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Open Source Projects

Nearly all of these are Windows-based programs published under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), explained at
http://gnu.org

Some programs are written in cross-platform languages, so may be adaptable to run on other operating systems as well. Anyone may use the programs in either
binary or source code form. I welcome contributions that fix problems or enhance features.

AppStamp -- A utility for updating a package from a web server.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/AppStamp.zip

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/AppStamp.htm

CHM2TXT by Jamal Mazrui -- a command line utility that converts a file from Compiled HTML format (.chm) to structured text (.txt)

CheckPDF - Automated, batch testing of PDF files for accessibility: http://EmpowermentZone.com/CheckPDF_setup.exe

with documentation at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/CheckPDF.htm

DbDialog by Jamal Mazrui a general purpose database manager, including a default Contact table

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/DbDialog.htm

EdSharp by Jamal Mazrui -- a free, open source, and highly productive text editor, word processor, file converter, and HTML writer. It is rich in features, quick in performance, and accessible by design.

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/EdSharp.htm

EasyEncode
Encoding -- Check and convert among various file encodings, including versions of ANSI and Unicode.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/Encoding.zip

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/Encoding.htm

FileDir by Jamal Mazrui -- a file and directory manager that does much more than Windows Explorer

Fruit Basket Programs by Jamal Mazrui

GotNET -- Check for and install various versions of the .NET Framework.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/netsetup.exe

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/GotNET.htm

GrabText -- A command-line utility, dialog interface, and COM server for real time extraction of text from computer screens.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/gtsetup.exe

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/GrabText.htm

HomerApp -- The Homer Application framework, containing libraries and tools for rapid development of .NET-based GUI applications.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/appsetup.exe

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com//HomerApp.htm

HomerJax -- A registration-free COM server with web client and XML support.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/HomerJax.zip

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/HomerJax.htm

JavaDir By Jamal Masrui

JavaDir.exe is a simple, console-mode utility that reports locations of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on a Windows computer.

HomerKit by Jamal Mazrui -- a free, open source set of tools to aid the development of scripts for the JAWS screen reader (version 6.2 and above). An extensive library of functions aids JAWS users and script developers by exploiting MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility), the Windows Script Host, and the Win32 API.
Homer executable installer

Homer zip archive

IniForm by Jamal Mazrui -- a developer tool for defining forms/dialogs with .ini files

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/IniForm.txt

IronCOM by Jamal Mazrui -- a COM server that provides access to much of the functionality of the .NET Framework

InRb - Custom Ruby interpreter with support for automated web browsing and report generation: http://EmpowermentZone.com/InRb.zip

Documentation:
http://EmpowermentZone.com/InRb.txt

Interactive JScript by Jamal Mazrui -- a command-line, console environment for exploring the .NET Framework Class Library with the JScript language

JAWS Script Exchange by Jamal Mazrui -- a program for installing 3rd party JAWS scripts from a zip archive, or for Creating an executable package of scripts to distribute to others

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/jsx.htm

JAWS Scripts for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 by blind programmers.

JAWS Scripts for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 executable installer

JAWS Scripts for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 zip archive

JWin - Install the Java Access Bridge on Windows: http://EmpowermentZone.com/JWin_setup.exe

Documentation: http://EmpowermentZone.com/JWin.htm

Layout by Code by Jamal Mazrui -- an AutoIt library for layout of graphical user interfaces by function calls Rather than visual designers

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/LbC.htm

Layout by Code .NET by Jamal Mazrui. A .Net package to help write .Net GUIs.

Layout by Code for Python: http://EmpowermentZone.com/pyLbc.zip
Documentation: http://EmpowermentZone.com/pyLbc.txt

OfficeConvert is a set of utilities for converting file formats using the COM-based APIs of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Many file formats are supported. Common file extensions may be used to specify the formats desired. Conversions include going to and from formats used by other office suites, such as the Open Document formats supported by the cross-platform, Open Office suite.
OfficeConvert - Convert among various file formats using the API of Microsoft Office: http://EmpowermentZone.com/OfficeConvert.zip

documentation: http://EmpowermentZone.com/OfficeConvert.htm

PDF2OCR by Jamal Mazrui -- a combination of utilities for converting image-based PDFs to text via an OCR engine being developed at Google

PDF to TXT by Jamal Mazrui -- a program for single or batch conversion of PDFs to text. The source can be a file, folder, or web page.

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/pdf2txt.htm

PerlEval by Jamal Mazrui -- a COM library that wraps the power of the Perl interpreter and its most useful Win32 libraries

TextPal by Jamal Mazrui -- a full featured text and code editor written in Ruby.

SayTools -- A COM server and set of executable utilities for developers to add speech to an application, using either the default screen reader or SAPI
voice.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/saysetup.exe

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/SayTools.htm

TestPage -- A command-line utility and dialog interface for doing an automated test of a web page for problems of web accessibility or HTML validity.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/tpgsetup.exe

UrlFido by Jamal Mazrui -- a utility for batch downloads of web content written in Python.

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/TestPage.htm

WinBT - Translate files to and from electronic braille format http://EmpowermentZone.com/wbtsetup.exe

with documentation at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/WinBT.htm

WinDig by Jamal Mazrui -- a utility to extract as much information as possible from an application's Main window, including lists of menu items, hot keys, and controls. This is useful if you want to do scripting for screen readers.

Documentation
http://EmpowermentZone.com/WinDig.txt

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