[access-uk] Fwd: Release of English version of COBRA 10 TODAY !
- From: Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:16:08 +0200
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From: "van Weele, Niels" <N.vanWeele@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:50:01 +0100
Subject: Release of English version of COBRA 10 TODAY !
To: COBRAINT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear COBRA Users and Friends,
We are proud to inform you that the English version of COBRA 10 has been
released
today. Please read further below about all changes and new features.
COBRA 10.0 is a free update for all registered users that currently have a
license for
COBRA 9.0 or 9.1.
Without license it will work for 30 minutes as demo version. After this time
you will
have to reboot your computer to let COBRA run for another 30 minutes. The new
NUANCE Vocalizer High Quality voices will function only for the first 30 days
after
the first installation of COBRA 10, if you have no valid COBRA-license.
If you already have a valid COBRA-license, it will be a valid update to the
existing
version.
Please install COBRA 10 on top of an existing COBRA 9.0 or 9.1 and DO NOT
uninstall your existing COBRA version first. This way your settings will
remain stored
from previous COBRA versions; only the settings for the speech output (voice,
rate,
pitch, etc.) have to be renewed.
Warning!
If you are using COBRA at, for example, your workplace for specific software
applications and if you are using special COBRA-scripts for these
applications, please
contact your local BAUM-Distributor or BAUM directly prior to downloading and
installing
an update to COBRA 10. This way it can be checked in advance if the special
COBRA-scripts need to be modified for using COBRA 10.
If you already run a COBRA 9.1 or higher on your computer, you open COBRA
menu, by
double pressing left shift key rapidly, go to "Help" and select "Search for
updates". This
way, you will be taken to the download-page automatically. You can also
download the
install program from our web page at:
http://www.baum.de/cms/en/cobra10/
New in COBRA 10.0
* New small and easy setup
- COBRA 10 can be installed with a running screen reader. In
the past it was not
possible to install COBRA with a screen reader running. Now you can use your
screen
reader to install COBRA 10.0. Supported screen readers with which you can do
this are
COBRA, BLINDOWS, VIRGO, Jaws, Window Eyes and NVDA. If none of these screen
readers are running, the setup will start the COBRA Install Reader that will
guide you
through the setup with speech output.
- Only the license agreement will be shown.
- All other settings will be made in Firstrun Wizard after the
installation of COBRA
has finished.
* Firstrun Wizard
- After the reboot following the installation, a Firstrun
Wizard will help you to
configure your personal COBRA. The Firstrun Wizard will only be shown once
for the
users that start COBRA. If you wish to open it again in a later stage, please
open the
COBRA menu and go to "File" , "Firstrun Wizard".
* Live Updater
- It is now a commitment from us to distribute useful smaller
updates for COBRA
in shorter intervals. The new "Live Updater" will do the job reliably and
conveniently. At
every startup of COBRA, it will search for updates automatically on the BAUM
web page.
If an update is available, the user can decide if this update should be
installed or not.
Throughout the update process, COBRA will tell the user what is happening,
and tell
which update is installed. To use this functionality, a working internet
connection is
required. The user can decide if COBRA should search for updates
automatically; go to
COBRA Menu, "Extras", "Global settings". And you can search manually for
updates from
the COBRA menu by selecting "Help", "Search for updates".
* Enhanced Browser support
- Support for Internet Explorer 9 and Mozilla FireFox 16 and
17.
- It is also possible to use the 64-bit versions of these
browsers.
- Support for Google Chrome: Menus, texts, title bar and
toolbar are accessible with
COBRA 10.0 however, we do not recommend using Chrome because other web
browsers
provide a lot more functionality and convenience in browsing the internet.
* Microsoft Word
- Lines that contain graphics will no longer spoken twice.
- The group heading in the elements of the ribbon will now also
be shown in
Braille.
- Now possible to open a list of frames of a document and to
jump directly to a
specific frame from here.
- If a table is irregular or if a table is inside of a table,
COBRA 10.0 will inform you
about that.
- Flying toolbars in Word 2003 will be docked to the menu bar
automatically.
- First startup of Word is now much faster.
* Microsoft Outlook
- When continuously reading, the current position of the cursor
in the mail will be
shown in percent on the status cells of the Braille display.
- Status information for meeting requests and out of office
replies has been improved.
- If an email contains more than two attachments the list of
attachments will now be
tracked correctly.
* Microsoft Excel
- More reliable and extremely improved cell tracking
- Selecting cells will also be tracked if the selecting occurs
before the beginning or
after the end of the current screen.
- Detail mode (what to see on a Braille display) and the
announcement of cell-headings
will now be saved and restored correctly.
- When entering text into a cell without pressing F2 prior to
the first entered character,
the first character will no longer be missing in word echo.
* New items in COBRA Menu:
- In the menu "File", now "Pack settings" can be found in order
to pack your
COBRA-settings to a ZIP file. This ZIP file can for example be sent easily
via email and
restored on another computer.
- In "Extras", "Global settings" the audio channel can be
found. Now the names of the
different available audio devices can be seen and selected. With that option
the user can
decide to which soundcard the speech output should be sent.
- The separate "Braille Control Panel" is no longer required.
In COBRA Menu, "Braille",
"Braille devices", the user's Braille devices can be managed and added. The
setting for the
Braille Monitor has also been moved to this dialog.
- In "Speech", "Open Speech Download page" you can download
more Nuance Vocalizer
High Quality voices to be installed on your system. After downloading the
voice of your choice,
double-click the file to install the voice on your computer. After all voices
are installed, please
reboot your computer in order to select the voices in "Speech", "Speech
Settings".
* Windows Terminal Server and Remote Desktop (RDP):
- COBRA 10.0 can now also run on a client computer running
64-bit Windows.
- If User Account Control is activated on the client computer
COBRA can exchange data
from client to server now.
- The keys on the Braille display, the roll-bars of VarioPro,
the TASO sliders and also
keystrokes on the number pad and the COBRA key are now executed correctly in
remote
sessions.
- Panning left or right on the Braille display during a remote
session will now move the
information shown on the Braille display to the correct position.
- Problems when using cursor routing and opening the COBRA Menu
during remote
sessions are solved.
* Enhanced support for 64-bit applications:
- Microsoft Office 2010, Internet Explorer 7 and 8, and JAVA
applications in 64-bit are
now supported.
For 64-bit JAVA applications, the JAVA Access Bridge 2.0.2 is required.
- New, clear, and natural-sounding voice is integrated in COBRA
10.0
- COBRA 10.0 will have one, new, clear, and natural-sounding
Nuance Vocalizer High
Quality speech synthesizer from Nuance.
One Nuance Vocalizer Premium High Quality voice will be installed
automatically by default
during setup. More Vocalizer voices can be downloaded from the COBRA Menu,
"Speech",
"Open Speech Download page".
In addition to the standard supplied and installed language, it is possible
to download and install
a second language free of charge.
Even more languages are available for download and installation but carry
with them an extra
cost. If COBRA is running without a valid license key and so as a 30-minute
demo version, the
Nuance Vocalizer voices are only available during the first 30 days after the
first installation of
COBRA 10.0.
- The Eloquence voices are also integrated in COBRA 10 and can
be used after this
period.
* New Speech Profiles
- In COBRA 10.0 there is a completely new voice management
system with 7 speech
profiles and easy access to the speech settings. You can setup your own
profiles and change
existing ones. With one keystroke, the language or the profile can be changed
easily.
With "COBRA+number" (on a regular computer keyboard) or 0+8, Ctrl+number on
the number
pad, you can switch to the specific speech profile.
Depending on the language used, the speech profiles can be set as follows:
. For a default language where an Eloquence voice is available
(English, French, Italian,
Spanish, German, Finnish):
* 1:default language, only Eloquence is speaking
* 2: default language, only Nuance Vocalizer voice is speaking
* 3: default language, Vocalizer voice is used in multi-line
edits (word processor,
email-program) and as well for continuous reading. For all other situations,
the Eloquence voice
is used.
* 4: English
* 5: French
* 6: Italian
* 7: Spanish
. for default languages where no Eloquence is available (e.g.
Swedish, Norwegian,
Hungarian, Arabic, Hebrew):
* 1: default language, Nuance Vocalizer voice
* 2: English, only Eloquence
* 3: English, only Vocalizer
* 4: English, Vocalizer voice is used in multi-line edits and
as well for continuous reading.
For all other situations, the Eloquence voice is used.
* 5: French
* 6: Italian
* 7: Spanish
The default language is the language which has been selected in the COBRA
Menu.
Please note:
COBRA Speech Settings from older COBRA versions cannot be carried over to
COBRA 10
because the internal structure of the new settings is completely different
from the previous
settings.
* TASO
- Star commands on CeBox or TASO-Module can be added by the
user. This can
be done in COBRA Menu, "Extras", "Key Assignment" when you select
"TASO/CeBox".
- Also many new commands were added here to be available
through the number
pad of the TASO-Module and CeBox.
- When using Star actions or cursor routing clicks together
with the star key on
TASO-Module, the message: "Star command aborted", is no longer presented.
* Acoustic Progress Indicator
- As an addition to the existing acoustic hour glass, now in
COBRA 10 progress
indicators can be heard using an increasing tone that indicates every 5% step
in the progress
of an application. The tone sounds for foreground and background
applications. This way the
user knows the status of copying files, burning CD's, etc. In "Extras",
"Sounds", the user can
adjust this feature to his / her needs.
- Enhanced support for JAVA applications
- COBRA 10 has improved support for JAVA applications. We
support both 32-bit and 64-bit
JAVA Access Bridge 2.0.2 as well as the hybrid version for 32-bit and 64-bit
programs.
- UI-Automation support
- Adobe Digital Editions (program for reading E-Books)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 for programming is now
supported.
* Entirely new COBRA Explorer
COBRA Explorer is thoroughly rewritten and now enables better representation
in both refreshable
Braille and speech. Also large documents are now available much faster than
before. COBRA
Explorer is seamlessly integrated into the screen reader, and is a standard
means to handle
all HTML Texts, PDF files and E-Books. Windows Internet Explorer, Mozilla
FireFox for HTML
and also Adobe Reader for PDF files and Adobe Digital Edition for E-Books can
all be used
similarly with COBRA Explorer and without the need for additional plug-ins.
- COBRA Explorer now also presents links and headings in Adobe
Reader in case the
document provides this information.
- When changing pages in PDF files with Ctrl+Page Up and
Ctrl+Page Down,
COBRA 10.0 will show the new page directly.
- Area elements on web pages will now be recognized correctly
- COBRA Explorer can recognize layout tables and data tables.
Tables that are only used
for data presentation will be announced. Layout tables will not be announced.
- Spelling in phonetic alphabet is possible now. Using Ctrl+F9
you will obtain information
about your position in the document in a percentage value for this F.
- If "Presentation of address" is selected, it will be
presented in a separate line.
- If the browser is busy during opening, a message telling you
that can be heard.
- Further improvements:
- A user can add more commands to be executed with only one
keystroke. This can be
done in "Extras", "Key Assignment" in the sub-dialog when clicking on "New
key" or "New function"
by clicking on "Create key sequence".
- COBRA 10.0 detects reliably that programs are opened when
shutting down the
computer and that will remain active.
- Edits that are read-only will be presented as "read only" on
speech and with "R-" on
the beginning of the Braille display.
- Scripts for sound programs MP3 Direct Cut and SoundForge are
available.
- COBRA Controller detects when COBRA crashes and will
automatically restart it.
- A user can cut a rectangle from the screen into Windows
clipboard.
- Set left upper corner: 0+1, 7
- Set right lower corner: 0+1, 8
- Copy rectangle to Windows clipboard: 0+1, 9
- Show last 10 tooltips: COBRA+Ctrl+Tab is useful, e.g. when
you have missed
some messages in DropBox.
- Multi-click for cursor routing keys. In "Braille", "Braille
settings" the user will find
the checkbox to enable cursor routing-click with Ctrl and Shift. If enabled,
the following
combinations can be used:
- Shift+cursor routing: right click on this position
- Ctrl+cursor routing: move mouse to this position
- The user can adjust the frequency of cursor blinking on the
Braille display. This
can be done in COBRA Menu, "Braille", "Advanced Braille Settings".
- The roll-bar of the VarioPro Audio Module for BAUM VarioPro
64 and VarioPro 80
is now supported.
- Cursor routing keys of the VarioPro Status Module for BAUM
VarioPro 64 and
VarioPro 80 are now supported.
- A user can now switch to different cursor presentations for
the Braille display
with 0+2, Shift+number on the number pad.
- If the cursor is set with dots 7 or with dots 7 and 8
blinking, a character with
dot 7 will have dot 7 permanently set.
- Many new models of Braille displays from various brands are
now supported.
- Pronto! 18 and Pronto! 40 are now supported when connected
through USB
and when HID is enabled. It is now possible to connect Pronto! through USB
either
under Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 without any additional software.
Requirement:
Pronto! software version 3.5 must be installed on Pronto! 18 or Pronto! 40.
- Detecting of sentences while continuously reading has been
improved.
- Keyboard echo of Backspace and Delete has been improved.
First you will
hear the character and afterwards the word "Deleted".
- Keyboard echo of Space has been improved.
- WebFormator will no longer be installed automatically from
the COBRA setup.
An already installed WebFormator will not be changed. If a user wishes to
install
WebFormator on his/her computer, the install program can be found in "Start
menu",
"Programs", "BAUM Retec", "COBRA 10.0 Install WebFormator" or in
C:\Program files (x86)\BAUM Retec\COBRA\10.\Tools\WebFormator as file
WebFormator24c.exe.
- With COBRA+Ctrl+F1 or on number pad 0+Star, 9 the COBRA
version and
Windows version will be presented.
- If a button is not available (presented as grey), this is now
indicated.
- In Skype, focus tracking in dialogs "Contact request" and
"Send Files" has been
improved.
- Cursor-tracking of buttons to download files in Skype.
- Menu of the virus check-program Avast is now supported.
- In iTunes, the list of checkboxes is now presented correctly.
- The email program Mozilla Thunderbird 16 is supported
- COBRA AutoText modules can be managed in COBRA Menu,
"Extras", "Text modules".
- Problems using Windows clipboard with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are
solved.
- Lotus Notes:
- Many improvements are available when using Lotus Notes 8.5
- An incoming message will automatically be copied to the COBRA
Clipboard. So you
can easily read this with the cursor keys.
- A list of attachments is available through COBRA Quick menu
(COBRA+Q).
- A list of buttons on the toolbar is available through COBRA
Quick menu.
- The calendar is not supported. Please activate the summary
view to use this
function.
- Enhanced presentation of icons of Lotus Notes in Braille and
speech (invitation,
accept, system message, info, etc.).
Note:
Compatibility to previous COBRA versions:
Note: If you are using COBRA at, for example, your workplace for specific
software
applications and if you are using special COBRA-scripts for that, please
contact your
local BAUM-Distributor or BAUM directly prior to downloading and installing
an update to
COBRA 10. This way it can be checked in advance if the special COBRA-scripts
need to
be modified for using COBRA 10. We cannot guarantee that your existing
COBRA-scripts
are compatible to COBRA 10.
And now: Enjoy COBRA 10 !
With best regards,
Your BAUM-Team
Tel. General: +49 6223 4909-0
Fax: +49 6223 4909-397
Email: cobrasupport@xxxxxxx
Internet: www.baum.de
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