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GPLMultilanguage portable screen reader

Submitted by alanbcohen on October 11, 2007 - 11:55am

I found this while looking through the fora at the portable freeware site and thought I'd bring it to your attention. It is not a request to put it in PAF format. But some of you may know someone who could benefit from it.

This is an application that reads and pronounces the content of a computer screen in a number of languages. It is primarily of benefit to the visually impaired.

There are both installed and portable versions available on the site.

http://www.nvda-project.org/

"Development Test Release" Splash Screen

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 11, 2007 - 12:50am

I've posted a proposed "Development Test Release" splash screen for comments. The idea is that this splash will be used for early alpha and beta packages of apps before we get to the "Pre-Release" phase, during which it will have its own custom splash. It's a greyscale version of a standard splash... of the new standard splashes that you'll start to see on apps tomorrow, anyway.

Development Test Release Splash Screen

Current Application Development

Submitted by Patrick Patience on October 10, 2007 - 7:21pm
To make things easier, I thought I'd make a chart of portable applications in development, who the developer is, what stage it's in, etc. So, I'll add to this list over time, and you can let me know what you're doing to. But since PortableApps.com is really planning to open to outside developers and make things easier for them, I thought this would stop multiple application efforts at once. Maybe John has an idea like this soon, but this will get us started on it.

flash drive life

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Submitted by powerjuce on October 10, 2007 - 4:46pm

I am not sure if this is the correct forum so if it is not please in form me

All flash drives a certain life expectancy the more you use them the more wear and tear.

My question is how much wear and tear does running portableapps cause to your flash drive?
thanks

Beta download page

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Submitted by tgrantt on October 10, 2007 - 4:18pm

Would it be possible (or a good idea) to have a place that list all beta-test software for download? I am aware of the potential dangers, and realize that it must be compartmentalized from regular releases. The issue is that searching the beta forum for programs that I might be interested in is time consuming and not effective. I guess I thought that something like the theory behind the AMO sandbox (although maybe not the practice) might be appropriate. Ideas? (Braces for onslaught.)

portable apps and privacy

Submitted by jps on October 10, 2007 - 3:14pm

It`s not a secret that you can un-delete files very effective with special programs for that unless you used secure deletion.

Let`s assmue you travel with your usb stick or usb harddrive. You trust the admin not to have installed keyloggers or something similar on purpose.

Now if starting apps from your usb device which was not portable by default but have been ported to portable by a launcher (like portableapps.com is doing so).

patch 1.0 to 1.0.1 installation

Submitted by thenemesis on October 10, 2007 - 1:13pm

i think this is the third time i have asked this question; sorry if you have read this before. i have installed the patch, and have noticed that the excutable located in the root directory still has a version of 1.0. if i access the program will i be taking advantage of the patch or do i need to copy the excutable from H:\PortableApps\PortableAppsMenu and paste it in the root directory to take advantage of the patch.

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