Category Archives: Basic Tools

For every day normal office use.

Ditto, tool for pasting unformatted text

Posted on 27 January 2015 by Admin

MS Windows does not have a keyboard shortcut for copy pasting text only. In the long run it can be very tedious copy-pasting process when creating presentations or writing documents. Ditto (open source) is a good alternative for this. It … Continue reading →

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Bandwidth Manager, tool for limiting bandwidth on a computer at home

Posted on 18 December 2014 by Admin

SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager is good basic tool for sharing the internet connection by limiting the bandwidth on different computers. In the example below (Lite edition), download bandwidth limit is set to 20Mb/s and upload limit is 2Mb/s. (For some reason … Continue reading →

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Balabolka and Microsoft Speech Platform, way for multilanguage TTS (text-to-speech)

Posted on 17 December 2014 by Admin

Most of the TTS tools on MS Windows support SAPI 5 (SAPI=Microsoft Speech API). In a previous blog, eSpeak and TTSReader were introduced as an alternatives for non-english languages. The good news is that the free tool called Balabolka also … Continue reading →

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Tip, creating PDF file from pictures

Posted on 6 June 2014 by Admin

Problem: How to create PDF file from a list of pictures in a folder Solution: Use IrfanView function “Create multipage PDF file” Solution Alternative: Use PDFill (was much slower) Step 1: Resize and Crop images as needed by using menu: … Continue reading →

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Android Device Manager, a way to locate your phone or tablet

Posted on 22 September 2013 by Admin

Android Device Manager is a new function in Android to be able to locate your phone. It should work for android 2.2 and up. After login to device manager https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager, one can see the latest location of the phone or … Continue reading →

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Avira Free Antivirus, Tool for basic protection

Posted on 22 September 2013 by Admin

There are several different antivirus programs on the market. One of the free alternatives is Avira . One can configure real-time scan mode (reading/writing), update frequency etc. Plus: Simple GUI No learning curve The scan mode settings might slow down … Continue reading →

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David Laserscanner with webcam & line laser, Tools for capturing 3D objects

Posted on 4 August 2013 by Admin

A tool called DAVID LASERSCANNER has a free alternative with limited options. The main limitation is that one can save captures with lower resolution only. The tool is shown below. And the setup consists of “corner with calibration picture”, line … Continue reading →

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