Dasher is an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by
natural continuous pointing gestures. Dasher is a competitive text-entry
system wherever a full-size keyboard cannot be used - for example,
* on a palmtop computer;
* on a wearable computer;
* when operating a computer one-handed, by joystick, touchscreen,
* trackball, or mouse;
* when operating a computer with zero hands (i.e., by head-mouse or
* by eyetracker).
Dasher is fast, efficient, and easy to learn.
EFlite is a speech server for Emacspeak and other screen readers that allows
them to interface with Festival Lite, a free text-to-speech engine developed at
the CMU Speech Center as an off-shoot of Festival. EFlite is still in beta,
but I have been using it successfully with Yasr to get speech on my notebook
under Linux without having to lug my Speak-out around. It uses Festival Lite's
code to interface with the sound driver and, therefore, should work with some
versions of ALSA, but I have only tested it with the OSS sound drivers so far.
Michael P. Gorse
mgorse@alum.wpi.edu
mgorse@users.sf.net
Gnome-Mag magnifies the screen for easier reading. This package includes a
magnification Bonobo service.
GNOME Speech is a simple general API for producing text-to-speech output.
KTTS -- KDE Text-to-Speech -- is a subsystem within the KDE desktop
for conversion of text to audible speech. KTTS is currently under
development and aims to become the standard subsystem for all KDE
applications to provide speech output.
KMag is a small utility to magnify a part of the screen. KMag is
very useful for people with visual disabilities and for those working
in the fields of image analysis, web development etc.
KMouseTool clicks the mouse whenever the mouse cursor pauses briefly.
It was designed to help those with repetitive strain injuries, for
whom pressing buttons hurts.
KMouth is a program which enables persons that cannot speak to let
their computer speak, e.g. mutal people or people who have lost
their voice. It has a text input field and speaks the sentences
that you enter. It also has support for user defined phrasebooks.
Orca a scriptable screen reader that is currently under development.
As such it is highly unstable and undergoes frequent changes. To
read more about Orca, please refer to the Orca documentation series
available in the ./docs/doc-set directory and also the Orca WIKI at
http://live.gnome.org/Orca.
Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according
to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you
are working in front of the screen at night.