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Installation Guide

Oobee (formerly known as Purple A11y) is provided as a portable distribution which minimises installation steps required for Windows and Mac.

About Oobee

Oobee is a customisable, automated accessibility testing tool that allows software development teams to find and fix accessibility problems to improve persons with disabilities (PWDs) access to digital services.

To install the user-friendly desktop application for Oobee, you may continue following the installation guide on this page. For software engineers who wish to run Oobee as a command line, please refer to Oobee (CLI) instead.

System Requirements

  • Oobee can run on MacOS version 12 Monterey or above, and a supported version of Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11.
  • Google Chrome browser is installed.
  • One-time Internet access is needed to download and install Oobee.
  • You are recommended to be logged on to an admin user to run Oobee.

Windows

Click here for Windows setup instructions

Download Oobee (Windows)

  • Download oobee-desktop-windows.zip
  • Double-click the downloaded zip file. Extract the contents of the zip file with a right-click and choosing “Extract All” in the context menu.

Run Oobee (Windows)

  • Double-click the extracted Oobee-setup.exe file.

  • If you see "Windows protected your PC" prompt as shown below, click "More info" and "Run anyway".

    Windows protected your PC prompt

  • Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.

  • Run Oobee from the Windows start menu.

  • Oobee will start setting up. This process may take up to 5 minutes.

  • If a Windows Firewall prompt appears, if you have administrator rights, click "Allow" or "Allow access". Click "Cancel" if you do not have administrator rights.

    Newer Windows Firewall prompt for Allow Windows Firewall prompt for Allow access

MacOS

Click here for MacOS setup instructions

Download Oobee (MacOS)

  • Download oobee-desktop-macos.zip.
  • If Oobee app does not appear in your Downloads folder, double-click the Oobee file.

Tip: To extract files in Mac, double-click on oobee-desktop-macos.zip file, which is usually saved to your Downloads folder. A new app Oobee with the Oobee icon will appear. Drag or move Oobee app to your Applications folder for easy access.

Run Oobee (MacOS)

  • Double-click Oobee then click "Open" in the pop-up menu.
  • Oobee will start setting up. This process may take up to 5 minutes.