Recommended programs list

AntiSpyware software.

Ad-aware SE Personal
Software type: freeware
Download size: 2.5 MB
Ease of learning: Very good.
Ease of use: Very good.
Accessibility with screen reader: Very good with Jaws and scripts.
AdAware Scripts Comments: This program detects and removes spyware from your computer. It is currently the most downloaded freeware program in the world. Uses an easy to use wizard interface to guide you through the scanning process. Detects and removes a large amount of spyware and AddWare from your computer. You can download the latest definitions every 2 weeks from Lavasoft to detect the very latest threats. This is software that everybody should have.

SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4.
Software type: freeware
Download size: 4.9 MB
Ease of learning: good.
Ease of use: good.
Accessibility with screen reader: Quite good with Jaws and scripts.
SpyBot Scripts
Comments: This program is similar to Ad-aware, it detects and removes spyware from your computer. Sometimes it finds spyware that Ad-aware doesn't find and vice versa. You can periodically download new spyware definitions from the spybot web site. This program is recommended.

Data recovery.

Tech-Pro GetBack 1.3 Software type: Shareware.
Price: $19.95.
Shareware restrictions: 30 day time limit.
Download size: 550k.
Ease of learning: Excellent.
Ease of use: Excellent.
Accessibility with screen reader: Very good with JAWS and scripts.
GetBack scripts
Comments: This program provides continuous data backup for the folders you specify. You can retrieve versions of files up to weeks in the past. Takes care of the things that Windows System Restore doesn't handle. Easy on computer resources.

File Utilities

FTP Explorer 1.0 Software type: Shareware.
Price: $35.
Shareware restrictions: Current version 30 day time limit.
Download size: 4.3 MB.
Ease of learning: good.
Ease of use: very good.
Accessibility with screen reader: very good with Jaws and scripts.
:FTP Explorer Scripts.
Comments: This program is an FTP client used to download and upload files from your computer to a remote computer, for example, the files that you use to build your web site. It is similar to Windows Explorer. After you connect to a remote computer, the folders on the remote computer are displayed in a tree view on the left side of the screen, and the files in the selected folder are displayed on the right side of the screen. This is a good, accessible program.

HTML development

Arachnophilia 5.2 Software type: Freeware.
Download size: 1.7 MB.
Restrictions: Must have latest JAVA runtime files and configure them. This version developed for cross platform compatibility.
Or you can direct download this earlier Windows version:
Arachnophilia 4.0
which I use, and is still very good.
Download size: 1.6 MB.
ease of learning: good, assuming that you know some HTML.
Ease of use: very good.
Accessibility with screen reader: very good with JAWS.
Comments: This is an HTML editor which helps you to create web pages for your own web site. You type in the title of your web page and the outline of head and body tags is automatically created for you. You then insert your HTML code wherever you want. You can launch your web page in your browser at any time by pressing control+p to find out exactly how your text, images and sound will appear on the Internet. You can learn HTML as you go along.

Utilities

Inno Setup 5.1
Software type: freeware.
Download size: 1.1 MB.
Ease of learning: somewhat challenging.
Ease of use: good.
Screen reader accessibility: very good with JAWS.
Comments: An installation program that allows you to create self extracting .exe files that will install your files in the correct place on the user's computer. Based on a straightforward understandable scripting language. Takes some time to learn the basics, but creates professional looking setup packages.

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