Text reader – text and voice vs Cobra

Side-by-side comparison of features, reviews, pricing and more

Text reader – text and voice

Category: Screen Reader
Industries: Educaton, Students, Teachers, Parents

Cobra

Category: Screen Reader
Industries: Adaptive technology

Pricing

COBRA Zoom for $649

COBRA Braille for $749

COBRA Pro for $849.

20M+ Downloads

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Most popular feedback for Text reader – text and voice

Every text I saved on the app for almost a year was somehow deleted. It was one of the most useful apps in my phone and I used to loved it, chosing the Voice acordding to the mood was just great for me (there are some bugs, but who doesn't?). But now, every article or thoughts I saved only on this app, they're just gone. I hope you can fix it for the next users. Thank you for creating this app and making it avaiable and free.

Marcos Fabrício Pouzada Pires

About Text reader – text and voice

Using text to speech technology you can listen to text easily. Benefits * Reduce screen time - give your eyes a rest. * Save battery life - listen to text when screen off. * Multitasking - While listening your eyes and hands are free for other tasks.

Most popular feedback for Cobra

I have used Baum's screen reading software (first VIRGO and then COBRA) both at home and at work for more than ten years. One of the primary reasons why I chose BAUM products was their superior support for Braille. I also appreciate COBRA's flexibility in presenting alternative screen views. My success at work depends on my ability to access detailed information quickly and thoroughly; COBRA enables me to work at least as efficiently as my sighted colleagues. COBRA works very well with networks. Other screen readers either froze on the network (causing me to lose data) or weren't usable in our applications.

Mary Beth Metzger, USA

About Cobra

COBRA simplifies working with Windows 7, Vista or Windows XP for blind and visually impaired computer users. COBRA incorporates all standard functions of a modern screen reader in an environment also guaranteed for the future. COBRA prioritizes what it does on user's requirements and outputs this important information from the computer screen into speech, Braille or as a magnified form. COBRA 9.1 is considerably faster than its predecessors. It offers a brand new and easy-to-learn, integrated tool to access the Internet. Use either Internet Explorer or Firefox for web browsing. Moreover, COBRA 9.1 fully supports Windows 7 (32 or 64-Bit) and incorporates a powerful screen magnification feature. COBRA 9.1 includes many additional features and improvements and it can work together with even more different Braille displays than before. Also, it supports Microsoft Office more reliably and more extensively. Integrated screen magnification Also available as of COBRA 9.1 is a powerful screen magnification capability with the following features: Magnification from 1x to 32x Full screen or split screen views of the computer screen Edge smoothing with automatic recognition of foreground and background colours Optical aids such as highlighting of the cursor and focusing on borders and mouse pointer Extra large mouse pointer that can be displayed in different colors Indicator that shows where the magnification area is in relation to the full screen Inverse display mode but also only grey-scales, single color-mode and multi-colour-mode are available Shortcuts for fast operation Windows-key+z, direct call to magnification dialogue Windows-key+page up (PgUp), magnification increases one step Windows-key+page down (PgDn), magnification decreases one step

Text reader – text and voice reviews

Best Text reading App I could find! I use voice-to-text and I know where that button and the send buttons are by muscle memory. But, I couldn't/wouldn't read my responses. Now, all I have to do is copy the text into this app and it'll read every text for me and I still don't have to look at my phone. Don't text and drive if you have to look away from the road, even for 1 second! This is also great for those who can't read the words on the screen very well. *Not while driving!

- Trace M-K

I am able to copy and paste any text to the app and it reads the text to me. I wanted a text reader to read aloud to me so that I can multitask. I can listen to required readings while completing other task. The app is a good tool. The only thing I wish I could do with the app at this time is to use it within any document rather than copying and pasting the text from the document to the app. Very user friendly. There are no pop up ads.

- Diane Faucette

Sometimes, I am unable to read big blocks of text due to my disability and have been trying to find a good text reader. This is the only one (so far) that is not only free, but allows me to put as much text as I need read into its text box. Obviously this app is still being worked on, so there isn't a feature for images yet, but for simple text to speech, it's pretty good. The voice is a tad hard to understand at times, but that's alright if you're just looking for something basic.

- Desireé Thatcher

Pros & cons

Cobra

Pros
Optical aids such as highlighting of the cursor and focusing on borders and mouse pointer
Extra large mouse pointer that can be displayed in different colors
Indicator that shows where the magnification area is in relation to the full screen

Cons
Supports Windows Only
Expensive compare to other

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Text reader – text and voice vs Cobra