Re: Opinions on the victer reader stream
The first generation Stream uses mini USB for data transfer. Be aware that it uses USB 1.1, which is extremely! slow! If you thought USB 2.0 was bad, this is much worse! I suggest taking the SD card out and writing to it directly.
The unit also requires a proprietary power adapter. I'm not sure what the correct voltage is, but be careful. Also, good luck finding new batteries if the one you have goes bad.
As far as I know, the only English voices the first generation can use are Tom, Samantha, and Daniel. I personally prefer Tom, but that's me. It's using the compact versions of these voices, so the quality won't be the best. I'll put some links here if you want to flash a different version of the firmware. In order to do this, unzip the zip archive and put the file on the SD card. Plug the stream into power and turn it on. It should automatically detect andinstall the firmware. Here's the link to the firmware containing Samantha and Tom. http://support.humanware.com/Site/Files … -3_5_4.zip
Here's the other file containing the Samantha and Daniel voices. http://support.humanware.com/Site/Files … -3_5_4.zip
Here are my thoughts on the Stream models. I love the product, but Humanware is horrible when it comes to supporting their devices! I love the second generation Stream, but they haven't come out with any major Wi-Fi upgrades in over 2 years. I wanted a lot of cool things like browsing network shares, turning the device into a network folder to transfer content, sending audio to AirPlay and Chromecast devices, etc. Sadly, it looks like they aren't doing that anytime soon or ever. I have no plans to purchase the Trek or any future Humanware products because quite honestly, they never develop their products to their full potential. The Trek hasn't received any major features in over 2 years, so I'm not interested. What happened to the promise of using FM radio?
I like the offline playback a lot, but what I was really looking forward to was the online capabilities. Sadly, Humanware has failed to deliver something really cool. Sure, it's cool you can download podcasts, books, listen to web radio, search Wikipedia, etc, but I wanted so much more that should be possible, even with the relatively limited processing power on the device. Speaking of which, I'd be really curious to know the processor speed and RAM for all the Stream units.
Oh yeah, the speaker on the newer devices is horrid! It's too boxy and sounds like garbage! Connect your Stream to an external speaker or headphones. While the first generation didn't have a very loud speaker, it wasn't as bad as the newer ones. I'd hardly call that an upgrade.
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