BetterBrowse

BetterBrowse is a Google Chrome extension that strives to make the internet a more accessible place; by allowing users to select different options that changes the webpage - making it more accessible.

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Inspiration

I love browsing the web, but sometimes the web doesn't love me. I'm really passionate about Web Accessibility and wanted to make something that could help more people be able to browse comfortablely.

What it does

It allows users to select wanted webpage changes and applies them to the webpage, this spans from making the site more readable, apply a Dyslexic friendly font, or even add better ALT tags to images.

How I built it

By using VS code, I made a simple UI with HTML and CSS. All the webpage changes are done with js. The alt tags are generated through an API call to Azure Cognitive Services

Challenges I ran into

This was the first time that I took a deep dive into JS and into Azure Cognitive Services. I had to quickly learn JS as well as how to correctly make calls to Azure. It took me the most time to figure out the correct calls.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The alt tag generating!

What we learned

Azure is an amazing tool!

What's next for BetterBrowse

  • more accessibility features such as color contrast fixer
  • more bug testing and fixing
  • getting it onto Google Chrome Store

This project falls under web development

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