This program is useful for quickly resizing and cropping JPEG pictures.  It can also be used to adjust the quality setting of a picture to reduce disk space usage.  It requires windows XP or later and also requires the Microsoft .net framework 2.0, which can be installed from the Microsoft web site if necessary.

Intended as an aid for the visually impaired, this program uses the Microsoft text-to-speech capability to speak any text that is in the clipboard. When set up with a hotkey to run it, the user can simply select the text to be read, press control-C and then the hotkey. This is very handy for people who can see where the text is but can not read it without difficulty.