Admit it: you probably have accumulated an impressive collection of websites and pages that you have collected in your browser—yet have no idea when you added them or possibly even why. You would like to eventually share them with others, but they are not organized in a manner that makes their distribution easy.

We were challenged to come up with low-cost alternatives to commercial office suite products that could accomplish the same (or similar) tasks. In order to highlight free tools whenever possible, we wanted to present a sample of what is available in the land of freeware. This is not intended to be a comprehensive listing, but a starting point for further exploration. Please be sure to read notices on the individual product pages for important user information, bug reports, and warnings. NPTalk cannot assume responsibility for any use of the products listed below.

The World Wide Web, despite its potential to bridge cultural gaps, is still predominately a medium for the English language. Currently, it is estimated that some 87 percent of documents on the Internet are written in English. According to Global Reach, a marketing communications consultancy that develops international access for websites, English speakers make up slightly more than 51.3% of the world’s online population though they only represent 32% of the world’s total economy. Additionally, some 32 million Americans speak a non-English primary language.