[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

Sat Mar 2 16:04:51 UTC 2013

Can you please keep us posted? That will be great! Thank you!!!
Kendra
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> Judy Dixon did an interview during CSUN this week, where she said they
> were hoping to have it out by the summer conventions, i.e. early July.
> No guarantees though, and she did say there was still a lot of work to do.
>
> On 01/03/13 14:58, Kendra Schaber 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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>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Kendra Schaber
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>>> To: Tracy Carcione; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
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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
>>> ----- 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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