[access-uk] Re: Cobra
- From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:29:23 +0100
If I had a spare machine I might look lol!
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
chris hallsworth
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:52 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobra
Fair enough, I understand. We are at version 9.0 now, and new features
include full magnification, Cobra Explorer for viewing web pages with
Internet Explorer/Firefox, Windows 7 32 and 64 bit support, and that's
it from what I read.
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On 06/07/2010 13:04, Dave Taylor wrote:
> Well, whatever it is, I can't risk trying it again, but I did as some of
the
> features did sound very interesting!
>
>
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Of
> chris hallsworth
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:48 AM
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> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobra
>
> So maybe the driver that comes with Cobra can be buggy on some machines?
> Just a thought.
>
>
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> On 06/07/2010 7:36, Dave Taylor wrote:
>> Well I have XP and Jaws can co-exist with Window Eyes on a system, but
>> couldn't with Cobra. I've never seen anything trash everything so
>> spectacularly! Dolphin do a good job with the speech side of it, but at
>> least their products can be removed! Is it any wonder I think my Windows
>> days may be coming to an end!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> chris hallsworth
>> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 6:48 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobra
>>
>> Sure, well I had JAWS alongside Cobra when I tried it, and JAWS still
>> worked. This was on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I suppose it's all
>> down to 2000/XP and video intercept, in that software must be done in a
>> certain order so as to not mess up the video chain.
>>
>>
>> Signed by Chris Hallsworth
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>>
>> On 05/07/2010 15:24, Dave Taylor wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A couple of years ago, Pamtrad told me about this and asked me if I
> wanted
>> a
>>> job supporting it in the UK. Accordingly I tried installing it on my
>>> computer. The result was that Jaws stopped working. I removed it,
removed
>>> Jaws as the removal and even restoring hadn't worked, but still Jaws
> would
>>> not work. Video support had been majorly messed up. The only way even a
>>> computer shop could find of fixing it was to reinstall Windows from
>> scratch.
>>> I have never before or since known an install that wasn't fixed by
>> restoring
>>> the system, but this wasn't. I would be very, very careful!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>>> chris hallsworth
>>> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 9:53 AM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Cobra
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I just want to tell you about an interesting new screen reader made by
>>> German company Baum. It's called Cobra (I know, it's named after a
>>> snake, hahaha). Joking aside, it contains lots of interesting and
>>> inovative features, such as the ability to capture the screen and
>>> perform on the fly OCR. No other screen reader I know does this. You can
>>> download it, and try it as a 30 minute reboot situation from
>>> www.baum.com. What's interesting though is that although a reboot is
>>> necessary to run the 30 minute demonstraiton again, Cobra actually will
>>> still speak, but will interrupt and remind you that the demo has
>>> expired. Again no other screen reader does this.
>>> Enjoy!
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