Useful low cost programs
Through our partnership with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Hub we are able to bring you a database of shareware programs and utilities that are used by people with a wide range of disabilities.
Whether you are a designer looking for tools to assist you in the testing process, have a disability yourself or know someone who has, this database of shareware and freeware will prove a valuable resource.
If you have a software recommendation you believe should be included on this page, we would love to hear from you.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webshareware
The plan is to have a copy of this page on the wiki so that our partners can add to it. We created the page original through the ICT HUB but it will be great if we can keep it going as delegates at our low no courses love it. For example I received an email this morning from someone I trained about a new free screen reader that I haven’t heard of before.
Oli
Free Assistive Software Resources
OATSoft is dedicated to improving Assistive Technology and computer accessibility through the power of Open Source development techniques. OATSoft makes the best Open Source Assistive Technology Software (OATS) easy to find. Users and developers meet at OATSoft to create better software. Open Source Software is free and the 'source code' that makes the software is freely available. It is developed by international communities operating on-line
http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/listing/Repository
ICT Hub - Choosing software
http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/softwarebasics
Internet4Classrooms (I4C) - Free training resources for teachers
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistive_tech.htm
Linux Accessibility - KDE
KDE is a powerful Free Software graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality, and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system.
KMouseTool is a Linux-based KDE program. It clicks the mouse for you, so you don't have to. KMouseTool works with any mouse or pointing device.
KMagnifier (or kmag, its unix name) is a small utility for Linux to magnify a part of the screen. It magnifies the area of the screen around the mouse pointer or optionally a user defined area. Additionally it offers to save a magnified screenshot to disk.
KMouth is a KDE program which enables persons that cannot speak to let their computer speak, e.g. mutal people or people who have lost their voice. It has a text input field and speaks the sentences that you enter. It also has support for user defined phrasebooks.
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