[nfb-talk] The Digital Talking Player From Human Wear:

Sun Jul 8 15:52:34 CDT 2007

Hello David and listers,

Mary and I examined the Victor Stream at the national convention and are
impressed with it's capabilities. What has not been mentioned so far is that
support for Audible Books will be available in September.

Besides being able to read with this unit one can record with it as well.
It's great for making voice recordings and to record group meetings. I'll be
interested to see how the quality of the recordings produced by the Victor
Stream compare to those produced by the Olympus DS-50.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] The Digital Talking Player From Human Wear:

RFB&D support is supposed to be available by the end of this calendar
year -- according to RFB&D.  It is mainly their issue, not Humanware['s.

Dave

p.s.  I have a beta unit and it is great.  Next apparently, support of NLS's
new digital books is coming, and the book download site will be opened up to
people who have the Stream, properly registered.

Dave

At 06:17 PM 6/30/2007, you wrote:
>I want RFB&D support.  *smile*  Nothing about RFB&D support in there.
>Audible.com by September is great.  Tell me I'll have RFB&D support in it
>this year and I'll have my order in by Monday.
>
>On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 12:35:50AM -0400, Kenneth Chrane wrote:
>> How does this sound to everyone?  Wouldn't mind having one of these.
>>
>>
>>
>> Copied from their web site:
>>
http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/about_us/press_releases/290607_vr_stream_launch
>>
>> HumanWare launches Victor Reader Stream, a powerful, palm-size DAISY-MP3
>> player for playing books and music
>> Longueuil (Quebec, Canada), June 29, 2007
>> HumanWare is proud to introduce its most compact, most powerful DAISY
player
>> to date, the Victor Reader Stream. Blind and low vision people can
>> comfortably
>> hold this new player in the palm of their hand (4.6 x 2.6 x 0.9) and have
>> the flexibility to quickly and accurately access content from digital
audio
>> books.
>>
>> Developed with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the Victor
Reader
>> Stream uses the latest technology from HumanWare to be able to read
digital
>> talking books from the National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically
>> Handicapped (NLS). Not only will you be able to play and navigate the NLS
>> books on cartridges, but you will also have access to NLS download books.
>> The Stream has a USB port to connect to your computer so you can transfer
>> download
>> books and music from your PC to the Stream's SD flash memory card.
>>
>> As the newest member of the family of Victor Reader digital talking book
>> players, the Stream offers the same powerful and simple to use user
>> interface
>> made popular by the Victor Reader Classic+ and Wave players used by
>> thousands worldwide. The Victor Reader Stream can play various electronic
>> book formats,
>> including DAISY, Bookshare, text, wav, MP3 and OGG Vorbis audio files. As
>> well, the ability to play the popular commercial books from Audible.com
will
>> be added by September. The player also provides integrated text-to-speech
>> for reading books in text format, such as those from Bookshare. It uses a
>> removable
>> SD flash memory card to store books, music as well as electronic text,
and
>> can even record voice notes.
>>
>> "The VR Stream benefits from our many years of expertise learned through
>> developing and marketing tens of thousands of our Victor Reader digital
>> talking
>> book players all over the world," says Gerry Chevalier, Product Manager.
"No
>> other DAISY player has offered so much in such a small device."
>>
>> The Stream offers the most advanced DAISY functions, as well as
navigation
>> capabilities for all kinds of books, from textbooks to fiction. Students
>> will
>> definitely appreciate Victor Reader Stream for quickly and effectively
>> consulting their school books, making voice notes or recording their
teacher
>> during
>> class. This tool is indispensable for people who are required to use
>> reference books as a regular part of their job.
>>
>> "This new player was designed to meet the needs of the increasing number
of
>> on-the-go blind and low vision students and professionals," said Gerry
>> Chevalier.
>> "Its small size and flexible SD card storage allow our customers to take
>> their entire book and music library with them anywhere, anytime."
>>
>> The best news of all... priced at only $329, the Stream is your best buy
for
>> DAISY players, offering so much performance and functionality at such a
low
>> price. Don't forget all NFB and ACB members receive a 5% discount. But
>> that's not all. If you purchase online at HumanWare before July 31, 2007,
>> you have
>> a 10% chance of getting your Stream for free. HumanWare will randomly
choose
>> one out of ten July purchasers to receive their Stream at no cost.
>>
>> Victor Reader Stream is available for purchase online in the USA at
>> http://www.humanware.com/.
>>  The new Stream will become available in other countries over the next
>> several months.
>>
>> About HumanWare
>>
>> HumanWare is the global leader in assistive technologies for vision.
>> HumanWare provides products to blind and low-vision people and students
with
>> learning
>> disabilities. HumanWare's many innovative products include BrailleNote,
the
>> leading productivity device for blind people in education, in business
and
>> in their personal lives; the Victor Reader product line, the world's
leading
>> digital audiobook players, and SmartView Xtend, the first fully modular
and
>> upgradeable CCTV-based video magnifier.
>>
>> ###
>>
>> For more information:
>>
>> HumanWare Canada
>> Nicolas Lagace
>> Tel.: (450) 463-1717
>> E-mail:
>> nicolas.lagace at humanware.com
>>
>>
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