Welcome to the Communications page!
Here you can find programs, tips and tutorials on:
Dial-up, faxing, instant messenging, networking and V O I P.
The programs listed here are free for personal use, unless otherwise noted.
As with any, “freeware”, if you find that a program works for you, consider donating to the author.
This will help inspire them to continue to develop more software, which may prove beneficial to the blind community.
Programs listed here should work with all versions of windows up to XP, unless otherwise noted.
Dial-up-pass2
A small utility for revealing your dial-up passwords.
For more information, visit:
Download dialupass2.zip 41.6kb
Phone Deck-for storing phone numbers.
For more information, visit:
http://www.tranglos.com/free/phonedeck_download.html
Handy Bits- voice mail
For more information, visit:
http://www.handybits.com/voicemail.htm
MessenPass v1.08 - Recover Lost Instant Messenger Passwords
For more information, visit:
Download mspass_setup.exe 88.0kb
xp_messenger_remove for Windows Messenger.vbs:
This is a Visual Basic Script file which will remove Windows® Messenger from Windows® XP. It will also adjust your System Registry to prevent a long delay
when opening Outlook Express when Windows Messenger is removed or disabled.
For more information, visit:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger_remove.htm
Download xp_messenger_remove for windows_messenger.vbs 4.0kb
Big Voice E-Mail:
Send voice mails to your friends.
(Voice Email messages are limited to 11 seconds of recording time for each message with the free version.)
For more information, visit:
http://www.newrad.com/software/bigvoiceemail/default.asp
Download big_voiceemail.exe 492kb
Google Talk:
Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail or Google Account username and password.
For more information, visit:
Download googletalk-setup.exe 1.53mb March 19, 2007
Pure Voice: April 7, 2007
For more information, visit:
http://www.cdmatech.com/products/purevoice.jsp
Download PureVoice_2_1_1c.zip 820kb
MSN MESSENGER:
For more information, visit:
Download install_messenger8.1.exe 18.0mb
Download install_messenger8.0.exe 16.3mb
Download install_msn_messenger7.5.exe 8.92mb
Download install_msn_messenger7.0.exe 10.2mb
Download install_msn_messenger6.2.exe 5.0mb
Download msn_messenger62 _setup_for_xp.exe 5.0mb
Windows Messenger:
Version 5.0
Download setup95.exe 3.89mb. March 21, 2007
Version 4.7
Download mmssetup.exe 980kb. March 21, 2007
Yahoo Messenger:
Instant messenging program. Version 8.1
For more information, visit:
Network Password Recovery v1.03
For more information, visit:
SniffPass v1.01
SniffPass is small freeware utility that listens to your network, captures the passwords that pass through your network adapter, and displays them on the
screen instantly. SniffPass can capture the passwords of the following Protocols: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic
For more information, visit:
SKYPE 3.0
For more information, visit:
Download skype_3.0.0.198setup.exe 19.2mb
Skype 3.0 update released: January 17 2007.
Download skype3.0.0.205setup.exe 19.1mb
Skype 3.1: April 7, 2007
Download SkypeSetup3.1.0.150.exe 19.8mb
Skype version 3.2.0.145.: May 9, 2007
Download Skype3.1.0.144Setup.zip 19.8mb
Download Skype3.2.0.148Setup.zip 21.5mb. May 25, 2007
Get the latest version of Skype.
AudioID.zip: January 13,2008
Caller ID for Skype.
John Wilson’s “From the Keyboard” tutorial on WinFax Pro.
Microsoft Knowledge Base article on the Windows Addressbook with other programs.
Download using_windows_addressbook_with_other_programs.txt 4.75kb
Smart Computing article on Windows 2000 networking.
tips_for_fixing_your_windows2000_networking_problems.txt 11.8kb
Smart Computing: glossary of wireless networking terms.
wireless_networking_glossary_of_terms.txt 4.40kb
Notes on dialup pass2.
Creating filters in GroupWise.
group_wise_filtering_messages.txt 2.33kb
Handy Bits voice mail.
Tip on highlighting text.
highlighting_text_within_an_email_or_document.txt 4.0kb
About the Juice podcast receiver.
About immerc speech.
About the mail password viewer.
About the Mighty Fax program.
Using MSN Messenger4.6
More about MSN Messenger.
Using mspass for recovering your lost messenger passwords.
About the network password recovery utility.
About phone number converter.
About Phonedeck.
dcksetup.txt 3.56kb. March 23, 2007
About the protected storage password recovery tool.
About the password recovery tool for Microsoft Outlook.
About Pure Voice.
About SniffPass password recovery tool.
About tera-term ner bbs.
Hotkeys for the Vox Chat client.
vox_chat_hotkeys_and_instructions.txt 4.0kb
About Windows Messenger.
Customer Service number for Yahoo.
About Yahoo Messenger7.
Last reviewed: January 13, 2008