Welcome to the editing page.

Here you will find programs, tips and utilities for word processors, text, and html editorsAnd more.

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:

Converters and Translators:

On-line Electronic Translator from English to Lithuanian: January 11,2008

For those trying to communicate with family and friends in Lithuanian, this might be an answer to your hours spent pouring over dictionaries and language grammar books.

http://vertimas.vdu.lt/twsas/Translations/TextForm.aspx

CHM2TXT: January 13,2008

Jamal Mazrui has again improved the lives of blind computer users by creating chm2txt, a utility for transforming windows help files into structured text files.

Download chm2txt.zip 827kb.

Convert.lit:

allows you to convert

Microsoft Reader format eBooks into open format for use with software or devices which are not directly compatible with Microsoft's Reader.

For more imformation, visit:

http://www.convertlit.com/download.php

Download clit18.zip 165kb

Convert: July 15, 2007

Convert is an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density,

pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!

For more information, visit:

http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/

Download ConvertSetup.zip 486kb.

Html 2 text

Converts html documents to simple text documents.

For more information, visit:

nirsoft.com

Download htmlastext.zip 27.3kb

PDF:

Adobe Reader version 8

For reading PDF documents.

For more information, and to start the download process,visit:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

PdfToText.zip

Convert PDF files to text.

For more information, visit:

http://www.blindprogramming.com/useful.htm

Download PdfToText.zip 177kb

Text Editors:

Ed Sharp: by Jamal Mazrui.

Text editor with many more features.

Download edsetup.exe 5.11mb. January 13,2008

Click here to download the most recent version.

Homer Editor: An editor with many extra features by JamalMazrui

Download kitsetup.exe 2.61mb

Click here to download the most recent version.

Notetab light

Text editor with extended capabilities.

For more information, visit:

http://www.download3k.com/Install-NoteTab-Light.html

Download NoteTab_Setup.exe 1.75mb

Text Pal

A text editor, and converter from Jamal Mazrui

Click here for documentation.

Download palsetup3.2.exe 3.32mb

Download palsetup3.4.zip 3.33mb. March 20, 2007

Download palsetup3.5.zip 3.33mb. March 20, 2007

Download palsetup3.6.zip 3.41mb. May09, 2007

Download pal3.7setup.zip 3.39mb. May 12, 2007

Click here to download the most recent version.

Speedometer

A handy utility for checking the speed of your typing.

For more information, visit:

http://www.freeware4pc.com/authors/customsolutions.shtml

Download Speedometer_Setup.exe 774kb

Word Processors and Spread Sheet Applications:

Open Office: free office suite.

For more information, visit:

http://www.openoffice.org/

Download OpenOffice.zip 93.9mb

Acronym Genie: March 20, 2007

Use this utility to find out what those strange acronyms stand for.

For more information, visit:

http://www.acronymgenie.com/

Download agsetup.exe 636kb

Excel Viewer 2003: July 15, 2007

Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. This download is a replacement for Excel Viewer 97 and all previous Excel

Viewer versions.

For more information, visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/

Download xlviewer.exe 9.93mb.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats: June 15, 2007

Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

For more information, visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/

Download FileFormatConverters.exe 27.5mb.

PowerPoint Viewer 2007: July 15, 2007

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.

For more information, visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/

Download PowerPointViewer.exe 25.7mb.

Word Viewer 2003: July 15, 2007

View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. This download is a replacement for Word 97 Viewer and all previous Word Viewer versions.

For more information, visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/

Download wdviewer.exe 11.7mb.

Word.reg: March 20, 2007

Returns Microsoft Word to the list of programs,

found on the programs tab in Internet Options.

Download word.zip 4.0kb

Word Viewer 2003: May 4, 2007

For viewing Word 2003 documents if you don’t have Microsoft Word installed.

Download wdviewer.exe 11.7mb

Word Web Dictionary: January 13,2008

WordWeb is a quick and powerful international English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up words