An AI-powered accessibility Chrome extension
Built with ❤️ at Hack The Valley 2025 by Daniel, Azfar, and Jose

Clearly is a Chrome extension designed to make the web more accessible, inclusive, and easier to understand.
It empowers users with visual impairments, dyslexia, ADHD, or other accessibility needs to browse any website with clarity and comfort.

Clearly combines AI-powered summarization and custom visual tools to help users focus on what truly matters — the content.

The web is full of information — but not everyone experiences it equally.
Our team was inspired by the everyday challenges people face when reading cluttered or complex web pages.

We wanted to create a single, universal tool that simplifies digital content and makes online reading more human-friendly.

Clearly enhances web accessibility with a combination of intelligent and visual features:

• AI Summarizer & Q&A – Powered by Google Gemini API, Clearly intelligently summarizes webpage content and answers user questions in a natural, flowing tone.
• Reading Modes – Switch between Night Mode, Reading Mode, and Calm Mode (blue-tinted) to match your environment and preferences.
• Font & Contrast Tools – Adjust font size, contrast, and typeface (including dyslexia-friendly options).
• Element Focus Mode – Highlight text and images with a soft silver aura while blurring out distractions.
• Smart Line Focus – Helps readers track text line by line for improved comprehension.

• React + Tailwind CSS for the popup UI
• Dynamic UI components optimized for accessibility

• Content scripts for injecting and modifying page styles
• Background service worker for handling API calls
• Secure messaging between popup and content scripts

• Google Gemini API for natural summarization and intelligent Q&A
• Custom prompt engineering for smoother, context-aware responses

• ARIA labels and screen reader compatibility
• Keyboard navigation support
• Custom color contrast and reading comfort settings

• Maintaining cross-website consistency across varied page structures (e.g. news, social, dynamic sites)
• Tuning AI responses to feel natural and empathetic
• Balancing UI performance with real-time API calls
• Detecting meaningful elements for Focus Mode without visual clutter
• Designing for simplicity and inclusivity simultaneously

• Built a fully functional Chrome extension in under 36 hours at Hack The Valley 2025
• Successfully integrated AI to enhance accessibility
• Created a visually appealing, glassy UI
• Developed a unique “Element Focus” system with silver aura highlights
• Learned and implemented Manifest V3 from scratch

• In-depth understanding of Chrome Extension APIs and architecture
• Integrating Google Gemini API for generative AI tasks
• Accessibility best practices (ARIA, contrast, keyboard nav)
• Effective prompt engineering for natural AI tone
• Designing for neurodiverse and visually impaired users

• Add voice control and text-to-speech capabilities
• Improve AI context awareness for complex web apps (e.g. Google Docs, LinkedIn)
• Introduce user profiles for persistent preferences
• Expand to Firefox and Edge
• Contribute open-source tools to the accessibility community

At Hack The Valley 2025, we explored Google Gemini for the first time.
Its flexibility and contextual understanding made it ideal for accessibility use cases.

The biggest challenge was tuning prompt phrasing to sound natural and empathetic — but once configured, it worked beautifully.

(Coming soon — stay tuned for our Chrome Web Store release!)

Clearly — Bringing clarity and inclusivity to every corner of the web.