I didn’t expect to see it, but here it is: a freeware speech recognition software, and a good one at that. DictationPro is a full-fledged speech-to-text software that can recognize words spoken through a microphone with a high degree of accuracy. It is ‘trainable’ such as to better recognize a particular person’s voice over continued →
Instantly publish any message to a unique URL with ShortText
We’ve all heard about how blogs have given everyone a world-wide platform. Anyone who has something to say (and many who don’t) can broadcast it to the whole world. But what if you just wanted to share a message, or a few, on the fly, without starting a blog, and without making it a project? →
Manage your tasks list on your PC, iPhone, and other devices with Wunderlist
Let’s face it: not only is the internet everywhere, but computers are now in everyone’s pocket. So it doesn’t really make sense to manage your tasks and to-do’s on a desktop, because your smartphone is just oh-so convenient for accessing your tasks and information right when you actually need to. And oh so convenient for →
The best freeware virtual PDF printer: a comparison
PDF Virtual printers are a convenient way of creating PDF files. These programs can save any kind of printable document as a PDF file; all you need to do is to select ‘print’ from your favorite program, then select the virtual PDF printer and get a PDF file. There are many excellent free virtual printers. →
Introducing my new blog: MoneyConfidence.com
My friend Imad and I recently created “MoneyConfidence”, a site whose mission is to provide smart and thoughtful advice about managing money. It is still in it’s infancy but already contains a not-insignificant amount of content. We hope it will grow much larger and that we can provide a brand of thoughtful/useful content that will →
Resophnotes: take notes quickly on your desktop, then access them in the cloud on other devices or computers
Resophnotes is a free note taking software that syncs with the “SimpleNote” cloud-based note taking service. This means that your notes from Reshopnotes can be accessed from multiple computers and devices (including the iPhone via this free app). Resophnotes can also be used portably from a USB drive. This software is designed for simple, quick →
OfficeTabs: add tabs to Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
OfficeTabs adds tabs to MS Office applications Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, allowing for tabbed navigation across several open documents in the manner familiarized by Firefox or Chrome, etc (see screenshot above) The free version allows for personal, non commercial use, and provides a number of options such as the ability to place tabs on top, →
iPrint: the best FinePrint freeware alternative, prints 2 or 4 pages on a single sheet of paper
Do you ever wish you could save paper by printing two (or even four) pages of a document on a single sheet of paper? Or perhaps the document you are printing contains a lot of pages that you don’t really want or need; wouldn’t be great if you could exclude these from being printed in →
Depeche View: search multiple text files simultaneously
Depeche View is a free program that can search and edit multiple text files simultaneously. It allows users to jump to instances of a search string that may exist across a number of different files, provided they are placed in the same folder. It will search all text files in a folder, including log files, →
Gimposition: print your PDF documents and ebooks 2 pages per sheet of paper, or in booklet or book format, etc.
Have you ever wished you could print a PDF ebook or document in booklet form, to make it look more like an actual book or booklet? Or perhaps you wanted to print 2 pages per sheet to save paper, or maybe some other similar configuration. This is exactly what Gimposition can do. This free software →
TIPP10: become an expert touch typist with this free typing tutor app
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to touch-type then you’re in luck; TIPP10 is a free typing tutor software for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It offers a complete set of lessons that can transform you from a beginner to an expert touch typist. TIPP10 supports the English and German languages (as of this writing), →
TaskUnifier: a feature-rich task management program and Toodledo desktop client
TaskUnifier is a free, feature-rich desktop-based task management software that syncs with cloud-based online task management service Toodledo, allowing you to manage your to-do and task lists on multiple devices and smartphones (including iPhone), or multiple computers. The feature-rich program supports the GTD methodology (GTD, which stands for “getting things done”, is a popular method →
