COOL SMALL SOFTWARE
KwikLoupe (527Kb) A simple screen magnifier. Magnification ranges from 2x to 64x with a quick locate option to position the viewing window. The tool magnifies the area around the mouse pointer.
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RapidSet (539Kb)Allows quick and easy changing of the background and font colours, without having to go through the Screen Properties dialogs.
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Mouseketeer (559Kb)Mouse clicking replacement software . It can carry out left click, right click, double click, highlight and drag-drop actions.
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Vu-Bar 4.5 (808Kb)A unique piece of software, provides an on-screen, slotted ruler. Useful with dyslexia, when the user skips lines or drops f rom one line to the n ext. This version allows the user to select the bar width, 25%, 50%, 75% or 1 00% of screen width and set the slot height to the required font size. o nto the mouse pointer for movement, as well as impr oved keyboard movement options.
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Sonar 4 (677Kb)This package provides an expanded ring around the mouse pointer for users who have difficulty locating the pointer. Unlike the Windows XP version, this package places a permanent ring around the pointer. This version introduces the option to vary the colour of the Sonar ring. June 2008 - Added the use of ALT+s to show / hide the ring when required, version now 4.1 March 2009 - Completely rewritten, now version 5. Sona r5 takes the principles of previous versions of Sonar and improves them. This version can be used either installed on your hard disk - when it stores it's configuration data in your user area, or stand alone on a pen drive, when it stores the configuration on the pen drive. Either through the icon in the Notification area of your taskbar or through the relevant keyboard shortcut, you can access the Settings dialogue (CTRL + ALT + A) where you can change the shape to either a circle or a square, alter the diameter of the shape, alter the width of the line and change th e colou r. Whilst running, the application can be hidden and restored by clicking on Show/Hide or by using CTRL+ALT+S. Finally, this version of Son ar sits above the menu's in Windows, providing identification anywhere. One point to note. Windows Vista Aero causes Sonar5 to work incorrectly, therefore if they are enabled, Sonar 5 will turn off the Aero functions until it terminates.
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Edgeless (272Kb)This application causes the mouse pointer to wrap around the screen instead of stopping at the edges. It can be configured to start at Win dows startup if required.
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Edgeless 2(808Kb)Like the original version, this application cause s the mouse pointer to wrap around the screen instead of stopping at the edges. It can be configured to start at Windows startup if required. With this version the user can choose to wrap on all sides, just horizontal or just vertical - note to maintain portability, this option must be set for each session. This version is also capable of supporting up to 2 moni tors.
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KeyCounter (529Kb)This package counts the number of key depre ssions, and can be set to suggest breaks are taken after a set number are carried out. This application does not log keystrokes, and provides no reporting facilities. By hovering over the taskbar icon, you can quickly view the total of keypresses to date and for today.
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mmFollow (987Kb)mmFollow quite simply adds a cartoon character to the mouse cursor. It ensures rapid location of the pointer, and obviously adds a little fun to using the computer. In use, the application adds an icon to the Windows Taskbar area. By right clicking on this icon, you can vary the character
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Washer (786Kb)There are some software applications which attempt to correct for the varying types of colour blindness by adjusting specific colours, however these rely greatly on the user having a standard form of colour deficient vison. Washer simply renders everything underneath its window in a grey scale format, thus catering for a high proportion of colour deficiencies. The software itself is very simple to use. When started it will display anything ben eath the main window in shades of gre y, and can be dragged aroung the screen to select different areas.
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Bigger Cursors (28Kb)A selection of bigger cursors for anyone who finds the existing cursors too small. Simply download the zip file and extract into the Windows /Cursors folder and you are ready to go.
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Chunky Cursors (24Kb)A selection of chunky cursors for anyone who finds the existing cursors too small. Simply download the zip file and extract into the Windows/Cursors folder and you are ready to go.
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SpeakEasy (851Kb)A very simple text to speech application, which sits in the taskbar. It can be configured to automaticaly read whatever is copied to the clipboard, or the clipboard can be read by pressing a hotkey combination. The software automatically defaults to using the default system voice, however this can be changed in the Settings dialog.
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Spr-Ot (819Kb)Spr-Ot, or spreadsheet slot uses the lessons learned in creating and improving Vu-Bar to prvide a tool for use primarily with spreadsheet applications. The bar can be flipped between vertical and horizontal use, moved, hidden and restored by either the menu or keyboard shortcuts. The bar can also be adjusted for height and width and locked onto the mouse for quick and easy movement. To use the mouse, simply click and hold to drag or right click for the menu.
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QuickRes Resolution Changer (682Kb)Quickly change resolution tolow or medium and back to normal at the click of a button.
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The Colour Is ... (832Kb)Pass your mouse over any point on the screen and The Colour Is ... will tell you the Hexadecimal and Decimal values of the colour, plus it will break down the red, green and blue components of the colour. This may be useful for designers and may also be of assistance to anyone who experiences colour spectrum problems. To make the identification of the point easier, the small visual at the lower right can be magnified up to 4x.
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KeyState (801Kb)Pretty straight forward this one. KeyState sits in your sysytem tray and pops a message in the top centre of the screen if the Caps Lock or Num Lock is on. Right click the KeyState icon in the system tray to open the Exit option.
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Dark Screen (1.03 Mb)Some computer users experience problems with glare from the screen. Dark Screen sits over all windows and provides a means of dimming the output between 20 and 90%. Dark Screen is multi monitor aware, and can be used on the main monitor only or all monitors. Everything is controlled from the icon in the Notification area of the Taskbar (where the clock sits). Clicking this icon will open the menu which allows the selection of Multi Monitor Support, and the percentage of dimming of the screen
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ssOverlay (896Kb)Very similar to Dark Screen, ssOverlay (the ss stands for Scotopic Sensitivity), places a coloured overlay onto the screen. The colour and transparency levels can be adjusted to suit the user.
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EnorMouse (824 Kb)Quite simply, this replaces the standard mouse pointer with an enormous mouse pointer. Useful for children or anyone with difficulty tracking the mouse pointer. Changing colours or exiting is achieved by clicking the icon in the Notification area, close to the system clock.
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Fx Toolbar (926 Kb)This toolbar is designed as an add in for Micrsoft Word 2007 - please note, this does not work with any other version of Office. the toolbar gives you options to highlight and collect parts of the text into a new document, speak highlighted text, identify confusables, change the case of the selected text and identify if your sentences are overly long. |