[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[Baracco, Andrew W]

The NLS BARD app will be coming soon.

Andy


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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:23 PM
To: Tracy Carcione; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

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
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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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