SpeakIt converts website text into speech

Speakit is a google chrome extension to converts text into speech so you no longer need to read.SpeakIt reads selected text using Google Network TTS (Text-to-Speech) with language auto-detection. It supports all languages supported by Google and have ability to add new TTS engines.

How to use speakit
1.Select the text you want it to read.
2.Then click the icon to start listening.
3.When it is ready to read, the number of sentences is shown on the icon.
4.To stop listening at any time click pause
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MegaGlest – open source 3D real-time strategy

MegaGlest is a free and open source 3D real-time strategy (RTS) game, where you control the armies of one of seven different factions: Tech, Magic, Egyptians, Indians, Norsemen, Persian or Romans. The game is setup in one of 16 naturally looking settings, which -like the unit models- are crafted with great appreciation for detail.

It is available for Linux,Windows,Mac OS X and FreeBSD. Up to eight players fight in multi-player (over Internet or LAN)
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Autodesk 123D – free 3D CAD software

123D is free 3D CAD software to help you quickly give shape to your idea, explore it, and most importantly, make it. Design precise and makeable objects using smart tools that let you start with simple shapes and then edit and then tweak them into more complex designs.

System requirements:

Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Vista® (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition (SP3), or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2), Windows Server 2008.
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 or later with 2 GHz or faster processor; or compatible
1+ GB RAM (512 MB minimum)
1.5+ GB free disk space (for installation)
Direct3D® 9 or 10 graphics support with 64+ MB
Internet connection
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MultiBootUSB

MultiBootUSB is a software which allows user to install multiple Live Linux Distros in to a single USB drive / Pendrive / Flash drive and able to boot from it. It is available for both Linux and Windows.

Main Features:

Need not have to select from dropdown list.
Simple user interface.
Installed distro can be deleted whenever required.
Try to keep the USB drive clean.
Test USB with out reboot (using QEMU)
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VSO Downloader – Free Video Downloader

VSO Downloader is a free video downloader for Download audio and video streaming from more than thousand sites.

Main features:

Automatically detects and downloads media (audio + video) files with any browser.
detects ads and does not download them.
smart automated file renamer is integrated.
Download accelerator engine.
Download the files in mulitple parts creating 1 complete quality file.
Support HTTP, HTTPS protocols
Microsoft Smooth Streaming, FLV, WMV, ASF, MP3, MP4, SWF.
Resume downloads.
It works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and more.
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Task Coach – todo manager

Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to keep track of personal tasks and todo lists. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and iPhone and iPod Touch.

Main features:

Creating, editing, and deleting tasks and subtasks.
Tasks have a subject, description, priority, start date, due date, a completion date and an optional reminder.
Tasks can recur on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
Tasks can be created by dragging an e-mail message from a mail user agent (Outlook, Thunderbird, Claws Mail, Apple Mail) onto a task viewer.
Attachments can be added to tasks, notes, and categories by dragging and dropping files, e-mail messages, or URL’s onto a task, note or category.
Tracking time spent on tasks.
The Task Coach file format (.tsk) is XML.
Tasks, notes, effort, and categories can be exported to HTML and CSV (Comma separated format).
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RJ TextEd – source and text editor

RJ TextEd is a text and source editor with Unicode support.

Main features:

spell checking
e-mail support
advanced search with regular expressions
Auto completion
Code folding
Column mode
Multi edit and multi select
Advanced sorting
Handles both ASCII and binary files
CSS and HTML wizards.
CSS and HTML preview using internal IE, Firefox 4 and Chrome browsers
FTP and SFTP client with synchronization

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Awesome Password Generator

Awesome Password Generator is a common passwords or Wi-Fi (WPA) passphrases  generation tool.

Main features:

general purpose passwords for e-mail, online accounts and any desktop applications.
Wi-Fi (WPA) passphrases for your wireless devices.
Easy-to-type passwords
Passwords without confusing characters like 0 (zero) and O (oh);
GUI single/bulk password/wi-fi passphrase generation
Copy to clipboard automatically and Clear clipboard on exit options
Command line builder
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FreeSmith Video Player

Main features:

Supported audio and video formats: 3G2, 3GP, 0223, AMV, ASF, AVI, AVS, DAT, DIVX, DV, DVR, DVR-MS, F4V, FLV, IVR, M1V, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV, MTS, OGM, QT, RM, RMVB, SMV, SWF, TOD, TP, TS, VOB, VRO, WMV, WTV
Plat bluray and DVD
No Extra Codec Needed
Screen capture
customize saturation, contrast, and brightness, sharpen and rotate video
adjust audio/subtitle synchronization and add subtitle
set the playback speed, make full use of playlist.
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