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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
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
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.
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.
Chess Board Capture
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.
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.