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See And Speak 1.0
See And Speak is regarded as a distinguished and tractable communications product that was initially designed to help friends and families of disabled individuals communicate easily. more>>
See And Speak 1.0 is regarded as a distinguished and tractable communications product that was initially designed to help friends and families of disabled individuals communicate easily.
There can be some problems communicating with a friend or family member who may have a speech or hearing impairment. TTY/TDD devices are expensive and technologically old. Internet chats are not private and anybody can monitor the conversation.
Speakapedia 1.0.2
You can consider it Wikipedia on the move. more>> You can consider it Wikipedia on the move.
Speakapedia is a tool for Mac OS X which creates podcasts from Wikipedia articles.
The functionality of Speakapedia can be summarized in three steps:
Choose your article using the familiar wikipedia interface.
Speak it! Speakapedia will convert your article to speech.
Listen to your article in iTunes or on your iPod or iPhone.
Main features:>
Bring Wikipedia to Life
- Prefer listening to reading? Bring knowledge to life by letting Speakapedia automatically convert your chosen article into the spoken word.
Instant Album Art
- The main picture found in the Wikipedia article is instantly used as your tracks album art.
Just the Interesting Stuff
- All non essential text is filtered out, leaving just the main article text. You can also choose which sections within your article you wish to convert to speech.
Beautifully Organized
- Your chosen article is stored in iTunes as an album with each section being a track.
iTunes Import
- Speakapedia automatically imports your spoken articles into iTunes ready to listen or sync with your ipod or iphone.
Leopard Only
- Speakapedia harnesses the latest advances in speech technology using "Alex", Apples leading edge English speaking voice.
NOTE: The 9.95 introductory pricing applies until the end of August. Regular pricing is $14.95.
System requirements:
- PowerPC or Intel CPU minimum.
- Intel Core 2 Duo CPU recommended.
- Active internet connection.
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Version restrictions:
- 14-day trial.
Enhancements:
- Just a minor bug fix release but still worth updating.
Type & Speak 0.55
Type & Speak is a colorful typing program for young children. Kids can type any word or phrase they want into the program, and the computer will read it back to them more>> Type & Speak is a colorful typing program for young children. Kids can type any word or phrase they want into the program, and the computer will read it back to them. In addition, when keys are clicked in the onscreen "typewriter," the words those keys represent will be spoken. The interface is simple, and easy enough to use that even small children can feel comfortable setting their preferences within the game. Type & Speak is ideal for young children who are just beginning to learn to read. Requires Speech Manager.
Speech Manager.
Paragon Boot Up Speaker 1.0
Paragon Boot Up Speaker makes your Mac speak Welcome To Macintosh very early in the boot-up process more>>
Paragon Boot Up Speaker has proven highly popular all around the world.
SpeakAlong - Trial Edition 1.0.3
Speak Along - Trial Edition is considered to be an effective talking storyteller for Macintosh. more>>
Speak Along - Trial Edition 1.0.3 is considered to be an effective talking storyteller for Macintosh. It's a book reader right inside your computer. Now available in several editions including Children's Classics, the King James Bible, and a lower-priced Standalone Edition without the bundled books. This software is proven easy-to-use by anyone 5 and up. Choose from a huge bookshelf of titles, pick a pleasing storytelling voice, then sit back and listen. It's that simple and before long you and your kids will be playing your favorites again and again.
Enhancements: Offers a Universal Binary to support PPC/Intel Macs running Leopard.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5
Let The Beat Speak - Lukecage - Apple Loops 1.1
Let The Beat Speak - Lukecage - Apple Loops - Loops Collection or Garageband more>>
Enhancements:
- Multi-lingual support - English, German, French & Italian - and a few fixes.
SJPhone 1.60 (299a)
SJPhone is a full featured and advanced VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) softphone that allows you to speak with any other softphone running on PC/PDA, any stand-alone IP-phone or using VOIP service provider with any traditional wired or mobile phone. more>> <<less

iSpQ VideoChat 8.0.181
iSpQ VideoChat is a software for you to communicate others in the world in a thriving online community.. more>>
iSpQ VideoChat 8.0.181 is a software for you to communicate others in the world in a thriving online community. It is compatible with virtually every webcam and network configuration, iSpQ (pronounced Eye-Speak) VideoChat makes meeting someone new or staying in touch as easy as typing. Unmatched video resolution and clarity make iSpQ a great value for all broadband internet users.
Version 8.0.182 includes a new video and voice engine that sets a new level of quality video chat applications. A new detailed directory view enables easy access to member profiles. Interest groups allow an endless number of user created communities and ease meeting others of similar interests.
Enhancements: supports Leopard.
License:Shareware

Sidekick 1.4.1
Sidekick is a menu bar item for AppleWorks 6. Features include: Create a new document without first starting AppleWorks 6 Easily access your most recent documents Use Mac OS X 10.4s Dictionary and more>> Sidekick is a menu bar item for AppleWorks 6.
Features include:
- Create a new document without first starting AppleWorks 6
- Easily access your most recent documents
- Use Mac OS X 10.4s Dictionary and Thesaurus program with AppleWorks 6
- Access Mac OS X Services including Spotlight, Speak Text and Summarize
- Search Google, online dictionaries or an online thesaurus from a word processing document
- Easily access your ten most recently used AppleWorks 6 documents
- Start Classic version of AppleWorks 6 (if installed)
- Find AppleWorks tips and help by opening popular Apple and third-party web sites
- Quickly launch companion applications including Pages, Keynote, Address Book or Calculator
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, AppleWorks 6.2.4 or later.
Version 1.4.1:
- Start Numbers program (part of iWork 08) from Sidekick menu
- Update Web Sites menu to remove some defunct AppleWorks sites
NewsHawker 1.0.0f0
NewsHawker - reads you your news so you can focus on other tasks more>>
Do you want to read just the headlines of the news items? No problem. Just the bodies? Sure. Read the bodies of some items as their headlines are being read? Certainly.
Open certain items in your browser if they sound interesting? Of course.
NewsHawker has a single window that can be used to control all of its functionality. In addition, NewsHawker can be controlled via the keyboard, AppleScript, or the Apple Remote.
Prior to being registered, NewsHawker functions as a fully-functional trial for 25 days with a one-time 5-day extension.
Version restrictions:
- fully-functional trial for 25 days with a one-time 5-day extension
NewsHawker extends the functionality of NetNewsWire to speak the news items in NetNewsWire. NewsHawker is configurable. Do you want to read just the headlines of the news items? No problemLicense:Demo
SnapTalk 5.0.3
SnapTalk - Instantly chat with anyone in your office more>>
SnapTalk finds all the other users on your network and puts them in a list for you to choose from. A SnapTalk pop-up window notifies you of incoming talk requests.
You can also set SnapTalk to speak incoming messages aloud! If you are busy or their message can be answered with a simple Yes, No or Thanks, you can snap them off an auto-reply with a single button-click and get right back to work!
SnapTalk 5 will not communicate with previous versions of SnapTalk. You may have both SnapTalk 5 and SnapTalk 4 installed on your computer, however, you can only run one version at a time.
SnapTalk is designed to run with at most one computer volunteered as SnapTalk server. The only exception to this is when multiple networks are connected via the Internet without a VPN.
Enhancements:
- All-Admin tools now successfully send settings

Smore 1.1
Shared anonymous chat client for Campfire. more>>
Smore enables a shared anonymous user for your Campfire chat rooms. This lets members of your team speak up when they otherwise might feel uncomfortable about doing so. Use it for:
- Teambuilding
- Improving feedback
- Facilitating intra-team communication
- Fun!
SimpleText Enhancer 4.0
SimpleText Enhancer adds both a substantial list of new features and aTool Bar to SimpleText more>>
SimpleText Enhancer adds both a substantial list of new features and a Tool Bar to SimpleText while making SimpleText even easier to use. In fact, some of the features included with SimpleText Enhancer arent even available in many word processors and text editors.
SimpleText Enhancer includes a File Converter Utility. By simply dragging a ReadMe file onto the converter, you can convert a read-only file into editable text.
You may also use the File Converter to create your own ReadMe files.
Main features:
- You can set your own keyboard shortcut for printing one copy of a file, completely bypassing the need to use your Mouse and/or to navigate a Print Dialog box.
- Additional text styles may be selected from the SimpleText Enhancer Tool Bars.
- SimpleText Enhancers Tool Bars let you quickly move up or down through your document, one page at a time.
- SimpleText Enhancers Tool Bars include a button for quickly either viewing or hiding the contents of the Clipboard.
- SimpleText Enhancer allows you to instantly capitalize the first letter of each word in a text selection.
- SimpleText Enhancer allows you to quickly double space any lines that end with a single return character.
- SimpleText Enhancer will count the words in either a text selection or in the entire document.
- SimpleText Enhancer will count the characters in either a text selection or in the entire document.
- Both SimpleText Enhancer Tool Bars now contain two glossaries that you can customize.
- SimpleText Enhancers Balloon Help has been updated and improved.
- Additional enhancements have been made to SimpleText Enhancers code.
Version restrictions:
- 10-day demonstration version.
Enhancements:
- The Auto-Position feature for the Tool Bar may now be turned off.
- When the Auto-Position feature is turned off, a Drag button automatically appears.
- The Main Tool Bar has been redesigned to take up less Desktop space -- this makes it easier to use with smaller monitors, including PowerBooks.
- The Main Tool Bar has had buttons added to it for setting additional text styles.
- Alphanumeric sorts on both Tool Bars may now be made to sort from either a lower to a higher value or from a higher to a lower value.
- A Speak button has been added that automatically speaks the selected text.
- Balloon Help has been updated and enhanced.
iSpQ VideoChat X 8.0.182
iSpQ (pronounced Eye Speak) VideoChat allows you to use your webcam to meet other people virtually more>>
With iSpQ VideoChat X you can join different rooms and talk to other people via video, voice, and chat.
Main features:
- V-mail
- Video instant messaging
- ICQ compatibility
- Multi-person videoconferencing
- Text chat rooms
- Pal lists
- Directories
- User profiles
Version restrictions:
- After a 21-day trial period, the iSpQ VideoChat software will only work in a limited capacity. To regain full functionality with iSpQ, you will have to purchase a key and register the software.
Enhancements:
- Changes so that quick messages will sort by date better
- Put focus on password field in login window
- Command-D refreshes directory
- Bug fix: Re-login was not resetting the selected interest.
- Bug fix: Opening the About window might cause a crash.
- Bug fix: Offline users where shown with Online status in the Profile window.
- Bug fix: The Pal list could be accidentally scrolled to the right causing user confusion.
- bug fix: video chat issue that caused no video with mismatched display name/Pal List name
iSay 1.3.1
iSay - You no longer need to type out emails when you can simply speak them, as for making notes... more>>
iSay will type what you dictate.
With email integration that is second to none and the easiest interface for this kind of program it is no wonder that iSay has a following of enthusiastic users. Based in part on very positive and constructive feedback we have released a greatly improved version of iSay.
Main features:
- Streamlined Interface
- Send voice e-mail with the click of a button.
- Store Voice Notes
- Use your voice messages in other applications.
- Import your voice messages from other programs and devices.
- Bluetooth and 3GP support.
- Hot Keys
- Send to other iSay users over a local network
- Support for the major e-mail clients.
- Compatibility with Cell Phones, Windows PCs and various other devices.
Enhancements:
- [Bug] Fixed a bug with emails not working on Windows if you have QT 7.0.2
- [Mod] The Archive list now includes little buttons for removing the recordings.
- [Mod] Updated the Report Sender to include a screenshot facility.
- [Mod] Updated the Update system
- [fr] Ability to specifiy the subject of the message.
- [fr] Can now drag the window by clicking and dragging where there isnt an item.