Edison

Edison is a Chrome extension developed by Kevin Lee. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Edison is 1.8, updated on 2020-09-04.
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Voice activated browsing of Chrome.

Edison provides a voice activated way to navigate the web.

The voice interface can be triggered by clicking the extension's icon on the top right of the chrome toolbar. Alternatively, the wakeword "Hey Edison" is available for a completely handsfree experience.

Check out the demos at the link below to see the tool in action!
https://github.com/leekevinyg/edison#Demo

The following commands are currently supported:

- Open
Opens the first google search result that best matches the words spoken after the "open" command.
Examples: "Hey Edison, Open News", "Hey Edison, Open Youtube", "Hey Edison, Open Netflix".

- Click
Tries to click anything that approximately matches the words spoken after the "click" command.
Examples: "Hey Edison, Click Sign-In", "Hey Edison, Click the title of a video", "Hey Edison, Click a Netflix profile".

- Close
Closes current tab. Useful if a mistake or unintended tab is opened.
Example: Just say "Hey Edison, Close tab".

- Scroll
Scrolls the page up/down/left/right.
Examples: "Hey Edison, Scroll Down", "Hey Edison, Scroll Up", "Hey Edison, Scroll Left", "Hey Edison, Scroll Right".

- Media Controls for Video
Plays or pauses the video in the current tab.
Example: Just say "Hey Edison, Play" or "Hey Edison, Pause" when viewing a video.

- Focus Next Tab
Navigates to the next tab Example: "Hey Edison, Focus Next Tab"

- Focus Previous Tab
Navigates to the previous tab Example: "Hey Edison, Focus Previous Tab"

- Go back
Hits the browser back button Example: "Hey Edison, Go Back"

- Go forward
Hits the browser forward button Example: "Hey Edison, Go Forward"

- Rewind
Specific to Netflix. Rewinds the current Netflix title by 10 seconds.
Example: Just say "Hey Edison, Rewind" when viewing a Netflix title.

- Skip
Specific to Netflix. Fast forwards the Netflix title by 10 seconds.
Example: Just say "Hey Edison, Skip" when viewing a Netflix title.

Note that the interface currently handles one command at a time, therefore, each command will need to invoke the interface again separately.

For accessibility use cases, it is recommended that passwords be saved for the most commonly used websites to improve the overall user experience.