Access Apps

...free solutions to support writing, reading and planning and overcome sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.

...that can be run from a flash drive on any Windows computer!

• Download a pre-bundled set of applications or a customized set to meet your needs

• More than 60 applications to choose from

• Externsive documentation, including videos, to help you get your flash drive set up

• Access Apps is part of EduApps, which offers other collections of portable apps for learners and their teachers 

Freedom Stick from MITS is Americanized version of AccessApps 

Some of the available applications:

(Link is to full versions of the software, not the portable version)

• OpenOffice -- complete office suite
• Sunbird -- calendar/daytimer from Mozilla
• XMind -- Mind Mapping
• AMIS -- Daisy Reader
• DSpeech -- text-to-speech
• PowerReader -- text reader and learning tool 'for the dyslexic'
• PowerTalk -- PowerPoint reader
• TheSage Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Virtual Magnifying Glass
• VuBar -- read text one line at a time
• Firefox -- Web Browser, with accessibility options

Tutorials for using AccessApps (and MyStudyBar) Programs (in video and text format) 

Overview of AccessApps