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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.

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.

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.

AMIS

AMIS is a software program that you can use to read DAISY books. AMIS is a multilingual player for reading books complying with DAISY standards.

AutoHotKey

An open source macro style program that can re-map the mouse, keyboard and joystick functions as well as automate pretty much anything!

CCHotKey

Mac OSX CCHotKey is a small and simple application that launches any script you want after clicking any hotkey you want.

Click-Catch

Click-Catch(C) is an autoclicker. It means it simulates mouse clicks with constant intervals of time.

Click-N-Type virtual keyboard

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.

Dasher

Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures.

Dwell Click

Dwelling is resting the mouse over one area of the screen for a specified time. The dwell click software allows you to perform left-click, right-click and double clicks, and even drag things around the screen.

EdWord and EdWeb

EdWord is a talking word processor that allows you to combine text with symbols. EdWeb is a talking web browser that can display web pages as a combination of text and symbols.

FoxyVoice

A Firefox extension that speaks web pages as you browese. Uses Microsoft SAPI for speech on Windows only.

Game Commander

Game Commander is a voice recognition program designed for games commands, but which can be used for general voice commands.

Gnopernicus

The Gnopernicus project aims to enable users with limited vision, or no vision, to use the Gnome 2 desktop and Gnome/GTK+-2 applications effectively.

HotKicks

A tiny program that gives you complete control over your Windows® Operating system. If you like using hotkey combinations

Hotspots

Hotspots is now open source and public domain or free software. It may be used by a number of users on one computer or by one user on a number of different computers.

Inclusive Serial Switch Driver

A stand-alone serial switch driver for Windows, programmed to send the standard keys of Space and Return.

Jambu

Jambu makes the web easier to access for those who interact with computers using switches and head mice or other types of Alternative Input device. It is designed for users with mobility impairments who find keyboard and mice difficult or impossible to use.

Joystick 2 Mouse 3

Joystick 2 Mouse lets you control your mouse and keyboard using your joystick or gamepad.

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.

Kavlon 10-key

Kavlon 10-key keyboarding wordlist database is a utility to re-map a small set of keys to a larger set of keys and to use that mapping to allowing fast entry of words.

KM-RW

This program allows the user to record and later play back sequences of keyboard and mouse input.

Launcher6

Launcher6 is a simplified, switch accessible user interface that can launch programs, act as an electronic speech device, or act as a multimedia game spinner for Windows computers. The launcher6 screen completely covers the screen offering 6 choices, but reducing the probability that the user will encounter the perhaps troublesome Windows interface. Multiple access methods and supports like auditory scanning are simultaneously supported. The built in editor saves any changes automatically as they are made.

Morseall

Morseall allows you to control your computer using only the mouse buttons. It allows you to produce keystrokes by tapping Morse codes with just a single button or with a three-button mouse for faster entry.

Mouse Gestures

Use mouse gestures to control the Firefox web browser to allow 'mouse only' internet browsing.

Number Navigator

A program that assists those with fine motor problems to set out columnar arithmetic, without the need for a spreadsheet.

Open Mind Speech

The Open Mind Speech project is part of the Open Mind Initiative and aims to develop free (GPL) speech recognition tools and applications, as well as collect speech data from "e-citizens" using the Internet.

Orca

Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech, braille, and/or magnification.

PointNClick Mouse

Point-N-Click is a FREE stand-alone on-screen virtual mouse designed for anyone with a disability that makes it difficult or impossible to click a physical computer mouse. As long as they can move a mouse, trackball or other pointing device, they can send mouse clicks to virtually any Windows application or DOS application that can run within a window and even many that are full screen.

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.

RapidKeys

RapidKeys - Intelligent virtual keyboard. Itis a virtual keyboard with word prediction that learns from what the user types and contextually suggests words that can be typed with a single click. The purpose of this feature is to obtain a greater speed of typing.

Remote Commander

This allows one or more PDAs to be used as if they were the PC's cursor and keyboard.

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.

SAW Resources

These resources are in continual development and will be updated from time to time. All contributions of new selection sets for SAW with be gratefully received.

Sensory Switch Driver

Empowering switches connected via USB or serial ports

Shoot

Shoot is a speech recognition program that translates your voice commands into arbitrary keystrokes.

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.

Special Access To Windows

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.

Speech Dasher

Speech Dasher is a novel interface for the input of text using a combination of speech and gestures. A speech recognizer provides the initial guess of the user's desired text while a gesture-based interface allows the user to confirm and correct the recognizer's output.

Symbol & Concept Coding Editor (aka SYMBERED)

Building a Symbol and Concept Coding Editor for CMS, based on CCF(ConceptCodingFramework).

Whistling User Interface

Whistling-driven mouse pointer. An alternative way how to control your mouse pointer

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

WWAAC Web Browser

This is a talking, keyboard, switch and mouse pointer accessible web browser with page summarising tools. It has a highly configerable user interface and was developed as part of an EU project.

Zen Key

This program allows you to control almost all aspects of your computer via the keyboard by creating new keyboard shortcuts. It can also control the mouse pointer, including its speed from keyboard shortcuts.