Hi Carol and all:
I haven't tried it for myself so I might have completely the wrong end of
the stick but the way I read it, if you tell talks that you are using a
Braille display then it will transmit information about what is on the
phone
screen via bluetooth. The cobra screenreader is actually pairing your
computer with the phone rather than a Braille display and so it can
display
your phone interface on your PC. If you have a Braille display connected
to
your PC, then you can red the contents of the pc screen in the same way
that
you can in any application and this includes the pc display of your phone
interface.
In short, kobra is taking advantage of the fact that talks lets you
control
your phone from an external device, usually a Braille display, but in
this
case using you PC instead.
Adrian Higginbotham
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-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
Sent: 29 October 2010 14:09
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Talks and Cobra
Yeah, but you're not telling me anything, Chris ...
Have you tried it?
What have you done?
Have you seen a list of which braille displays are supported?
How does it work with PC and Talks? This I don't understand!
Please tell us more.
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---- Original Message ----
From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:56 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Talks and Cobra
Well you would naturally need a braille display Carol!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:46 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Talks and Cobra
So you buy Cobra but can use the braille part free,
presumably only if you're using Cobra then? Have you
got it working yet Chris? How do you work it with your
PC?
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---- Original Message ----
From: "chris hallsworth" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:52 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Talks and Cobra
Hi all.
I want to tell you about a PC-based screen reader called
Cobra and how it can work with your Talks compatible
mobile phone. One of the many powerful and unique
features of Cobra is
a mobile phone monitor. This feature not only displays
the output of your phone, but also allows you to use it
right from your PC keyboard. Here is how you would set
this all up: 1. Download and Install Cobra, which you
can try for free from www.baum.de/cms/en/cobra/.
2. Download and Install Talks Braille Interface (TBI),
which you can use for free from
www.baum.de/cms/en/support/. 3. Make sure your PC
supports bluetooth. Set up the
adaptor so you have an incoming serial port. The Windows
"Standard Bluetooth over Serial Link" driver will work
just fine. Pair the PC with the phone. 4. In Cobra,
press the Cobra key, which is the caps lock
key by default, hold it, and press the letter m. This
will display the mobile phone monitor. Select your
bluetooth serial port in the list and press enter. 5.
Now, on the phone, use the Talks command to change the
Braille output from none to "Talks Braille Interface".
This is Talks long end. 6. Select the name of your PC
in the list of bluetooth
devices, and Talks should say, "Talks Braille Interface
loaded". From this point on, the PC monitor will
display what is
on the phone's screen, which in turn sends it to Cobra's
speech synthesizer/Braille display for output. You will
also be able to control the phone directly using the PC
keyboard, including sending of text messages and
amending
calendar appointments. If you have any problems or
further queries with this or
anything to do with Cobra, please ask on or off list.
Many thanks. I hope you found this useful.
Take care.
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