{"id":305,"date":"2019-09-04T07:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T07:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/socialsupport_unit_uoi_gr\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2024-04-10T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T10:08:36","slug":"freeaccessibilitysoftware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsupport.unit.uoi.gr\/en\/freeaccessibilitysoftware\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Accessibility Software"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Any Text to Voice<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Any Text to Voice is a Text to Speech application, which offers the possibility of exporting the text to an audio file (mp3, wav, etc.) For Greek, it has the voice of Microsoft's Stefanos available.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
AMIS<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n

AMIS allows users having audio access to the content of DAISY e-books. The standards it supports are DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3. It supports any language depending on the language of the SAPI 5 speech composer. It does not have a built-in speech composer.<\/p>\n<\/td>

Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
Big Calculator<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Big Calculator displays a calculator on the computer screen similar to that of Windows, except that it can pronounce the numbers selected by the user, either through the keyboard or with the mouse. The numbers are pronounced in Greek, if there is a Greek SAPI4 speech composer on the computer, but the same does not happen with the symbols of the operations.<\/td>\u00a0Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
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Dolphin Easy Reader<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>

It is an e-Book reading application, allowing users to listen to the content through a combination of text, speech and images. It is ideal to be used in schools and libraries, to empower readers to gain access to a wider world of reading. It has immediate and direct access to 15 international accessible libraries. It supports 19 languages. The app is not free, but it provides a 30-day trial\/demo.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
DSpeech<\/a><\/strong><\/td>DSpeech is a speech recognition application. It can also work with Text-to-Speech app to speak the texts. It handles TXT, DOC and PDF files. Supports SAPI 4 and SAPI 5. Saves text files to audio files in WAV or MP3 format\/ Also saves PDF files in TXT. It also supports Greek if the Greek voice is installed. Speaks texts from the clipboard. Also run in command mode (no command prompt). It supports many languages such as: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
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JDVoiceMail<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>

With JDVoiceMail the user can send voice e-mails to those who have an e-mail address without requiring special software on the recipient's computer. The program creates compressed \u201c.wav\u201d format files thus reducing the size of voice files.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
NVDA Portable<\/a><\/strong><\/td>NVDA detects all text formats (visible or hidden) in the graphical user interface (icons, buttons, menus, dialog boxes, lists, message boxes) of a PC and sends them to the Text-to-Speech conversion system, so that the user can understand the graphical environment acoustically, be able to navigate with acoustic assistance in it and listen to the text. It is available with the built-in eSpeak speech composer, which includes many languages, one of which is Greek. Supports SAPI4 and SAPI5 and espeak. The main applications it supports are: Outlook Express, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Word, Excel, Calculator. It can be operated from the USB port without installation.<\/td>  <\/b> Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
Perky Duck<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

Perky Duck software is a free tool in which the user enters the combinations of points in cells, as is the case with Braille typewriters, and then prints the result.<\/p>\n<\/td>

Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
RoboBraille<\/strong><\/a><\/td>RoboBraille is a website where you can upload text files (docx, pfd, pptx, txt, jpg etc.) and have them converted into audio files (mp3), ebooks or Braille code.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
 eSpeak<\/a><\/td> eSpeak is a Text to Speech application, which offers the possibility of exporting the text to an audio file (mp3, wav, etc.)<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
VoiceNote II<\/a><\/td>Voice Note II is a speech recognition, Speech to Text application. It allows the user to enter text into the computer through their voice. The operation of the speech recognition system requires the use of a microphone connected to the computer.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
WebbIE<\/strong><\/a><\/td>It is a Web Browser for people with blindness or low vision and especially for users with a Screen Reader. Used since 2001 worldwide. It comes with a group of programs, Accessible, that make it easy to access news and audio on the Internet in a simple and accessible way, allowing you to use podcasts, listen to the radio and read RSS through Screen Reader or another access solution. WebbIE together with Accessible allow the most complete access to Websites and online material... and it's all free! It is pointed out that it needs an already installed Screen Reader and Text-to-Speech System, that is, it does not have its own such systems integrated, but cooperates with those that the user already has.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
WinBraille<\/a><\/strong><\/td>WinBraille is text editor focussed on those who need to translate text into Braille and print it using an embosser.\n\nBrailee embossing requires a translating and formating editor and that's exactly what WinBraille offers you.\n\nWinBraille is very easy to use and offers many good features to make embossing easier.\n\nFinally, it supports contracted and uncontracted Braille in more than 40 languages<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
WordTalk<\/a><\/strong><\/td>WordTalk was conceived and developed by Rod Macaulay of TASSC in Aberdeen, Scotland who later received a Microsoft Innovative Teacher Award for its development.\n\nFor people with reading and writing difficulties, having text reinforced by hearing it read aloud can be very useful.\n\nIt is also useful for proof reading and learning another language.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11<\/td><\/tr>
Magnifixer<\/strong><\/a><\/td>The application creates a fixed, variable size window that displays in magnification and depending on the user's needs anything below the mouse pointer.<\/td>Windows 10, Windows 11. \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c0\u03bb\u03ad\u03bf\u03bd portable \u03ad\u03ba\u03b4\u03bf\u03c3\u03b7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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General Issues of Using and Developing Accessible Software:<\/b>
Microsoft Accessibility<\/b>
https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/accessibility\/default.aspx<\/a>
<\/i>Android Accessibility<\/b>
https:\/\/support.google.com\/accessibility\/android\/answer\/6006564?hl=en<\/a><\/i>
Adobe Accessibility<\/b>
https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/accessibility.html<\/a><\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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