Accessible Software and
Window-Eyes 4.5 Sets

All of the set files are in self-extracting .exe files. I created them with Winzip so they will default to unzipping the sets into c:\wineyes\users\default. If you did not install Window-Eyes into the default folder, you will want to edit the folder path accordingly.

ACB RADIO TUNER

The American Council of the Blind has a group of internet broadcasts over "ACB Radio" and they provide a tuner which makes it very easy to listen to any of their broadcasts. It speaks quite well without set files, but I decided to create set files for it because it was very distracting to use their shortcut keys and have window-eyes say something completely irrelevant. The ACB Radio tuner has a shortcut for the "ACB RADIO CAFE" which is "control+c", which window-eyes speaks as "copy to clipboard". I created a .key file associated with the sets to solve this problem. You can down load the set files here: acbtuner-we45.exe ACB Radio tuner set files (updated 12/06/02)
You can down load the ACB Radio tuner from: ACBRadio tuner

Anytime Deluxe 7.1and 9

I have tried most of the calendar programs written for visually impaired access and found them greatly lacking. So, I began experimenting with various off-the-shelf calendar programs. Of those that I tried, Anytime Deluxe by Individual Software, was by far the most powerful and screen reader friendly once I figured out some of its idiosyncrasies.

I wrote set files for Anytime Deluxe 7.1 and have modified them for version 9, which you can down load below: Anytime9sets.exe Anytime Deluxe 9 set files (updated March 16, 2004
anytime9.txt the Anytime 9 readme file
Anytime-we45.exe Anytime Deluxe 7.1 set files (updated 01/06/03)
Anytime.txt the Anytime 7.1 readme file

If you are interested in a really good calendar program that allows you to schedule appointments and events with reminder alarms, a good address book, etc., Check out:Individual Software's home page

Ecleaner

Here is a free utility that does not need set files. Here is a quote from its readme file:

eCleaner v2.01 is a freeware utility that you can use to 'clean up' your e-mail messages by:
 - Removing those annoying `greater than' symbols that accumulate when an e-mail is forwarded several times
 - Word wrapping fragmented sentences
 - Removing HTML code
 - Removing headers.

You can down load the zip file here. It is very small and only contains the install file and the readme.txt file.
clean201.zip

Eudora 6

I did some slight modifications to the Window-Eyes default sets for Eudora 6. You can read my changes at the link to the readme file below. To down load my sets for Window-Eyes 4.5 in their self-extracting exe file, click on this link: eudora-we45sets.exe, (last updated July 10, 2004)

To read the included readme file, click here:Eudora-readme.txt

FreeTime

FreeTime is a very simple, free, countdown timer with optional alarm for Windows. I ran across it when I was looking for such a utility to remind me to get off the computer and finish cooking dinner, etc. I created a set file for it just so you could double check how much time was left with alt+t, but it really doesn't need any set files to work perfectly well with Window-Eyes. You can down load the program here: Free Time 2.1 (ftsetup.exe)
You can get my set file here: freetime-sets-we45.exe (updated May 24, 2003

GoldWave

The best sound file editor for blind computer users in my opinion is GoldWave. It works tremendously well with Window-Eyes, and the author has built in lots of keyboard commands where other sound editors rely heavily on mouse clicks. You can check it out at:GoldWave

GoldWave 5 is the latest release. Check often for updates. Here are my Window-Eyes 4.5 set files for GoldWave5:Goldwave5sets-we45.exe (updated July 7, 2004)When you unzip the set files into your c:\wineyes\users\default folder, goldwave.we will be over written, but do not worry about this. GoldWave 4 sets and GoldWave 5 sets share the same goldwave.we file. The GoldWave 5 sets are associated with different window classes, so there won't be any conflict with GoldWave 4.
gw5.txt, text file for the Goldwave 5 sets.

If you would like to down load my latest Window-Eyes set files for GoldWave 4.x, click here: goldwave-we45.exe GoldWave set files (updated March 20, 2003)
goldwave.txt the goldwave readme file

Here is a tip from Jim Kitchen, who got it from David Greenwood on using GoldWave to clean up sounds. (It works with any supported format.).

To make really clear sounds after recording your sound file, do the following:
1. In GoldWave, load your test sound, for simplicity make it a small phrase or a one word sound.
2. set the start and end points to enclose a small piece of the file where there is only the background noise you wish to eliminate, and then hit control+c to copy it to the GoldWave buffer. Now you have a sample of the background noise.
3. Hit control+a to select the entire sound again.
4. From the effects menu, select filter, and then Noise reduction.
5. Then select Remove Hiss and Tab over to the Reduction envelope and then select "Using clipboard." Then select OK, and you will have a noise free recording.

Here are two samples to illustrate the above suggestion. of how to clean up a sound file with goldwave.
before.wma before removing the tape hiss
after.wma after removing the tape hiss

IVOCALIZE 3

Here are some new set files for the Ivocalize Client version 3, which require Window-Eyes 4.5 Service Pack 3. These sets are in process. Chris Kiler has helped me sort out some of the preferred behaviors. John Brinton made some helpful modifications to the sets. The sets will speak the name of the person speaking as well as the names of people joining or leaving a session.

If you want to try them out, just download the exe file and run it to install them into the default Window-Eyes folder.
ivclient-we45sp3-sets.exe (updated May 25, 2004)

If you are curious which Windows I used for these functions, you can read the included readme file: ivclient-we45readme.txt

Nero Burning ROM Set Files

Here are my set files for Nero Burning ROM. The sets are very basic as Nero does not really need set files, but I created a couple windows to check your status while burning a CD.
nero-we45.exe Nero set files (updated 05/17/03)
nero.txt file which includes my tips for using Nero with Window-Eyes and some accessibility information from Aaron Smith and Ahead Software.

NoteTab Pro

I do all my text editting and web page creation with NoteTab Pro. It is an extremely powerful text editor and has some great templates for creating web pages and more. You can read more about it at:NoteTab

notepro-we45.exe NoteTab Pro set files (updated 05/21/03)
notepro.txt readme file for notetab pro sets
notetab-we45.exe NoteTab Light set files (updated 12/24/02)
notetab.txt readme file for Notetab Light sets

Here are some other web sites that I have either created, or now maintain with NoteTab Pro.
www.cocanut.com
Columbia Pastoral Counseling Center, www.col-pastoralcounseling.org
OI RUMs (Oregon-Idaho Reconciling United Methodists, www.OIRUMs.org

Windows XP Sound Recorder set files

sndrec32-we45.exe Windows XP Sound Recorder set files (updated March 18, 2003
sndrec32.txt text file for the Sound Recorder sets.

HTML VALIDATOR

HTML Validator is a great program for validating your HTML code. Even better news, the combination of the latest version of HTML Validator and Window-Eyes 5; makes the program completely accessible!
To get the Window-Eyes 5 sets for HTML Validator 7, go to my Window-Eyes 5 page: Window-Eyes 5 set files
Here, you can down load my set files for HTML Validator 6.50 and Window-Eyes 4.5.

html-validator-we45.exe HTML-Validator 6.5 set files (updated 10/05/03)
html-validator-we45.txt the readme file for Window-Eyes sets.
If you want to try the program out on-line, go to:www.htmlvalidator.com and enter the URL of the web site you wish to validate and see how it works. You can also down load the free version from that site.

If you are doing a lot of web page design, I would highly recommend the Professional version. It does far more than the free version. You can read all about it on their web site, (use the link above).

WordPerfect 10 set files

wp10sets-we45.exe Window-Eyes 4.5 WordPerfect sets (last updated August 2, 2003.
I modified the WordPerfect 9 sets so they work with WordPerfect 10. I made a couple changes and one addition, which is detailed in the wp10readme.txt file included.
wp10readme-we45.txt readme file for Window-Eyes 4.5 WordPerfect sets (last updated July 6, 2003.)

In order to print in colors, you will want the RGB color values. I have it in a WordPerfect table. It is contained in rgb-color.zip, which when unzipped will be rgb-color.wpd. You can get the zip file here: rgb-color.zip
You can also view it as a table here on my web site at: rgb-color.htm

WordPerfect 11 set files

wp11sets-we45.exe (updated 06/17/03) WordPerfect 11 set files for Window-Eyes.
I modified the WordPerfect 10 sets so they work with WordPerfect 11. I made a couple changes and one addition, which is detailed in the wp11readme.txt file included.

Window-Eyes 4.5 manual

I merged the Window-Eyes manual ascii files into one large ascii file. I stored it in a standard zip file so it would not be so large for down load. Just unzip it where you want them. The zip file is 230 KB.
The manual is presented this way with GW Micro's permission.

we45manual.zip, the entire Window-Eyes 4.5 manual in one ASCII text file..

Triple Talk Speech Synthesizer

If you want an excellent speech synthesizer that works with all Windows versions, I would recommend the Triple Talk by Access Solutions. It sounds much the same as the Double Talk, but it will work in Windows XP, which the Double Talk won't.
You can read all about it and get the most recent drivers at:Access Solutions

Software for the visually impaired (and ChurchBells)

featuring:

4BlindMice: talking screen reading mouse driver lets you graphically navigate Windows
SayPad:  freeware talking text editor makes text to MP3 file sets and includes SAPI 5 voices
Metris: accessible musical tetris
AudioAdventureEngine: write your own action adventure games in a Plain English Adventure Language
ChurchBells: BellTower Carillon for steeple or desktop

Check all these out at: InspiredCode.net