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WP PlugIndex currently records Button visually impaired version 2.4.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
Button visually impaired automatically changes your site into a version for the visually impaired. The panel on the site lets visitors change the color scheme, the font size and family, spacing and images, and a speech synthesizer reads aloud the changes and the text you mark for it. Thanks to it, your site meets the needs of people with disabilities.
Features
Change the font size (up to 200%);
Change the color scheme of the site;
Change the font of the site (serif or sans serif);
Change the image (gray scale, hide the image with an alt caption);
Change letter spacing (kerning);
Change line spacing;
Speech synthesizer reads aloud changes to display settings;
Disable embedded elements (videos, maps, etc.);
Play text to voice;
Interface and speech in 11 languages;
The panel follows the selected color scheme and collapses into a menu on phones and tablets;
Keyboard control (Tab, arrow keys, Home, End, Space, Enter, Esc);
Support for browsers Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Opera.
Ways to add the button
The Gutenberg block “Button for the visually impaired”: icon, text, colors (also on hover, gradient), font, spacing, borders, shadow, size;
The Gutenberg block “Speech text”: a container whose content a visitor can listen to;
The shortcode [bvi] with the attributes text, icon, color and background;
The “Button visually impaired” widget: title, text, colors, showing the icon and the text;
Any element with the bvi-open class.
Detailed instructions and a FAQ are on the “BVI → Instructions” page in the admin.
HTML classes
bvi-speech adds text-to-speech buttons to the block;
bvi-hide hides the element in the version for the visually impaired;
bvi-show shows the element only in the version for the visually impaired;
bvi-no-styles disables the plugin styles inside the block.
Demo version
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
gutenberg block
text to speech
visually impaired
accessibility
wcag
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 8.3
Update activity21 Sept 20261mo ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version2.3.0→2.4.0
WordPress compatibility5.8.16→7.1.1
WordPress requirement4.3.1→6.0
PHP requirement7.4→8.3
WordPress compatibility5.8.15→5.8.16
Tracking & source
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