http://www.oatsoft.org The OATS software centre - open source assistive technology software. hourly 1 2006-05-08T08:02:07Z http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/formedit-and-the-web-page-communicator-package-2 This is a revised version of the Web Page Communicator Package which contains a set of templates that are used to create web pages that behave similarly to dynamic display speech generating devices. The templates now work in many popular browsers and can be used on many platforms to produce simple, portable, and virtual communications devices. The pages support multiple access methods including single switch and two switch scanning, linear or row-column scans, and auditory scanning. formEdit is a template editor that makes it easy to build a useful communications page using the Web Page Communicator templates. The current template set offers choice grids with 4 to 24 cells. Supported browsers include Windows versions of Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox 2.0, Opera 9, and to a certain extent Safari 3.1 (point and click method only.) No publisher jimluther 2008-08-26T13:01:56Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/gail-1 GAIL provides accessibility support for gtk+ by implementing AtkObjects for widgets in gtk+. No publisher dcolven 2008-01-16T10:29:28Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/symvoc SymVoc is aimed to help less able people to communicate with others using symbols and speech synthesis. No publisher rwjk 2008-03-04T08:51:01Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/windowcatcher A utility that searches any user interface in Windows XP or Vista for MSAA and UIAutomation information and makes this available to assistive technology interfaces. Microsoft .NET 3.0 framework must be installed before installing WindowCatcher. This can be downloaded free from the Microsoft website, or a CD with a full installer can be obtained from the ACE Centre No publisher dcolven 2007-11-06T22:24:58Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/icutalk ICUTalk was a research project, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) from 1999 to 2002. The project developed an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system to help patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) who are temporarily unable to speak due to their medical condition or treatment, namely the intubation procedure. This was a multi-disciplinary collaborative project involving staff from the University of Dundee (School of Computing and the School of Nursing & Midwifery) and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee (Speech & Language Therapy and Intensive Care Unit). Andy Judson was the software developer and Professor Ian Ricketts was the primary investigator and Dr Annalu Waller was the secondary. The software has continued to be developed (although its been a wee bit slow), it remains in use in Ninewells Hospital, and there has been wider interest in it from around the world (not enough to warrant selling it though). No publisher ajudson 2008-06-25T08:04:26Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/e-triloquist The program has an input area on the screen for entering a text or audio phrase which is to be spoken or played. With the touch of the "Enter" key or a mouse click, the text is converted to speech and sent to a voice synthesizer which conveys the message in mellifluous tones. Audio phrases are played as recorded. No publisher simonjudge 2008-03-12T21:34:44Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/joytokey JoyToKey enables PC game controllers to mimic a mouse and the keyboard. It is a freeware utility which can be of great use to disabled users. No publisher simonjudge 2007-05-01T13:54:22Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/no-squint NoSquint is a Firefox extension that allows you to adjust the default text zoom level. No publisher simonjudge 2007-06-26T13:03:29Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/pscproject.2008-01-14.3006548403 Code library and utilities to enhance accessibility to existing and future games (Win32). No publisher devellison 2008-01-14T14:44:41Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/atk The interface definitions of accessibility infrastructure. (GNOME) No publisher dcolven 2008-01-16T10:02:05Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/power-reader A dyslexic text reader/learning tool, a graphical, interactive text reader integrated with computer text-to-speech whose level of focus, complexity, and detail is adjustable according to the user's needs. No publisher dcolven 2008-03-14T09:44:11Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/paint.net A free (not open source) accessible painting program with powerful tools. No publisher dcolven 2008-06-17T15:59:58Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/estorymaker A simple means for assembling text, picture and sound files into an e-story that supports multiple access means. No publisher jimluther 2007-03-27T08:49:28Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/simple-control Simple control of your mouse, the internet and launching of other programs. Designed for use with a switch and for someone who just wants access to the simple things. SAW selection sets - so needs SAW installed to run. No publisher simonjudge 2007-04-04T17:10:45Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/edgeless This application causes the mouse pointer to wrap around the screen instead of stopping at the edges. No publisher simonjudge 2007-04-13T16:09:27Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/accerciser 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. No publisher dcolven 2008-05-22T06:42:52Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/mousetrap mouseTrap is an application that intends to provide control of the mouse pointer using a Web Cam and face detection. The users can move the pointer using the face or other parts of it. No publisher flaper87 2008-05-22T15:00:14Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/dkey Dkey is disambiguation software for computers - it works in a similar way to 'predictive text' on your mobile phone. It is designed to allow quicker text input for people with physical disabilities who can use a keyboard with a small number of keys, for example a number pad keyboard. It can also be used with mouse input, or with switch input via other software. It is designed with people with disabilities in mind, but could be used by anyone. No publisher simonjudge 2008-11-12T16:26:44Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/click-speak CLiCk, Speak is an open source, freely available extension for the Firefox web browser. It is part of the CLC-4-TTS Suite of products, it features a mouse driven interface, and it reads web pages - hence its name. No publisher dcolven 2007-02-12T14:10:31Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/AutoHotKey An open source macro style program that can re-map the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions as well as automate pretty much anything! No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:12:33Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/AutoIT AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003 out of the box with no annoying "runtimes" required! You can even make compiled executable scripts that can run without AutoIt being installed! No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:14:29Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/AutoTextTyper AutoTextTyper is a contextual menu plugin that lets you quickly and easily add commonly used text, such as email addresses, web sites, postal addresses, etc... You can then select any of those items from the menu and have them automatically typed into any application that supports contextual menus. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:16:08Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/Click-N-TypeVirtualKeyboard Click-N-Type is an on-screen virtual keyboard, giving access to the keyboard characters through the use of your mouse or other pointing device. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:17:10Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/Eventcorder Eventcorder records and plays back Windows events. With Eventcorder, a sequence of keystrokes and mouse-clicks can be implemented at the touch of a single button. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:18:45Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/FatBits Fatbits magnifies an area of the screen and paints the giant pixels into a new window, which may be useful if you have a visual impairment. To make the screen even more accessible, you can modify the colours it displays. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:20:28Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/Joystick2Mouse3 Joystick 2 Mouse lets you control your mouse and keyboard using your joystick or gamepad. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:21:30Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/MQASpellChecker Spell Checker checks the spelling of any edit control in almost any application under Windows 3.1/95/98. The program was designed to run under Windows 3.1. Though it will operate under Windows 95/98, it is not compatible with later versions (2000, ME, XP). No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:22:30Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/MacroMaker MacroMaker allows you to build a macro to simulate a series of keystrokes and mouse clicks, execute built-in functions or play back a previous recording with just a keystroke. Therefore sequences of keystrokes and mouse clicks can be activated with minimal movement. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:23:41Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/MicrosoftReader Microsoft Reader is used to view certain eBooks on your computer. An additional piece of software, 'Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package' can be downloaded in order to speak your eBooks to you, giving you access to all manner of novels and non-fiction eBooks without the need to read them from the screen. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T15:25:27Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/NumberNavigator A program that assists those with fine motor problems to set out columnar arithmetic, without the need for a spreadsheet. No publisher simonjudge 2006-12-07T21:13:24Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/PictureSlideShow Picture Slide Show lets you continuously displays all the pictures in a folder. You can tell in which folder to look at and how long to display a picture for. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:32:45Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/PowerTalk PowerTalk automatically speaks any presentation or slide show running in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. You just download and install PowerTalk and while you open and run the presentation as usual it speaks the text on your slides. The advantage over other generic 'Text To Speech' programs is that PowerTalk is able to speak text as it appears and can also speak hidden text attached to images. Speech is provided by the standard synthesised computer voices that are provided with Windows. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:33:21Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/RemoteKeys RemoteKeys can automate complex control systems, but also simple jobs like inserting text passages into Word and Emails. Automation allows complex sequences of keystrokes and mouse clicks to be carried out at the touch of a button. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:33:22Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/ShortKeysLite Shortkeys Lite is a text-completion program - it will allow you to use shorthand to type pre-defined text. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:33:21Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/SpecialAccessToWindows Software that enables Windows to be controlled by one or two switches,a joystick, a trackerball or a headpointer. SAW 5 has many additions and feautures to make creating interfaces easy for those who use alternative inputs. No publisher simonjudge 2008-04-15T16:54:41Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/SymBeRed Building a Symbol and Concept Coding Editor for CMS, based on CCF(ConceptCodingFramework). No publisher simonjudge 2007-07-03T08:49:31Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/TouchCD A very simple switch controlled CD player No publisher simonjudge 2008-05-12T07:50:11Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/VirtualMagnifyingGlass Virtual Magnifying Glass is an easy-to-use screen magnification tool for Windows. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:32:44Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/Vischeck Vischeck is a way of showing you what things look like to someone who is color blind. You can try Vischeck online- either run Vischeck on your own image files or run Vischeck on a web page. You can also download programs to let you run it on your own computer. No publisher simonjudge 2007-01-18T13:54:33Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/WebAccessGateway This software intercepts web pages before they appear on your screen, making them easier to see if you are visually impaired. No publisher simonjudge 2007-10-05T14:47:27Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/aac-keys AAC Keys is a keyboard and mouse emulation program for Microsoft Windows-based and Macintosh computers. AAC Keys receives commands through your computer's serial port and translates them into keystrokes and mouse movements, giving you full control of your computer from another device such as an AAC system. (If your computer has only USB ports, an inexpensive adapter is available.) No publisher simonjudge 2007-02-01T16:41:37Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/accessible-bbc-listen-again The British Broadcast Company (BBC) allows people to listen to vast quantities of their radio output up to a week after it is first broadcast on one of their dozens of radio stations. This service, called Listen Again, relies on a web browser interface that might be difficult for some users, especially people with screen readers. Accessible BBC Listen Again allows you to access the BBC's Listen Again content through a truly accessible interface designed to work with any screen reader. No publisher simonjudge 2007-02-01T16:42:57Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/accessible-radio Accessible Radio is a way to listen to radio stations on the internet that is easy and simple to use and is designed to work with any screen reader. No publisher simonjudge 2007-04-11T16:49:29Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/accessible-rss Interested in keeping up with the headlines and newspapers? A new technology called RSS has recently taken the Internet by storm. Websites provide "feeds" of their latest stories and headlines, and you can get these simple lists, updated every few minutes. Accessible RSS is an accessible application that lets you access these RSS feeds. No publisher simonjudge 2007-04-11T16:50:33Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/accessible-web-directory This simple program lets you explore the DMOZ web directory, a catalogue of good websites. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:32:46Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/accessiblepodcatcher AccessiblePodcatcher (formerly AccessiblePodcaster) is a simple way for blind and screen reader users to use podcasts. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:32:46Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/acollab ACollab is an accessible, open source, multi-group, Web-based collaborative work environment. Group member, group administrator, and system administrator tools are all compliant with international accessibility standards (WCAG 1.0, Section 508 US) so people with disabilities can participate fully in collaborative and administrative activities. No publisher dcolven 2007-01-18T16:25:33Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/acomm AComm is an accessible Java-based Instant Messaging and Whiteboard tool. It has been designed to allow assistive technology users to participate in synchronous Internet-based communication activities that have traditionally been inaccessible to them. No publisher dcolven 2007-01-18T16:26:24Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/acta Acta is an outline processor. It lets you organize just about anything -- reports, ideas, lists, projects, graphics -- in the form of an outline, where topics have subtopics. No publisher simonjudge 2006-11-21T21:32:46Z OATS http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/agrip The of this project aim is to provide access to the mainstream gaming community not by producing specialist "accessible games" but by making mainstream games - and their associated extension and development tools - accessible. Downloads include an accessible version of Quake, the popular PC game. No publisher dcolven 2007-01-18T16:27:18Z OATS