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All programs are for Windows 10 or later,  contain no advertising, and are free. Download them at the bottom of this page.

None of these programs collect personal information, nor do they connect to the internet without your permission.

Contact me, Fred Mellender, at fredm73@gmail.com

Miscellaneous Programs

ElizaAI

ElizaAI provides a text and speech interface to  Large Language Models. It also enables two LLM's to speak with each other. To run an LLM you will need an account on that LLM's website. See the User's Guide for details. There is also a YouTube video.

Kivy Designer

This application lets you develop a GUI (in Kivy language) for your python program. It assumes most of the definition will be in a Kivy file, not in your python code. It lets you render the result as you make changes to that file. It has various conveniences, such as inserting the code for kivy layouts and other widgets. Read the User's Guide here. Download Kivy Designer at the bottom of this website.

Kivy Designer assumes you have python 3.11 installed on your machine. It was tested under Windows 10, but should work under Linux and MacOS.

Grand Tour Flight Planner

This application lets you make flight plans for use in the latest version Microsoft's Flight Simulator. It has over 500 plans built in. It lets you follow your plane with a moving map. It has some features not found in other flight planners, and is very easy to  use.

See the YouTube video here. Read the User's Guide here. You can also download this program from here.

NeuroExperimenter

This provides an interface to the NeuroSky Mindwave headset.

See the video here.  Read the User's Guide here.

For the download, use NeuroExVx.x for black headsets. Use neuroV4.10xwh for the white headset.

Machine Learning Explorer


MLx enables you to construct and test machine learning models with little (if any) programming. It provides an interface to many statistical, plotting, and machine learning functions from well-proven (python) libraries. There is a YouTube video here. The User's Guide is here.

Chess Programs for Windows

Guess the Move

GTM lets you play over chess games; it rates your understanding of the position based on your guess for the next move. It lets you use the computer to analyze/play variations that might have been played. Various sources confirm this is the best way to improve your chess game.

See the video here.  Read the User's Guide here

Chess Speak

Chess Speak allows you to play against the computer using only speech input and audio output (you can also use the mouse and keyboard). This allows you to set up a board and pieces out of reach/sight of the computer. You can also play blindfold chess with the program. An alternate interface can be chosen for the blind community.

See the video here. Read the User's Guide here.

Chess Board Capture

You can overlay a reticle on a webpage with a chessboard image and capture the position. A FEN is generated that lets you paste the position into an engine so you can solve the puzzle. The program learns the website after a few captures.

See the video here.  Read the User's Guide here.

YATT -- Yet Another Tactics Trainer

This program contains over 5000 chess puzzles. It uses spaced repetition to repeat puzzles you have missed. It scores your solution and has a chess engine to show you the solution.

See the video here.  Read the User's Guide here.

Chess Club Kit

I help to run a kids' chess club and developed software to help. It includes a Ladder and Tournament Manager. 

Read the doc-set here.

Installation instructions are here.

Donations

If you have found this software useful and wish to make a donation: thank you. While the thought is fresh in your mind, please make a contribution to your favorite charity. That would please me greatly.

Downloads

To download a file, click on the 'down arrow' to the left of the file name. Then, click on the 'down arrow' in the upper-right of the pop-up window.

Once you download the file, unzip it to a folder of your choice, but NOT C:/Program Files (probably, you do not have write permissions there).

These programs do not update the registry. To uninstall, just delete the folder you unzipped to.