CaptionCrawler
Browser extension for the Caption Crawler System
CaptionCrawler: Caption-Adding Browser Extension by Microsoft
"CaptionCrawler" is a cutting-edge browser extension intended for Microsoft Edge. It's designed to enhance the browsing experience for screen-reader users by automatically sourcing and adding captions to images without them. The captions are obtained from other webpages that contain the same image. The add-on, a product of research by Microsoft's Ability Group, also offers navigation between different available captions via keyboard commands.
Add-on stats
Rating: 4.80 
(5)
Creation date: 2020-07-30
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
- https://captioncrawler.azurewebsites.net/
- https://captioncrawlertest.azurewebsites.net/
- http://localhost/
Size: 123.22K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Add-on summary
Caption Crawler is a browser extension that adds captions to images that do not have any. It is intended to be used by screen-reader users. The added captions are retrieved from other web pages containing the same image. When there is more than one available caption, they may be navigated via keyboard commands. This extension is a research project from the Ability Group at Microsoft Research.
User reviews
MS Caption Crawler
by Qihan, 2022-10-12
I don't like that if a web author has used a null alt (alt=""), this extension adds information anyway. A null alt is not a missing alt. It should leave these alone and only act when there is a missing alt attribute. Great tool though.
by John, 2020-08-13
I like this Extension and I guess this will be helpful to developers who design the Webpages on the go and can run this extension to see the errors and fix them accordingly before deploying to the production. I like the feature that even if the developer fails to provide an alt it looks for the same image in other webpages and provides the alt to the screen reader user.
by Shiva, 2020-08-13
Add-on safety
Risk impact
CaptionCrawler requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
CaptionCrawler has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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