Tools

Online Screen Reader for Browsing Websites – Web Anywhere

Online Screen Reader for Browsing Websites – Web Anywhere
WebAnywhere provides access to the web from any machine with a modern web browser and some way to play audio. It is useful for web developers who would like to check their pages for accessibility and for blind web users using a computer where no other screen reader is available.

Edit Google Maps Like a Wiki; Add Roads, Schools, Buildings, etc.

Edit Google Maps Like a Wiki; Add Roads, Schools, Buildings, etc.
Google is using the very successful “anyone can edit” model of Wikipedia to improve the quality of information available on Google Maps.   They have launched Google Map Maker for you to add new roads, temples, railway lines, parks, hospitals, movie halls, shops and even mountains that exist in your area but are missing on the Google Maps website.

Quickly Analyze Long Pieces of Text with Tag Clouds

Quickly Analyze Long Pieces of Text with Tag Clouds
Wordle is the best tag cloud generators on the web. It even lets you change fonts, color schemes and text orientation. With Wordle, you can either create a tag cloud using any del.icio.us user name or copy-paste any block of text of unlimited length.

Can You Depend on Online Storage Services That Are Free ?

Can You Depend on Online Storage Services That Are Free ?
When DivShare launched in 2007, they offered unlimited storage space and would accept files as large as 200 MB. You could even hotlink to images hosted on Divshare from your own blog / website and thus save bandwidth bills.

Determine The Shortest Path Between Two Wikipedia Articles

Determine The Shortest Path Between Two Wikipedia Articles
The shortest path between two Wikipedia articles is defined as the minimum number of clicks required to move from one article to another. This can be used to discover connections between topics that are completely unrelated.

Improve Your Note-Taking Skills with Listen and Write

Improve Your Note-Taking Skills with Listen and Write
Listen and Write is an interesting online application where you listen to audio clips on the web and type the spoken words at the same time. The audio clips are syndicated from a news website and are always about current events.