Audio Descriptions: Enhancing Videos with Text-to-Speech Support
Audio Descriptions is a free Chrome extension developed by kevinreilly149 that adds support for native text-to-speech audio descriptions in videos. This handy extension enhances the accessibility of videos by providing audio descriptions for visually impaired users.
With Audio Descriptions, a drop-down menu is added after compatible videos, allowing users to enable audio description tracks. When an audio description track is enabled and a video is playing, the extension automatically pauses the video at specific cues, reads aloud the audio description text using text-to-speech technology, and then resumes playing the video.
The extension also offers settings in its popup for adjusting the text-to-speech rate and pitch, providing users with customization options. This ensures a comfortable and tailored experience for users with different preferences.
Audio Descriptions is a promising extension that aims to make videos more inclusive and accessible. With the developer's commitment to adding many more features in the future, this extension has the potential to greatly improve the video-watching experience for visually impaired individuals.
