[nfbwatlk] Fw: Fwd: Stream News from Gerry Chevalier, Product Manager

[Mike Freeman]

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From: David Andrews
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Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: [Promotion-technology] Fwd: Stream News from Gerry 
Chevalier,Product Manager



>FYI:




>Dear Victor Reader Stream Customer:
>
>I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2008.  The first couple
>of weeks of 2008 have seen our R&D engineers hard at work continuing
>to add exciting new features to the Stream in pursuit of our goal of
>responding to your feedback to help us make the Stream the best
>DAISY, NISO and MP3 player in the market place.
>
>This email will summarize recent Stream activities, provide news
>from RFB&D,  and give a sneak preview of the next software release
>version 1.2 expected in just a few weeks.
>
>Many of you will recall we closed for the Christmas break releasing
>the Stream Companion software and offering a very comprehensive
>audio tutorial for the Stream. Both the Stream Companion and
>tutorial are now part of the CD that is shipping with the Stream and
>both are also available for free download from the Stream product
>page for existing customers. Please visit 
>http://www.humanware.ca/stream.html
>And look under the documentation and software sub headings to take
>advantage of these Stream resources.
>
>However, 2007 was by no means the end of the Stream project. We
>continue to be busy in these early weeks of 2008. Already by mid
>January we are pleased to provide support for several new languages.
>Version 1.1.15 of the Stream is now available for download in Dutch,
>French, German, and Swedish. These versions have both the Victor
>messages and Vocalizer text-to-speech localized to those languages.
>We will soon add Danish, Norwegian and Spanish.
>
>We are aware of the interest in the U.S. for a male Vocalizer
>voice.  This voice named Tom, has been delivered from Nuance and
>will be made available as an alternate version 1.1.15 download as
>soon as Nuance makes some adjustments we have requested. That work
>is in progress now. Also, on order from Nuance is a male voice for
>U.K. English named Daniel.  In the next few days we will put samples
>of these Vocalizer voices and languages on the Stream page. We will
>announce that on the News Wire.
>
>Also for our U.S. customers we are pleased to advise that RFB&D has
>concluded their preparations to provide the UAK (User Authorization
>Key) required to play their AudioPlus books on the Stream. We are
>preparing information and instructions on the UAK process and will
>post it to the News Wire in the next day or two.
>
>We are very excited that the next release version 1.2 of the Stream
>software is ready to enter our quality assurance review which is the
>last stage before a software release expected in early February.
>This will be another free upgrade to our customers. Full details
>will be provided on this News Wire once the Q/A process is finished
>but as a sneak preview here are some of the version 1.2 features you
>can look forward to:
>- support for NIMAS text books which is great news for our students
>who use the Stream in the classroom
>- a Stream built-in SD card format utility
>- increased loudness of the Stream's built-in speaker
>- significantly faster data transfer when the Stream is connected to
>the computer with the USB cable
>- more control of the audio for music which will make listening to
>music even more fun
>- a Go To Time feature to move to specific locations in unstructured
>audio books such as podcasts or recorded lectures/meetings
>
>All of that and more is expected in version 1.2 in early February.
>
>Already we have some popular requests to enhance the Stream
>Companion software just released December 21. We will continue to
>work on extensions to the Stream Companion and will announce those
>when available.
>
>There is much to say about the Stream but you, the customer, are the
>most important factor in its success. HumanWare appreciates your
>support of the Stream. The excitement about the Stream and its use
>for school, work, and leisure continues to grow.  Stay tuned for
>future news on this exciting technology.
>
>Best wishes,
>Gerry Chevalier
>Victor Reader Product Manager

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[Promotion-technology] Fwd: Stream News from Gerry Chevalier,Product Manager
>FYI:
>Dear Victor Reader Stream Customer:
>
>I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2008.  The first couple
>of weeks of 2008 have seen our R&D engineers hard at work continuing
>to add exciting new features to the Stream in pursuit of our goal of
>responding to your feedback to help us make the Stream the best
>DAISY, NISO and MP3 player in the market place.
>
>This email will summarize recent Stream activities, provide news
>from RFB&D,  and give a sneak preview of the next software release
>version 1.2 expected in just a few weeks.
>
>Many of you will recall we closed for the Christmas break releasing
>the Stream Companion software and offering a very comprehensive
>audio tutorial for the Stream. Both the Stream Companion and
>tutorial are now part of the CD that is shipping with the Stream and
>both are also available for free download from the Stream product
>page for existing customers. Please visit http://www.humanware.ca/stream.html http://www.humanware.ca/stream.html
>And look under the documentation and software sub headings to take
>advantage of these Stream resources.
>
>However, 2007 was by no means the end of the Stream project. We
>continue to be busy in these early weeks of 2008. Already by mid
>January we are pleased to provide support for several new languages.
>Version 1.1.15 of the Stream is now available for download in Dutch,
>French, German, and Swedish. These versions have both the Victor
>messages and Vocalizer text-to-speech localized to those languages.
>We will soon add Danish, Norwegian and Spanish.
>
>We are aware of the interest in the U.S. for a male Vocalizer
>voice.  This voice named Tom, has been delivered from Nuance and
>will be made available as an alternate version 1.1.15 download as
>soon as Nuance makes some adjustments we have requested. That work
>is in progress now. Also, on order from Nuance is a male voice for
>U.K. English named Daniel.  In the next few days we will put samples
>of these Vocalizer voices and languages on the Stream page. We will
>announce that on the News Wire.
>
>Also for our U.S. customers we are pleased to advise that RFB&D has
>concluded their preparations to provide the UAK (User Authorization
>Key) required to play their AudioPlus books on the Stream. We are
>preparing information and instructions on the UAK process and will
>post it to the News Wire in the next day or two.
>
>We are very excited that the next release version 1.2 of the Stream
>software is ready to enter our quality assurance review which is the
>last stage before a software release expected in early February.
>This will be another free upgrade to our customers. Full details
>will be provided on this News Wire once the Q/A process is finished
>but as a sneak preview here are some of the version 1.2 features you
>can look forward to:
>- support for NIMAS text books which is great news for our students
>who use the Stream in the classroom
>- a Stream built-in SD card format utility
>- increased loudness of the Stream's built-in speaker
>- significantly faster data transfer when the Stream is connected to
>the computer with the USB cable
>- more control of the audio for music which will make listening to
>music even more fun
>- a Go To Time feature to move to specific locations in unstructured
>audio books such as podcasts or recorded lectures/meetings
>
>All of that and more is expected in version 1.2 in early February.
>
>Already we have some popular requests to enhance the Stream
>Companion software just released December 21. We will continue to
>work on extensions to the Stream Companion and will announce those
>when available.
>
>There is much to say about the Stream but you, the customer, are the
>most important factor in its success. HumanWare appreciates your
>support of the Stream. The excitement about the Stream and its use
>for school, work, and leisure continues to grow.  Stay tuned for
>future news on this exciting technology.
>
>Best wishes,
>Gerry Chevalier
>Victor Reader Product Manager
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