Reading

Speed Reading helps you improve your reading speed.The average reader reads at about 200 words per minute (wpm) with a typical comprehension of 60%. The top 1% of readers do much better, reading at more than 1000 wpm with a comprehension of 85%. Such highspeed reading requires serious... Platforms: Mac

Audio::Wav::Read is a Perl module for reading Microsoft WAV files. SYNOPSIS use Audio::Wav; my $wav = new Audio::Wav; my $read = $wav -> read( filename.wav ); my $details = $read -> details(); Reads Microsoft Wav files.. Platforms: *nix

libbsb is a portable C library for reading and writing BSB format image files. Typically used for nautical charts, BSB charts use the .KAP or .CAP extension and store cartographic information in addition to a run-length encoded raster image. libbsb is capable of recovering truncated or otherwise... Platforms: *nix

Libquicktime is a library for reading and writing quicktime files. Note: libquicktime is in no way related to the original quicktime software, which can be found here. You should not expect all quicktime files created by original software to be playable by libquicktime or vice versa. You might,... Platforms: *nix

sshdfilter automatically blocks ssh brute force attacks by reading sshd log output in real time and adding iptables rules based on authentication failures. Block rules are created by logging on with an invalid user name, or wrongly guessing the password for an existing account. Block rules... Platforms: *nix

xmms-cueinfo is a plugin for XMMS that adds support for reading cue files. Cue files describe what tracks a single audio file contains, including performer and title information. This makes it possible to rip a full CD into a single audio file. (The reason people do this is because of the... Platforms: *nix

EasyBMP is a simple, cross-platform C++ library designed for easily reading, writing, and modifying Windows bitmap (BMP) image files. You can learn more about the history and goals of the project here. The library is oriented towards the novice programmer with little formal experience, but it... Platforms: *nix

GNU CD Input and Control Library (libcdio) encapsulates CD-ROM reading and control. The libcdio package contains a library which encapsulates CD-ROM reading and control. Applications wishing to be oblivious of the OS- and device-dependent properties of a CD-ROM can use this library. Some... Platforms: *nix

GrokEVT is a collection of scripts built for reading Windows NT event log files. GrokEVT is released under the GNU GPL, and is implemented in Python. GrokEVT is loosely based on the PHP script and documentation provided by Jamie French. Currently the scripts work together on one or more mounted... Platforms: *nix

Sunrise project converts websites and newsfeeds for offline reading on your handheld. Offline browser for handhelds (like AvantGO). Sunrise is open-source software released under the BSD license. Getting Started Sunrise requires Java 1.5. (Earlier Java versions will not work correctly due... Platforms: *nix

Config::IniFiles is a module for reading .ini-style configuration files. SYNOPSIS use Config::IniFiles; my $cfg = new Config::IniFiles( -file => "/path/configfile.ini" ); print "The value is " . $cfg->val( Section, Parameter ) . "." if $cfg->val( Section, Parameter ); Config::IniFiles... Platforms: *nix

Audio::TagLib::MPEG::Properties is an implementation of audio property reading for MP3. SYNOPSIS use Audio::TagLib::MPEG::Properties; my $f = Audio::TagLib::MPEG::File->new("sample file.mp3"); my $i = $f->audioProperties(); print $i->layer(), "n"; # got 3 This reads the data from an... Platforms: *nix

IFF Format Library provides header structures and utility functions for reading and writing data files in the Interchange Files. The Interchange File Format is a simple structured binary file format consisting of sized and typed chunks of data, selectively readable without having to know the... Platforms: *nix

Score Reading Trainer helps you improve your (musical) score reading skills by practicing with random scores. It works in a very simple way, you choose the clef, the key and the accidentals you want to practice as well as thee range of notes and then, the program generates a on-screen score... Platforms: *nix

GNOME Structured File Library is a utility library for reading and writing structured file formats. Support for MS OLE2 streams is complete, as is zip import. There is also support for document metadata and some initial work on decompressing VBA streams in OLE files for future conversion to... Platforms: *nix

pfstools package is a set of command line programs for reading, writing and manipulating high-dynamic range (HDR) images and video frames. It includes also Qt and OpenGL HDR image viewers. pfstools can be integrated with GNU Octave or matlab, so that it can serve as a toolbox for reading and... Platforms: *nix

Libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound (such as the Apple/SGI AIFF format and MS Windows WAV) through one standard library interface. The library was written to compile and run on a Linux system but should compile and run on just about any Unix... Platforms: *nix

RegLookup project is an small command line utility for reading and querying Windows NT/2K/XP registries. Currently the program allows one to read an entire registry and output it in a (mostly) standardized, quoted format. It also provides features for filtering of results based on registry path... Platforms: *nix

XML::Simple::DTDReader is a simple XML file reading based on their DTDs. SYNOPSIS use XML::Simple::DTDReader; my $ref = XMLin("data.xml"); Or the object oriented way: require XML::Simple::DTDReader; my $xsd = XML::Simple::DTDReader->new; my $ref = $xsd->XMLin("data.xml");... Platforms: *nix

Guten is a tool for browsing, retrieving, reading, and managing electronic books published by Project Gutenberg. It provides an interface for reading books that allows bookmarks to be added to text. Books can be imported from files that have already been downloaded, or through a simple... Platforms: *nix