Freeware / shareware

Ramon Castillo - 12/21/2005
I thought we should start a thread about shareware and freeware
programs with reviews and comments.

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Ramon Castillo - 12/21/2005
As-U-Type - $39 - http://www.asutype.com/ 
    Auto correct on steroids.
    Abbreviation expansion
    Works at the OS level and is available to all applications

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Ramon Castillo - 12/21/2005
Opera Web Browser - Free  http://www.opera.com/ 
    Comprehensive keyboard access
    Speech input
    Text-to-speech
    Zoom feature magnifies entire page, not just text
    Highly customizable with most features included "right out the box"
    Compatible with all (?) but ActiveX enabled sites

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Colin Johanson - 12/21/2005
Irfan View - http://www.irfanview.com
Freeware graphics viewer, editor and thumbnail webpage creator. It is small,
fast to download, installs politely (asking which file formats to display,
not just stealing everything and resetable). Fastest loading and very
functional photo viewer or editor on the market and the price can not be
beaten.

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Phillip A. Goodman - 12/22/2005
FileSync - http://www.fileware.com/download.htm
I know this isn't strictly a program to help with computer use in the way we
usually think of it saves ME a lot of time. Between the desktop computer at
home, the desktop at work, the laptop, AND the extremely useful USB drive
one could spend a lot of time transferring files for work. A freeware
utility called FileSync helps me quickly determine which files in any given
folder or drive aren't transferred or synced and lets me choose which ones
to transfer.

CruzerLock 2 (by Encryptyx http://www.encryptx.com )
I also wanted to mention that the last Scandisk USB drive I purchased came
with this freeware encryption program. This takes some of the worry about
breeching client confidentiality should one lose their laptop or USB drive.

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Dave Jaffe - 12/22/2005
Mark Novak asked me to remind folks of the extensive shareware/freeware
resources available on the Trace website:

Designing More Usable Computers and Software
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/

Apple Macintosh Software Toolkit
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/mac/macshare.html

DOS Software Toolkit
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/dos/

Microsoft Windows Software Toolkit
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/win/winshare.html

Windows 95 Software Toolkit
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/win95/win95sha.html

Linux Accessibility Resource Site (very extensive and updated)
http://larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca/wiki/Software