[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[Kendra Schaber]

I am very happy with the iphone! I also have a Book Port Plus that I got a 
couple of years ago for work. Now, my phone does mostly what the Book Port 
Plus does. The only thing that I can't wait to see happen is to have the NLS 
come out with an app for BARD. The voice memmo feature is awesome! I also 
don't have to worry about getting internet connection because it comes with 
my iphone. As for taking notes, I use the voice memmo feature and the notes 
app that comes with the phone. I also have a callendar built right into the 
iphone so I can and do carry around my planner with me. My phone is my 
planner, my radio, my note taker and refference guide. Of course, if you 
have the app, you can do it on the iphone as long as it's accessable to us 
who uses Voice Over.
Kendra
----- 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 10:21 AM
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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