[il-talk] Fw: Stream Newswire - Announcing Version 3.1

[Robert Gardner]

FYI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HumanWare" <marcom at humanware.com>
To: "Robert Gardner" <rgardner4 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:19 AM
Subject: Stream Newswire - Announcing Version 3.1


Dear Victor Reader Friends:


HumanWare is please to announce the release of new Stream 3.1 software. 
Stream 3.1 is a free release that responds to popular requests received from 
many Stream customers. New features include:

- Multi-level Talking Books bookshelf. The ability to create nested folders 
on the Other Books, Podcast, and Text File bookshelves introduced in version 
3.0 has been extended to include the Talking Books bookshelf. You can now 
optionally create nested folders within the $VRDTB bookshelf folder and 
navigate the structure while browsing the Talking Books bookshelf.

- For our friends in Spain we now support the Spanish braille electronic 
text files with a file type of .BRA. At the time of this announcement the 
Spanish 3.1 is not yet available but we are working with our partner in 
Spain to release it as soon as possible.

- The popular percentage announcement on the Where Am I key that informs you 
how much of the book you have listened to has been extended to Talking Books 
and Audible books.

- When you set a start position for a Highlight bookmark the End position 
can now be set with a single key press of the Bookmark key.

- The navigation UNDO feature has been extended to the Go To Page function.

- We have introduced two shortcuts to reach the start or end of a book. To 
quickly jump to the beginning of a book press the Go To key once and then 
press the Rewind key once. To reach the end of the book press the Go To key 
and then the Fast Forward key.

- When you press Cancel to end a recording the Stream will now ask you to 
confirm. This prevents stopping a recording accidentally.

- Stream 3.1 will allow you to copy DAISY books from USB flash media such as 
flash memory sticks or the NLS cartridges used by the NLS library in the USA 
and the AFWA library in Western Australia. Each USB flash book must be in 
its own folder. When you attach a cartridge or flash media the Stream will 
automatically start playing the first DAISY book on the media. Once the book 
is playing you can optionally press key 3 to copy it to the Talking Books 
bookshelf of your SD card.

Stream 3.1 also includes several bug fixes. Please see the Release Notes for 
full details.

Both the software and Release Notes can be downloaded from the Stream 
support page at:

http://www.humanware.com/stream_support

Select the Software link on that page. You will find the Release Notes at 
the top of the English 3.1 software download links. You can choose from two 
English versions one with Samantha + Tom text-to-speech voices and another 
with Samantha + Daniel (UK) voices. You can upgrade to version 3.1 from any 
prior Stream version. To install the new software, follow these steps:

- Download the software zip file

- Unzip the single UPG upgrade file from the zip file. You do not need 
special unzip software. Simply press Enter to open the zip file and you can 
then select the UPG file.

- Copy this UPG file to the root of your Stream SD card.

- Disconnect the Stream from the computer, connect it to AC power and turn 
it on.

- The Stream will automatically start the update process which takes about 2 
minutes during which time it will announce intermittent "please Wait" 
messages. The Stream will power off when the new software is installed.

- When you power back on the UPG file will be automatically removed from 
your SD card.

After the new software is installed, an html Release Notes document will 
also be available in a HumanWare sub-folder of your Text Bookshelf so you 
may read the Release Notes with your Stream. The html version allows you to 
navigate the Release Notes section by section using the 2/8 keys to select 
the level and keys 4 and 6 to move between sections.

With this announcement, version 3.1 is available in Danish, Dutch, English, 
Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. As other languages 
become available they will be posted on the same download page. We also are 
working on a new version of the Stream Companion software for Windows which 
will be announced on the Newswire when it is available.

HumanWare values your continued support of the Victor Reader Stream. We 
remain committed to our customers to make the Stream the most powerful, 
flexible, and enjoyable product used for listening to digital talking books, 
computer files, and music.



Thank you,

The HumanWare Team


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