Browsers

Internet Explorer - Windows
Web browser for Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP). Free to download.

Internet Explorer - Macintosh
Web browser for Macintosh (OS 8.1 to 9.x and OS X ). Free to download.

Netscape
Web browser for Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP), Macintosh (OS 8.6, 8.6.1, 9.x and OS X), and Linux (Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 with X11 R6). Free to download.

Netscape version 6.2 or higher is strongly recommended. Version 4.x has only minimal support for Cascading Style Sheets.

Mozilla
Web browser with the best web standards compliance available. For Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP), Macintosh (OS 8.5 to 9.x and OS X), and Linux (x86). Free to download.

Helper Applications

Adobe Acrobat Reader
View PDF files on Windows, Macintosh, and a variety of other operating systems and portable devices. Free to download.

Flash Player
View animations, interactive menu systems, presentations and multimedia on Windows, Macintosh, and a variety of other platforms/browser combinations. Free to download.

RealOne Player
Listen to audio and view video on Windows, Macintosh, and Unix/Linux. Free to download.

QuickTime Player
View video on Windows and Macintosh. Basic QuickTime Player now supports QuickTime VR as well. Free to download.

Shockwave Player
View streaming multimedia on Windows and Macintosh. Free to download.

Adaptive/Assistive Technologies

Window-Eyes
Screen reader software for Windows (95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP). Supports multiple users, over 50 speech synthesizers, over 40 Braille displays, PDF documents, Macromedia Flash, and much more. Download trial version.

JAWS for Windows
Screen reader software with speech and braille output for Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP). Download trial version.

IBM Home Page Reader
Web browser for Windows (98, ME, 2000, XP) with text-to-speech synthesizer. Download trial version.

pwWebSpeak
pwWebSpeak is an web browser designed for users who wish to access the Internet in a non-visual or combined auditory and visual way. This includes blind or partially sighted users, people with dyslexia or learning difficulties, and users who are learning new languages. Download trial version.

MAGic
Screen magnification package for Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP). Download trial version.

inLARGE
Screen magnification package for Macintosh (OS 6.0.5 to OS 9). Download trial version.

Zoom Text
Screen magnification package for Windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP). Download trial version.

Adaptive and Assistive Technologies and Accessible Web Site Design
Resources and links prepared by Boston University's Office of Disability Services.

ATIC Lab
A wealth of additional information on adaptive technologies, prepared at MIT. Includes alternative keyboards and pointing devices, keyboard remapping, mouse clicking software, voice recognition software, and other language and accessibility tools and resources.