[Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review

[cheez]

Thanks, Jim, I should have read this first.  I was answering Tracy's 
response.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "Discussion of accessible 
electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review


> Yes, you can now monitor your recording by using a pair of headphones, or 
> the speaker.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 9:45 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vince.
>> I'm not sure what you mean, exactly.  It's possible to record with a 
>> line-in. That's all I know.
>> I usually use the Stream to record workshops, and I use the built-in mic. 
>> I think the new Stream will be even better than the old one for my 
>> recording purposes.
>> Tracy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 12:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review
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>>
>>> Tracy:
>>> I heard that on the new model, monitoring what's being recorded via 
>>> direct line is possible now.  Is this true?
>>> That's one of the things I don't like about the current one most of us 
>>> own.
>>> Vince
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JULIE PHILLIPSON" 
>>> <jbrew48 at verizon.net>
>>> To: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>; "Discussion of accessible 
>>> electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Victor Stream review
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tracy this sounds neat, but I still have my original stream and I have 
>>>> never had a problem with it.  I like the updates they have given it but 
>>>> some of those I think could have just been in a software update like 
>>>> just incorporate the soft pack into the standard update so it could 
>>>> play mp3 content and simly have one of the keys have a new function of 
>>>> the clock. I like that it is smaller but not enough to go buy another 
>>>> one.  Thanks for the review though.
>>>> ----- 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 1:21 PM
>>>> 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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