Last updated on 23 October 2026
This page hosts the installers for tools I have created or adapted which are freely and openly shared. Each installer (Windows only at present) has a thoroughly tested installer which also includes a proper uninstaller tool. This ensures there is a clean removal of the software.
Anyone wanting to use these tools on another operating system will need to rely on the source files; this may require an installation of the requisite programming language, probably Python.
Source files are provided both in the installation and in links below, so contributions to the code base can be tested even if people do not have a GitHub account. These are Python scripts unless otherwise specified.
All software uses the GPL3 licence, unless otherwise specified.
AME was found on GitHub and updated by Jonathan; credit is due to its
originator chigkim; maybe one day, we’ll get a proper
credit for this person.
This improved version makes use of Pandoc for exporting markdown content to HTML, and importing from supported file types. A link to the installer is in the last section on this page. AME runs without Pandoc, but only then with the functionality provided by its original author.
Download Python script (for developers)
Issues should be lodged on the AME GitHub page
WriteR was started way back in 2015 when it was obvious that blind people needed a way to edit and process their R markdown files because RStudio is not accessible. Spin-off projects for editing related files are found in subsequent sections of this page. These apps share a significant proportion of their code base, so source code is bundled together for WriteR and its spin off projects.
WriteR will process R markdown (Rmd) and plain markdown (md) files, but is primarily aimed at turning Rmd into HTML. Other output file types are possible but if you want a pdf, then additional software is required.
A simplification of WriteR which is designed to handle R scripts. Any
lines within the R script which are not valid R commands should be
commented out using a single # sign; lines which start with
#' are turned into paragraphs.
Download the ScriptR installer
Editors for writing markdown without being able to execute code are commonly available; any text editor will do. The advantage this editor presents is that it suits documents which will include mathematical content.
This cut back version of WriteR could be used as a bridge from AME to more sophisticated markdown document creation, especially if mathematical content is included in the document.
Download the mdWriter installer
Quarto runs inside the not-fully-accessible RStudio IDE or using command line commands. QuartoWriter allows a blind user a single app for editing and processing Quarto markdown files. Quarto integrates both R and Python code blocks as well as Mermaid code for some other graphics such as flow charts.
Download the QuartoWriter installer
All of the extra tools required by Jonathan’s software offerings are totally free. The following links are primarily for users of the Windows operating system. Other users will need to work out the installation for themselves until such time as experts in those operating systems lend a hand.
You can obtain Pandoc using a (Windows) command line
winget install pandoc (best done as an administrator), or a
download from the Pandoc
installation page.
You can obtain R using a (Windows) command line
winget install rproject.r (best done as an administrator),
or via a direct link to a Windows
installation file.
You can obtain Quarto using a (Windows) command line
winget install quarto (best done as an administrator), or
an installer found at the Quarto homepage.