[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[JULIE PHILLIPSON]

Tracy this sounds neat, but I still have my original stream and I have never 
had a problem with it.  I like the updates they have given it but some of 
those I think could have just been in a software update like just 
incorporate the soft pack into the standard update so it could play mp3 
content and simly have one of the keys have a new function of the clock.  I 
like that it is smaller but not enough to go buy another one.  Thanks for 
the review though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 1:21 PM
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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Julie Phillipson