[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

Sat Mar 2 16:48:52 UTC 2013

Well, I can't guarantee that I'll remember to post anything here when
the app gets announced, but I'm sure the word will be all over the
various mailing lists.

On 02/03/13 10:04, Kendra Schaber wrote:
> Can you please keep us posted? That will be great! Thank you!!!
> Kendra
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain"
> <chaltain at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 1:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review
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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
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W"
>>> <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:25 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review
>>>
>>>
>>>> The NLS BARD app will be coming soon.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Kendra Schaber
>>>> 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
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> 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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