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Posts Tagged ‘freeware’

Toast Your Screen

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ScreenToaster is a great, free online tool. A web-based recorder, it captures screen activity in real-time so you can quickly and easily create tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more.

AlternativeTo, an Index for Free Software

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AlternativeTo is a user-rated database of free substitutes for expensive software. Search for a program, like Adobe Photoshop, and choose between dozens of different options.

DocMorph from the National Library of Medicine

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DocMorph is a free conversion tools that can convert more than 50 different types of files into different formats. With the online version, a user can convert individual files into PDF, TIFF, or text. MyMorph software, which you can download to your desktop, also allows one to migrate many files simultaneously.

GeoCommons

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GeoCommons is a free, web-based service that allows you to create, customize and share interactive maps using your own data. Upload KML files, spreadsheets or utilize the vast amount of datasets already available on the website.  The service is easy to use for anyone unfamiliar with more complicated mapping techniques.

Timetoast Timelines

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Create your own histories or chart the growth of a project using Timetoast, a free web-based software that generates interactive timelines that include pictures, links, descriptions, and comments. Users have already created timelines charting the the growth of the NASA space program, basketball sneaker technology, and the evolution of television.

Transform Scanned Images into Searchable Text

OCR Terminal is a free, web-based optical character recognition service. Transform PDF and JPG, TIFF, GIF, and BMP files and into editable text documents without downloading any software.

SUMO Paint

SUMO Paint, a portable software with social networking features, allows you to paint and edit images within your browser. It has many of the same capabilities as Photoshop, including layers and filters, but doesn’t cost you a single cent.

Zamzar

Zamzar transforms text to HTML, JPGs to PDFs and MP3s to WAV files, then will email you the results free of charge. Its name refers to Gregor Samsa and his shape-shifting ability.

IrfanView

IrfanView is freeware for Windows that lets you edit and optimize your images, print contact sheets, and create slide shows.