Free Chrome extension

Accessibility Surfer.

Dwell-click when pressing hurts. Grow type and contrast on any page. Open reading mode when the layout is the problem.

Built for mouse, trackpad, head tracker, and eye gaze on the sites you already use. Dwell clicking works best on desktop. Preferences stay in Chrome on your device, not on our servers.

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In the browser

Accessibility Surfer on real pages: popup, dwell ring, reading mode.

Accessibility Surfer stories

How people use Accessibility Surfer in real browsing.

Real moments with Accessibility Surfer: dwell, reading mode, and text controls. These stories are separate from the homepage feed. Every submission is reviewed before it appears here.

How dwell clicking works

A 3-second ring. Then the click fires.

Hover a target below. Accessibility Surfer’s countdown ring fills while you hold still, then the click fires. No mouse press needed. Dwell clicking works best on desktop.

Dwell is on for this demo (best on desktop). Hold still on a control; move away or press Space to cancel.

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Ready. Hold still on a target.

Same ring you get in the Chrome extension. Works best on desktop with a mouse, trackpad, head tracker, or eye gaze. YouTube can use separate times for thumbnails vs player controls; everywhere else uses the dwell time you set in the popup.

Reading Mode

When the page is too much.

Open Accessibility Surfer’s reading mode on the sample page below. Sidebars and clutter drop away so you can focus on the article. Same overlay as the Chrome extension.

How to rest your eyes online

By a tired reader · 4 min read

Long pages stack ads, autoplay video, and newsletter prompts on every edge. Your eyes leave the sentence, find a blinking promo, and lose the place they were holding.

Reading mode pulls the article into one calm column. Type size, line height, and background follow controls you choose. Sidebars and site chrome stay behind the overlay.

Focus mode can highlight a single paragraph and advance when you are ready, or on dwell if pressing is hard. Fatigue compensation can grow size and spacing as you read farther down a long piece.

Hard words can show a simpler alternative on hover. Everything runs on your device. The page content never leaves the browser for this feature.

Ready. Opens Accessibility Surfer’s real reading mode overlay.

Shortcut on this page: Alt+R. Close with Escape or the overlay’s close control. Focus mode, fatigue compensation, and plain-language tips live in the toolbar once reading mode is open.

How it compares

Tuned for the browser, not the OS.

OS dwell tools sit in system settings with one timing for the whole computer. Accessibility Surfer runs in Chrome, where you browse, and can treat a YouTube thumbnail differently from a player button or a text link. Dwell clicking works best on desktop.

OS-level dwell tools

Buried in system accessibility settings
One dwell time for the whole computer
No awareness of video players or in-page UI
No font, size, or spacing controls for the page itself

Accessibility Surfer

Chrome extension, available on every site you open
Separate dwell times for YouTube videos, YouTube buttons, and other sites
Per-thumbnail countdown ring and a clear on-page status
Built-in text controls: font, size, line height, letter and word spacing

Install

Get Accessibility Surfer.

Free on the Chrome Web Store. Install in one click and keep using the sites you already open.

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