighter feature that provides the same functionality of bookmarking web page elements as Hyper Anchor does but it provides many more features and customization options such as automatic saving when capturing an element, customizable highlight colors, folder creation and management of highlighted elements and more.
Mouseless Browsing
Allows you to use and navigate the Internet without the need for using your mouse.
FireGestures
Provides quick and easy one click activation of Firefox commands using a combination of mouse clicks and movements.
