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==Accessibility features (continued)== Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). {{sticky header}} {{sort-under}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Browser ! [[Access key]]s ! [[Tabbing navigation]] ! [[Spatial navigation]] ! [[Caret navigation]] ! [[Smart bookmark]]s ! [[pointing device gesture|Mouse gesture]] ! [[Speech synthesis|Text-to-speech]] ! [[Speech recognition|Voice control]] ! Can disable font smoothing{{efn|name=FontSmoothing}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[AOL Explorer]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Arora (browser)|Arora]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Avast Secure Browser]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Basilisk (web browser)|Basilisk]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}}{{efn|name=MacGestures}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=MacSpeech}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Google Chrome|Chrome]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=ChromeGestures}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=ChromeGestures}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=ChromeGestures}} | {{Dropped}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}}{{efn|name=ChromeGestures}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=ChromeGestures}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=ChromeGestures}} | {{Dropped}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Dillo]] | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Dooble (web browser)|Dooble]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} class="table-rh" | [[Microsoft Edge (series of web browsers)|Edge]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=SAPITTS}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=WSR}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[ELinks]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=ELinksSpatial}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Falkon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=QupSpatial}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=QupBookm}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=QupGestures}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} class="table-rh" | [[Firefox]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=Minimo}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=MozGestures}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=JAWS}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}}{{efn|name=MozGestures}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Galeon]] | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | style="background:#fed;"| Disabled | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[GNOME Web]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=EpiphanyGestures}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[iCab]] | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{No}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=MacSpeech}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Internet Explorer]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=IE8Caret}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=IEGestures}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=SAPITTS}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=WSR}} | {{Dropped}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[K-Meleon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | style="background:#fed;"| Disabled | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Konqueror]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=KonqGestures}} | {{Depends}}{{efn|name=KonqSpeech}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Ladybird (web browser)|Ladybird]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Links (web browser)|Links]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Lunascape (web browser)|Lunascape]] | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]] | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Maxthon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Midori (web browser)|Midori]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]] | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Navigator 9|Netscape Navigator]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[NetSurf]] | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[OmniWeb]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{No}}{{efn|name=MacGestures}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=OperaCaret}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Dropped}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[Pale Moon (web browser)|Pale Moon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=onlymac|Only Mac.}}{{efn|name=MacCaret}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=onlymac}}{{efn|name=MacGestures}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=onlymac}}{{efn|name=MacSpeech}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=onlymac}}{{efn|name=MacSpeech}} | {{dunno}} |- ! {{rh}} | [[SeaMonkey]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=GesturesSuite}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Shiira]] | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Sleipnir (web browser)|Sleipnir]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[surf (web browser)|surf]] | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Torch browser|Torch Browser]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[WorldWideWeb]] | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[w3m]] | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- class="sortbottom" ! Browser ! [[Access key]]s ! [[Tabbing navigation]] ! [[Spatial navigation]] ! [[Caret navigation]] ! [[Smart bookmark]]s ! [[Pointing device gesture|Mouse gesture]] ! [[Speech synthesis|Text-to-speech]] ! [[Speech recognition|Voice control]] ! Can disable font smoothing |} {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=MacCaret|On macOS systems, caret navigation (called "Full Keyboard Access") can be enabled systemwide.}} {{efn|name=MacGestures|On [[Macintosh|Mac]] systems, gestures are available systemwide via multitouch sensing on trackpads and mice.}} {{efn|name=MacSpeech|On macOS, text-to speech and speech recognition are available systemwide and is available from menu in native Cocoa browsers.}} {{efn|name=ELinksSpatial|ELinks 0.12 supports spatial navigation.}} {{efn|name=EpiphanyGestures|Web supports mouse gestures as an extension from the [[Epiphany-extensions|official extensions package]].}} {{efn|name=KonqGestures|Mouse gesture support is available system-wide in [[KDE]]}} {{efn|name=KonqSpeech|Text-to speech support depends on the kttsd application in the kdeaccessibility package.}} {{efn|name=IEGestures|Mouse gesture support is available via plug-ins, i.e. [http://www.ysgyfarnog.co.uk/utilities/mousegestures/ Mouse Gestures for Internet Explorer] or [http://www.browsertools.net/Easy-Go-Back/ Easy Go Back].}} {{efn|name=Minimo|[[Doug Turner (Mozilla)|Doug Turner]], the [[Minimo]] lead developer, has introduced spatial navigation to some special Firefox builds {{cite web |url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007992.html |title=Adot's notblog* "firefox, cats, mars, and more": Spatial navigation rocks |access-date=20 April 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422043554/http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007992.html |archive-date=22 April 2005 }}. It may build as a default part of Firefox {{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/access/keyboard/snav/ |title=Spatial Navigation in Mozilla |access-date=20 April 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422001621/http://www.mozilla.org/access/keyboard/snav/ |archive-date=22 April 2005 }}.}} {{efn|name=MozGestures|Mouse gesture support can be added by installing extensions like All-in-One Gestures (Firefox-only) [http://marc.boullet.pagesperso-orange.fr/ext/extensions-en.html] and Mouse Gestures [http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/index.html].}} {{efn|name=JAWS|Firefox works with a number of screen readers such as [[JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]] and [[Microsoft Speech API]] through extensions.{{which |date=March 2012}}}} {{efn|name=IE8Caret|[[Internet Explorer 8]] supports caret browsing.}} {{efn|name=SAPITTS|[[Text-to-Speech|TTS]] in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge is available through the operating system [[Speech Application Programming Interface|Speech API]]. For TTS, SAPI takes text as input and uses the TTS engine to output that text as spoken audio. This is the same technology used by the Windows accessibility tool, Narrator. SAPI and an English TTS engine have been embedded in all Windows operating systems since the release of Windows XP.}} {{efn|name=WSR|Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge can be controlled by applications which use the operating system [[Speech Application Programming Interface|Speech API]]. A built-in application called [[Windows Speech Recognition]] ships with [[Windows Vista]] and later client versions.}} {{efn|name=OperaCaret|{{Cite web |url=http://my.opera.com/shoust/blog/show.dml/305626 |title=opera : a sort of caret navigation can be enabled by a button or a shortcut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101004015/http://my.opera.com/shoust/blog/show.dml/305626 |archive-date=1 November 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}}} {{efn|name=ChromeGestures|Google Chrome can be given these features using extensions like smooth gestures, speechify and voice control for google chrome.}} {{efn|name=QupGestures|Available as a Mouse Gestures plugin which is disabled by default, but it is part of default installation.}} {{efn|name=QupBookm|Supports as of v1.7.0: https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/issues/458}} {{efn|name=QupSpatial|Available as of [https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/commit/aac0956a0fedf19bab861963c570409bb2bd98dc this commit].}} {{efn|name=GesturesSuite|Mouse gesture support can be added by installing extensions like Mouse Gestures Suite (Seamonkey-only) [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/mouse-gestures-suite/].}} {{efn|name=FontSmoothing|Font smoothing or [[font rasterization]] is arguably an accessibility feature affecting how the fonts are rendered and font readability. Also referred as [[ClearType]] or [[TrueType]]}} }}
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