[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[David Andrews]

If it is spring -- it will be late spring, and I would say summer or 
fall.  They just say this year, and are working on it, but are not 
quite there yet.

Dave

At 02:58 PM 3/1/2013, you wrote:
>Do you know when? I heard that it's seposed to come out this spring.
>Kendra
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>>The NLS BARD app will be coming soon.
>>
>>Andy
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>>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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>>>I bought the new generation of the Victor Reader Stream, and got it the
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>>>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
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>>>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
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>>>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
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>>>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
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>>>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
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>>>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