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On this page, you will find downloads of freeware and shareware games and utilities, as well as articles about computing, and some links to our favorite websites.

Demos

Our demos page contains fully functional evaluation versions of Window Eyes, Hal Screenreader, Supernova reader magnifier,  Lunar screen enlargement, Talks and ZoomText.  Additional demos will be added soon.  Demo Area

Downloads

Please note:  no technical support is offered for these downloads!  Installation of freeware and shareware is at your own risk.

Choice Magazine Listening

Choice Magazine Listening (CML) is a free audiotape anthology for those unable to read standard print because of loss of vision or other disability. Since 1962, CML has been bringing this special audience the best unabridged articles, essays, fiction and poetry from over 100 outstanding publications such as National Geographic, Smithsonian, the New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and more. Our pieces are read by the finest professional voices. Our subscribers love it. And it's free!

Pop Up Stopper

Want to get rid of those miserable web pop-ups?  Download pop-up stopper and surf the web the way it should be!

MP 3 Encoder for Kurzweil 1000 version 6

Have you heard that the latest Kurzweil 1000 scanning software allows you to scan books into MP 3 format?  Well, only if you have this little invisible utility installed.  Download the file above, and save it to your Windows\system folder to enable the MP3 feature.

Duxbury Template for Microsoft Word

This file enables a transcriber to send files directly from Microsoft Word to a Braille Embosser without having to open the Duxbury application first!  This is a great time-saver.  Both Microsoft Word 97 or later and Duxbury 10.3 must be installed on your computer.  To download, you must Right Click on the link above and choose Save Target As... (or Save Link As...)  This Template file must be saved in the Microsoft Word (or Office) Startup folder.  Generally, this folder is c:\program files\microsoft office\office\startup. 

MSN Messenger

Do you have a soundcard with speakers and a microphone?  If so, this neat little chat program from Microsoft is a must have.  Messenger lets you know when your friends are online, and allows you to speak to them in real time.  Also, this program will allow you to call any phone in the continental U. S. for free.

Microsoft Text-To-Speech Engine

This program can be used as a software synthesizer for use with various screen review applications, or with Atlas.

Real Player 8 Basic

Play streaming audio and video clips from the web on your computer with this latest release of Real Player.

NoteTab Light

Note Tab is everything you always wanted a text editor to be.  Unlike Windows Notepad, this program lets you load text files of unlimited size.  A convenient utility also allows you to replace Windows Notepad, so that text files will open by default in the new application.

Built in functions such as the HTML clipbooks and "strip code" command make NoteTab the perfect HTML editor.  Several "blind user" options are included in the interface.

WinZip

Read and extract "zipfile" archives and create your own with this necessary internet utility.  Version 8 also includes Personal Self-Extractor, which enables you to create your own self-executable program files. 

Photocopier

Turn your scanner and printer into a copy machine.  This handy tool lets you copy documents with a single keystroke.

AudioGrabber

Rip audio CD files and encode them to MP3 format.  Then, upload them to your portable MP3 player, or just save them to disk or CD.  (The freeware version selects files for encoding randomly.)

WinAmp

Play CD's, MIDI, MP3, or wav files with this screen-reader friendly music rack.  Configure and save playlists, graphic equalizer settings, and compression.

WS FTP

This free File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client is screen reader friendly and easy to use.  Log on to your favorite FTP sites to download software, drivers, or MP3 files or upload web pages to your internet server.

Word Viewer

Do need to read Microsoft Word 2000 documents, but can't afford to purchase the program?  This free viewer allows you to read Word 97 and 2000 files and also to convert them into older Word formats for use by Duxbury Braille Translator

Abobe Acrobat Reader

Traditionally, Adobe PDF files have been completely inaccessible to blind users.  However, Adobe's new Reader  works with Window Eyes  to enable blind users to read PDF documents.

Active Shut Down

Active ShutDown (ASD) - simple and easy to use tool for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 that allows you to shutdown or reboot your Windows session with the one mouse click. When ASD is running, an accurate miniature icon appears on the taskbar on the end opposite the "Start" button. When you double click it with the left mouse button, it shutdowns or reboots your computer. You can set a keyboard shortcut for any action - shutdown, reboot and logoff. Also, ASD can automatically terminate applications if they are not responding.

Loan Calculator

Use this simple loan calculator in Microsoft Excel format to generate monthly payment information, or amortization tables. 
 

Unit Conversion Utility

Simple to use weights & measures converter; features approximately 280 unit conversions in 14 categories, with up to 18 decimal places (4 recommended), full support for UK and US units (and conversion between) and includes fuel consumption figures.

Strip Em

Is there nothing more annoying when reading an e-mail message than the "greater than" signs that precede every line?  Download this free utility and strip those nasty little symbols right out.  

Trek Trivia

How many times did Captain Kirk say "Beam me up, Scotty"?  Who was the only actor to play a Vulcan, a Romulan and a Klingon?  Take the Trek Trivia quiz and find out more than you thought you could about Star Trek.

Computer Quiz

Where does the term "boot up" come from?  What was Microsoft's original name for Windows?  If you are a die-hard computer nerd, or just curious about the early days of computing, you will enjoy this trivia game.

6-letter Version 4

Guess the word that the computer is thinking of.

Grizzly Gulch Bank Scene

Grizzly Gulch is the first full-access role playing game for blind people.  To get an idea of what the game is all about, download this excerpt in MP3 format.

Grizzly Gulch Saloon Scene

Is the bank too tame for you?  Check out the Grizzly Gulch Saloon in MP3 format.

NFB Trans

This is public domain braille translation software made available by the National Federation of the Blind.  It is a very basic DOS-based application that will work with any braille embosser.  Although it is command line driven, the detailed manual explains command line options in terms even a novice can understand.

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