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A set of productivity tools for Workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

Adds Tools button and menu. Allows modification of the user interface of the website, such as altering the display of the job window. Other tools include a "Return and Accept" button, placing the cursor in the CAPTCHA text box, and so on.

✫ "Tools" button will appear on accepted tasks

✫ Modify the job window height

✫ Make the job window full width

✫ Modify the distance of job window from top of page

✫ Option to always accept the next job

✫ Option to disable any currently checked "Automatically accept the next HIT" checkbox

✫ Place the cursor in CAPTCHA text box when it appears

✫ Clears wrong answer from the CAPTCHA text box if CAPTCHA text is entered incorrectly

✫ Show an alert notification on all job windows when any job window loads a CAPTCHA

✫ Play an alert notification sound when a CAPTCHA is first seen

✫ Option to download high definition audio snippets for CAPTCHA alerts

✫ "Return and Accept" button to return a current job and accept another job in the group

The extension's source code is on github.com: https://github.com/their/amt.

Notes: Seven audio files and one image file are embedded within the extension. The total size of the extension is about 50 KB. High definition audio files are publicly pasted on pastebin.com. The total size of high definition audio files is 490.9 KB.

There are no guarantees made regarding the safety of using this extension on Amazon's Mechanical Turk website. The extension's author is not responsible for any risks associated with the use of this extension.

Version History: 1.0.5 -- Added button 'Disable "Automatically accept the next HIT" in all tabs and windows'. Added click to the dimmer closes the menu. Added pressing "Enter" key while cursor is in any of the two input text fields, saves the settings and closes the menu. Enabled extension in Private Browsing mode. Enabled compatibility for Firefox for Android. Removed an unnecessary setInterval, replaced with addEventListener. Some other small layout changes added.

1.0.4 -- Layout edits. Default settings for new users/incognito users reset to none. Add Enable All/Disable All buttons. Add a button to reset iframe's offset top.

1.0.3 -- Note: A change in this version makes it necessary to re-enable "Allow in incognito". Add http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=14R5zCYR to include_globs. Turn on some settings by default for Incognito use and/or a first-time user (Height/Width, CAPTCHA focus, CAPTCHA audio/visual alert). Small layout changes (select field focus fix). Plays an audio alert in same tab 50 seconds after last audio alert (new), in a new tab 30 seconds after last audio alert (old), replay audio alert in same tab after 60 seconds (new). Remove "key" from manifest requires user to click check box for "Allow in Incognito".

Last Updated: September 12, 2014