[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[Matthew Chao]

Hi, Tracy.  What about NLS cartridge adapters for it?--Matthew Chao

At 01:21 PM 3/1/2013, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>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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