The new generation of the Victor Reader Stream is priced at $369 in the US.
The features of the two devices are similar, or probably will be, after the
Blaze EZ is upgraded a few times. The major difference is that the Blaze EZ
has OCR, which is the reason for the big price tag.
Some procedures on the Blaze EZ won't be so easy to perform due to the lack
of a numeric keyboard. All input will be by selecting letters, numbers and
symbols from a grid. Well, I guess you only need to enter your network
password once.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22...@gmail.com>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayer
thatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Accessto Printed Text
Hi Gary
What was that device from humanware?
Regards
Adrien
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On
Behalf Of Gary King
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 6:13 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
Player thatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant
Access to Printed Text
Humanware got a device out for $369 with the same basic
feature set except
for OCR. So, the OCR better be really good since you will
be paying the
difference in price for that feature.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
Player
thatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to
Printed Text
You think so? I'm surprised that Hims Inc can get a device
as feature packed
as it is out the door for the price.
On 2 Jun 2014, at 11:31 am, Kelly Pierce
<kellyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
the issue is that at this price, it is reasonable to
expect the USB
file transfer technology of this decade not the previous
one. with
windows 8.1, people are gradually adopting and accepting
Windows 8. I
want a device that is future focused and ready for the
computers of
today and tomorrow not geared for a computing environment
of
yesteryear. Earlier this year, USB 3.1 was released as an
official
specification. It is fully backward compatible and
supports
connectors inserted in both ways like Apple's Lightning
port.
The FM radio seems to be a cheep add on to add to a
specification
sheet. Those that are brand loyal to Hims will likely
demand it as an
FM radio was in its previous generation portable book
reader.
Personally, I'm bloodless when it comes to choosing
devices. Just
because I bought a device from one company in the past
doesn't mean I
should buy the replacement device from them.
Kelly
On 6/1/14, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>
wrote:
Honestly, all this fuss about a FM radio, everyone knows
that a FM radio
in
a device such as this - whether it be a Phone or similar
- is bound to be
inferior to a dedicated FM radio.
The only real reason I can think of that Hims Inc would
bother putting
one
of these into their products is because they can, a bit
like Tecsun
giving
you 3,000 memories into a radio, not because they
particularly serve any
practical purpose having that many, just because Tecsun
can do it.
Its the OCR and associated functionality that I would
think is more
appealing about this equipment than a FM radio.
On 2 Jun 2014, at 10:05 am, Gary King
<w4...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
If the FM radio in the Blaze EZ is not any better than
the one in the
BookSense XT, then it won't be much. The FM radio in
the BookSense is
not
very sensitive, and the signal must be very strong to
keep it in stereo
mode. The FM radio in my old Nokia N82 cell phone picks
up weak
stations
better using the same earphones as the antenna.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
<grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
Player thatGives
Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to
Printed Text
I guess the problem is that Hims Inc has made a device
that they hope
will
appeal to a mass market, I myself could well do without
a FM and
Internet
radio, I couldn't believe my ears when I heard someone
say Yesterday
that
they were going to buy this device because of its FM
radio, what's the
use!
On 2 Jun 2014, at 7:01 am, Adrien Collins
<adriencollins22...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi
For us in Europe I have just calculated that the cost
of
this gadget will be around £400, not bad but as we
already
have the internet radio on our vr streams mark 2, I am
only
really interested in the ocr and epub and other reading
functions, apart from an I device what else would cover
these features? It looks very good though.
Regards
Adrien
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On
Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:00 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
Player that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired
Near-instant
Access to Printed Text
I can quite understand that, one of the most sensitive
AM
radios on the planet today, you can then buy the other
product when your moneybox is full again to read the CC
2E
manual <smile>.
On 31 May 2014, at 4:21 am, Dennis
<dennis...@gmail.com>
wrote:
not a problem. you are one of my favorites.i think i
would
rather spend my money on a new cc radio 2.
On 5/30/2014 1:02 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
sorry about repeating everything you wrote <smile>.
On 31 May 2014, at 3:49 am, Dennis
<dennis...@gmail.com>
wrote:
for everyones information on price. i just looked at
the
website and if you order before june 30 its $695 after
that
its $749. if you order before may 31, you get free
shipping.
it ships in late june. i almost dropped the hammer and
ordered one just now. but i cant help wanting to wait
and
see the reviews on it sence i already have a booksence
that
i payed $500 for and i just don't know if i'd get my
monys
worth from buying the blaze.this is just my 2 penny's
worth.
On 5/30/2014 12:14 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
Hello everyone. I'll have to see it and try it on
documents that really challenge solutions like
Openbook,
Kurzweil 1000 and the combination of the IPhone 5S,
Prizmo
and the standscan pro. Results need to be much much
better
than the other solutions before I would buy it.
On May 30, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Gerardo Corripio
<gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone post the video? I guess I didn't pay
attention
to the past thread, thus missed it.
El 30/05/2014 09:30 a.m., Dane Trethowan escribió:
Only advantage in waiting a bit is that you hear
what
others are saying, read reviews etc, I won't be able to
get
one for quite some time - even if I wanted one - but -
judging by the Youtube video I referred to earlier -
we're
going to see some most interesting chatter regarding
this
machine in the weeks and months ahead.
On 31 May 2014, at 12:27 am,
Dennis<dennis...@gmail.com> wrote:
well it clames it has internet radio listening
cabability. not sure what that means. it also has a fm
radio. it seams pretty interesting, but i don't know if
i'll
drop the over $700 for the thing. its over $700 because
they
charge shipping. the other thing that bothers me is
unlike
other technology these things don't go down in price.
so if
you don't buy it right away and want to wait, it
doesn't
matter because the price won't go down. i guess they
are
counting on a lot of agency perchases.
On 5/30/2014 9:15 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote:
Pity it doesn't have a radio listening thing
like
Ootunes like the victor.
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 12:02 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New
Pocket-sized
Media Player that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired
Near-instant Access to Printed Text
oh yes! after seeing the cost of the booksence
when
it came out i
figured this thing would cost every bit of $900
to
$1000. i just wonder
if the media player is better than the
booksence
was. it has a lot of
other features that the booksence does and i
just
wonder if they are
improved or the same. btw: the booksence is $50
less than when it came
out a few years ago. i would have thought it
would
have come down a
little more than that.
On 5/30/2014 8:53 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Did you think it would be more expensive?
That's a U.S. price, Goodness Knows what it
will
be by the time it reaches the Land Downunder.
On 30 May 2014, at 10:38 pm,
Dennis<dennis...@gmail.com> wrote:
wow the price isn't anywhare near what i
thought
it would be.
On 5/30/2014 5:17 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/blindness-low-vision-tech/HIMS
-Inc/prweb11897781.htm
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