[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[Baracco, Andrew W]

I have a VRS that I bought in 2007 when they first came out, and ist's
still working like a champ. So far, I haven't heard or read anything
that would motivate me to buy the new one. The wireless connectivity has
potential, but it is unclear when you will be able to do more than to
download updates. I might be more impressed when it does have the
capability to download content and to receive internet radio broadcasts.

Andy


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Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 10:22 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

I bought the new generation of the Victor Reader Stream, and got it the
other day.
I like it.  It's a bit smaller than the old Stream.  It's about the same
size as my N82 cell phone with the KNFB Reader on it.
The new Stream doesn't have the 2 speakers on the front; instead, the
speaker is on the top.  It is quite loud, though.
The keys look to be the same size as on the old Stream.
There is a new key between the GoTo key and the Bookmark key, which
turns on or off the wireless connection.  So far though, it seems like
the wireless can only be used to get updates from Humanware.  I'm hoping
they will build in more uses for it.  It would be nice to download
directly to the Stream from Newsline, Bookshare or NLS, I think.  And
the blurb on the Humanware website talks about using it for Internet
radio, which would be neat.  But none of that seems to be happening yet.
The new Stream can record in a variety of MP3 formats, or .wav.  It's
possible to insert a bookmark while recording, which I really like.
So far, there's no leather case for the new Stream.  I hope Executive
Products comes out with one; that thing has saved my old Stream many
times. 
There's going to be a silicon case for the new Stream.  I suppose it
will be like the silicon case for the N82.
The new Stream charges via USB port, or with a little wall charger that
can attach to a USB cable.  It looks smaller to carry around than the
old charger, and one can use any compatible USB charger  with it, too.

Anyway, I thought people might be interested to hear something about the
new machine.
Tracy


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