Assistive

FRS Talking Calculator is an easy to use calculator with several features that make it ideal for use in situations where assistive software technologies are desirable. Big buttons are easy targets for students with limited motor skills. Large type on buttons and displays makes reading the... Platforms: Windows

FRS Talking Calculator is an easy to use calculator with several features that make it ideal for use in situations where assistive software technologies are desirable. Big buttons are easy targets for students with limited motor skills. Large type on buttons and displays makes reading the... Platforms: Mac

This script will search your address book in either Microsoft Entourage or Address Book looking for contacts that have mobile phone numbers. You then choose a name from the found contacts (or a new contact if you want to send a message to someone not in your contact list), enter your text message... Platforms: Mac

xlsLib is a multiplatform, a C/C++ library for dynamically generating Excel(TM) files (*.xls format). It allows the generation of these files directly without the need of other assistive software. xlsLib can be used: as a statically linked library. xlsLib can easily be integrated in any C/C++... Platforms: *nix

VEDICS (Voice Enabled Desktop Interaction and Control System) is an assistive software which lets the user to interact with the OS using voice commands. Using this software the user can access any element found on the user's screen. Platforms: *nix

Fingon is a Swing auxiliary look and feel for Java applications. It adds an auditory user interface to your application, using speech synthesis and sounds. Fingon brings some assistive features for the visualy impaired people. Features - speech synthesis - assistive technology - auditory... Platforms: *nix

ECTtracker is an eye-tracking AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication) program, allowing the real-time analysis of the user's eye (open or closed). This application is a part of the complex of assistive technology software created by EyeComTec (LAZgroup SA). ECTtracker implements low cost... Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server

ECTmouse is an application which emulates cursor movement and mouse button clicks by using any keyboard. This program is part of the assistive technologies complex and works effectively with a personal computer for those suffering from various form of paralysis or significantly reduced motor... Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server

WeatherAloud reads weather forecasts and conditions aloud from over 7500 locations worldwide. Wake up to your local forecast, listen to hourly temperatures from your favorite vacation spot, or hear conditions where your distant loved ones are. Frequent updates, current temperature in your system...

Converts any text into spoken words or MP3/WAV audio files! 2nd Speech Center is an award-winning text-to-speech player that lets you listen to documents, emails or web pages instead of reading on screen. In addition to text, 2nd Speech Center also allows you to convert text to MP3 or WAV files... Platforms: Windows

StocksAloud is the great new talking program that helps you manage your investments and business interests by tracking companies for you. It let's you specify stock information to be read aloud for quick updates or full updates as well as listen to related news headlines. Stock prices, changes,... Platforms: Windows

NewsAloud personal news agent from NextUp.com finds the stories you want, then reads them aloud in a natural, human sounding voice. In this age of information overload, do you find yourself buried just from trying to keep up with the latest news? How about a solution that uses the unique power... Platforms: Windows

GroupsAloud, the worlds first talking Usenet News Reader, brings an unlimited amount of great information and conversation to you without the hassle of reading or even being tied to your computer. GroupsAloud is a simple to use USENET News Client. USENET is simply a system of newsgroups where... Platforms: Windows

NextUp Talker is a Text To Speech application specifically designed for people who have temporarily or permanently lost their voice. With natural, human sounding voices and convenient shortcuts to quickly enter commonly used sentences and phrases, NextUp Talker allows you to easily communicate... Platforms: Windows

Thunar application is a new modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. Thunar has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy-to-use. Its user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any confusing or useless options. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good... Platforms: *nix

GAIL provides accessibility support for gtk+ and libgnomecanvas by implementing AtkObjects for widgets in gtk+ and libgnomecanvas. GAIL library is a GTK+ module. For example, if the module is loaded in a program which calls gtk_widget_get_accessible() for a GtkEntry an instance of GailEntry is... Platforms: *nix

at-spi is the Gnome Accessibility Project. Building the documentation: Pre-built versions of the HTML documentation are available at http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/tech-docs/at-spi-docs/book1.html. However the documentation in the docs directory is the most up-to-date. Building the... Platforms: *nix

Accerciser is an interactive Python accessibility explorer for the GNOME desktop. It uses AT-SPI to inspect and control widgets, allowing you to check if an application is providing correct information to assistive technologies and automated test frameworks. Accerciser has a simple plugin... Platforms: *nix

gnome-mag provides a command-line interface for standalone use. gnome-mags primary goal is to provide a set of magnification services for use by other client applications and assistive technologies. For information on the "magnifier" command=line utility, type "magnifier --help" or "magnifier... Platforms: *nix

Biggy-Light is a complete program that contains the largest cursors ( arrows, pointers ) on the planet for any OS or Macintosh. This is not just a set of large cursors; it is a complete cursor management utility, with features like BIG Biggies (32x64 pointers) animated high-visibility cursors,... Platforms: Mac