Re: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
I've never seen a Victor Stream before, but I saw one the other day, and it looks great! I think it's very handy, and even more so, since it's no bigger than the average remote! - Original Message - From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'GUI Talk'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Access-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 6:50 AM Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > > Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually > Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > > Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > > Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for > blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular > Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, > DAISY, > and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible > format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. > Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing > over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and > magazines. > > The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio > books > and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next > chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the > user > will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by > increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an > accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. > Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis > often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that > Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch > correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal > playback speed. > > The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All > keys > and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a > built-in > User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad > functions. > It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play > text-only > files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory > card > to store books and music transferred from a computer. > > "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to > the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor > Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that > offers > accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in > one > package." > > "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for > the blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for > Business Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to > bring the benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to > Audible > listeners". > > Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in > USA). > Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to > software version 1.1 in order to play Audible books. The latest version > 1.1 > software upgrade is also available online at www.humanware.com. > > About HumanWare > HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive > technologies > for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are > blind > and have low vision and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare > offers a collection of innovative products including BrailleNote, the > leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for > personal use; 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 further information: > > HumanWare Canada > Nicolas Lagace > tel.: (450) 463-1717 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Hello! I can say in my poinion its one of the best things i've every bought. And now i have got a swedish tts in it. You may come in touch with it to make your own opinion on it. /Anders. - Original Message - From: "Bradford Trainham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:29 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? > It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of > the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" > access to digitally-done books. > Brad Trainham > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Steve Pattison > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM > To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > > Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually > Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > > Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > > Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for > blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular > Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, > DAISY, > and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible > format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. > Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing > over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and > magazines. > > The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio > books > and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next > chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the > user > will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by > increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an > accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. > Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis > often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that > Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch > correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal > playback speed. > > The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All > keys > and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a > built-in > User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad > functions. > It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play > text-only > files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory > card > to store books and music transferred from a computer. > > "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to > the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor > Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that > offers > accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in > one > package." > > "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for > the > blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business > Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring > the > benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible > listeners". > > Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in > USA). > Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to > software version 1.1 in order to play Audible books. The latest version > 1.1 > software upgrade is also available online at www.humanware.com. > > About HumanWare > HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive > technologies > for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are > blind > and have low vision and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare > offers a collection of innovative products including BrailleNote, the > leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for > personal use; 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 further information: > > HumanWar
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Sorry, but don't really know what flavours of mp4 audio the stream will play. I only know that the class or level 4 was mentioned. I'm knowledgable on the details of the various MP34 or M4 levels. Wish I was. Cheers, >From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Curtis Delzer Plays, m4A files? Will it play m4A files in folders not just audible ones? I save much material in m4A format because at 20Kbps, it is excellent quality at that low of a bit rate. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: "Ray's Home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. 1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has to be registered with the Audible software. 2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and .ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. 3. Good through an external powered speaker. 4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant for that either. 5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. 6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. 7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, line sentence and paragraph. 8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer though to place files on the SD cards it takes. 9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is solved now.) In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something lacking quality-wise. HTH. >From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bradford Trainham Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory c
Re: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
heh. Looks like you named yourself runbox, just like the e-mail provider. thought that was funny. but yeah, this is so cool about Audible! I subscribe to it and would love to get one for now. ah, Christmas is coming so maybe Santa will be conviced that i've been good enough to get one. At 04:23 PM 11/18/2007, you wrote: >I work at the Hadley School for the Blind and we have been testing two >Victor Reader Streams and both myself and the other tester love them. The >playing of .mp3 files sounds great but only if the speed is set to 0, >normal, and the tone is also set to 0. NLS books sound great. I intend to >buy one now that VR Streams can play Audible books too. >- Original Message - >From: "Bradford Trainham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:29 PM >Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > > > Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? > > It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of > > the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" > > access to digitally-done books. > > Brad Trainham > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Steve Pattison > > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM > > To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' > > Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > > > > Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually > > Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > > > > Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > > > > Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for > > blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular > > Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, > > DAISY, > > and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible > > format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. > > Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing > > over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and > > magazines. > > > > The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio > > books > > and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next > > chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the > > user > > will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by > > increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an > > accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. > > Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis > > often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that > > Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch > > correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal > > playback speed. > > > > The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All > > keys > > and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a > > built-in > > User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad > > functions. > > It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play > > text-only > > files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory > > card > > to store books and music transferred from a computer. > > > > "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to > > the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor > > Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that > > offers > > accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in > > one > > package." > > > > "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for > > the > > blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business > > Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring > > the > > benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible > > listeners". > > > > Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in > > USA). > > Current
Re: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Plays, m4A files? Will it play m4A files in folders not just audible ones? I save much material in m4A format because at 20Kbps, it is excellent quality at that low of a bit rate. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: "Ray's Home" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. 1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has to be registered with the Audible software. 2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and .ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. 3. Good through an external powered speaker. 4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant for that either. 5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. 6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. 7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, line sentence and paragraph. 8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer though to place files on the SD cards it takes. 9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is solved now.) In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something lacking quality-wise. HTH. >From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bradford Trainham Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and a
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Hi: Sdhc cards are re-writeable, as per their shelf life I do not know how long that would be. I guess that depends on how often they are repeatively written upon. I have an 8 gig card, and I've yet to have fully filled it up to where I needed and had no room to use the memory.Perhaps I'll max out at a 16 gig card for sake of selfish greede, oopz I mean convenience. Remember these players will also store and play back og vorbus files allowing formaximal storage and sound quality. Jeff At 06:28 PM 11/18/2007, you wrote: >Are the storage cards that work with these devices once-writable, or can you >treat them (as the advertisement says) like a Windows drive and >add/change/delete to your perverse heart's content? > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dunn >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:44 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > >Hi: >Here are my comments on the stream. I'd love to have a company like >Humanware or others market a product which is actually finished, >but after the latest firmware was released, I must say it was >worth the wait. I just read 2 books on audible this weekend. The >compression where one can speed up a book >without listening to chipmonks is fantastic. This type of >listening takes some getting used to, but it is the best I've heard to >date. The tone and other adjustments are a personal taste and itseems >there was improvements here to. > >I've been also impressed on the navigational improvements. One >should take note that sdhc cards might need a reformat to work >after the upgrade, as mine was not recognized for playing files after the >update. >I reformatted the card and all is well. > >Jeff > > >At 05:18 PM 11/18/2007, you wrote: > >Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. > > > >1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, > >including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has > >to be registered with the Audible software. > > > >2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and > >.ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. > > > >3. Good through an external powered speaker. > > > >4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant > >for that either. > > > >5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug > >an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record > >to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's > >easy, yet, to play these on a PC. > > > >6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. > > > >7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech > >which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not > >sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, > >line sentence and paragraph. > > > >8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via > >a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer > >though to place files on the SD cards it takes. > > > >9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite > >quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is > >solved now.) > > > >In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the > >cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is > >good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something > >lacking quality-wise. > > > >HTH. > > > > > > > > >From Ray > >I can be contacted off-list at: > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >-Original Message- > >Bradford Trainham > > > > > >Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? > >It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many > >of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us > >"on-the-go" > >access to digitally-done books. > >Brad Trainham > > > > > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Behalf Of Steve Pattison > >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM > >To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' > >Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > > >From: [EM
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Thanks, That was very helpful indeed! I do most of my reading via BookShare, but I wanted an affordable means of not being tethered to a computer. Thanks for the detailed response, Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. 1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has to be registered with the Audible software. 2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and .ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. 3. Good through an external powered speaker. 4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant for that either. 5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. 6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. 7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, line sentence and paragraph. 8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer though to place files on the SD cards it takes. 9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is solved now.) In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something lacking quality-wise. HTH. >From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bradford Trainham Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
And the machine also has a rudimentary voice-record function, right? Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Runbox Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:23 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady I work at the Hadley School for the Blind and we have been testing two Victor Reader Streams and both myself and the other tester love them. The playing of .mp3 files sounds great but only if the speed is set to 0, normal, and the tone is also set to 0. NLS books sound great. I intend to buy one now that VR Streams can play Audible books too. - Original Message - From: "Bradford Trainham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:29 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? > It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed > many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" > access to digitally-done books. > Brad Trainham > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Steve Pattison > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM > To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > > Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually > Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > > Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > > Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed > for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the > popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats > (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader > Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of > content to the users. > Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, > providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, > newspapers and magazines. > > The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio > books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to > the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible > books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to > the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, > and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the > amount of time lapsed. > Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular > basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book > formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control > with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen > at higher than normal playback speed. > > The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All > keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has > a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of > keypad functions. > It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play > text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses > an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a > computer. > > "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream > to the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare > Victor Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready > player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and > advanced navigation, all in one package." > > "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books > for the blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President > for Business Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with > HumanWare to bring the benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream > player to Audible listeners". > > Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in > USA). > Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player > to software version 1.1 in order to play Audible books. The latest > version > 1.1 > software upgrade is also available online at www.humanware.com. > > About HumanWare > HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive > technologies for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to > people who are blind and have low vision and students with learning
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Are the storage cards that work with these devices once-writable, or can you treat them (as the advertisement says) like a Windows drive and add/change/delete to your perverse heart's content? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dunn Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:44 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady Hi: Here are my comments on the stream. I'd love to have a company like Humanware or others market a product which is actually finished, but after the latest firmware was released, I must say it was worth the wait. I just read 2 books on audible this weekend. The compression where one can speed up a book without listening to chipmonks is fantastic. This type of listening takes some getting used to, but it is the best I've heard to date. The tone and other adjustments are a personal taste and itseems there was improvements here to. I've been also impressed on the navigational improvements. One should take note that sdhc cards might need a reformat to work after the upgrade, as mine was not recognized for playing files after the update. I reformatted the card and all is well. Jeff At 05:18 PM 11/18/2007, you wrote: >Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. > >1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, >including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has >to be registered with the Audible software. > >2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and >.ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. > >3. Good through an external powered speaker. > >4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant >for that either. > >5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug >an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record >to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's >easy, yet, to play these on a PC. > >6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. > >7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech >which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not >sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, >line sentence and paragraph. > >8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via >a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer >though to place files on the SD cards it takes. > >9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite >quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is >solved now.) > >In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the >cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is >good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something >lacking quality-wise. > >HTH. > > > > >From Ray >I can be contacted off-list at: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-Original Message- >Bradford Trainham > > >Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? >It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many >of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us >"on-the-go" >access to digitally-done books. >Brad Trainham > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Steve Pattison >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM >To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' >Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > >Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually >Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > >Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > >Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for >blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular >Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, >DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the >Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the >users. >Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, >providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, >newspapers and magazines. > >The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio >books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the >next chapter, section or page, or to set bo
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Hi: Here are my comments on the stream. I'd love to have a company like Humanware or others market a product which is actually finished, but after the latest firmware was released, I must say it was worth the wait. I just read 2 books on audible this weekend. The compression where one can speed up a book without listening to chipmonks is fantastic. This type of listening takes some getting used to, but it is the best I've heard to date. The tone and other adjustments are a personal taste and itseems there was improvements here to. I've been also impressed on the navigational improvements. One should take note that sdhc cards might need a reformat to work after the upgrade, as mine was not recognized for playing files after the update. I reformatted the card and all is well. Jeff At 05:18 PM 11/18/2007, you wrote: >Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. > >1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, >including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has >to be registered with the Audible software. > >2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and >.ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. > >3. Good through an external powered speaker. > >4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not >meant for that either. > >5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug >an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does >record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure >that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. > >6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. > >7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech >which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not >sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, >line sentence and paragraph. > >8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files >via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer >though to place files on the SD cards it takes. > >9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite >quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is >solved now.) > >In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of >the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback >is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something >lacking quality-wise. > >HTH. > > > > >From Ray >I can be contacted off-list at: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-Original Message- >Bradford Trainham > > >Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? >It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed >many of >the contending/similar products that are designed to give us >"on-the-go" >access to digitally-done books. >Brad Trainham > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Steve Pattison >Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM >To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' >Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > >Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually >Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > >Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > >Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed >for >blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular >Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, >DAISY, >and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the >Audible >format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. >Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, >providing >over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and >magazines. > >The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio >books >and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next >chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the >user >will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by >increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an >accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time >lapsed. >Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular >basis >often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that >Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital >pitch >correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than >normal >playback speed. > >The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All >keys >and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a >built-in >User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad >functions. >It
Re: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
I work at the Hadley School for the Blind and we have been testing two Victor Reader Streams and both myself and the other tester love them. The playing of .mp3 files sounds great but only if the speed is set to 0, normal, and the tone is also set to 0. NLS books sound great. I intend to buy one now that VR Streams can play Audible books too. - Original Message - From: "Bradford Trainham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:29 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? > It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of > the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" > access to digitally-done books. > Brad Trainham > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Steve Pattison > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM > To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY > > Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually > Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com > > Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 > > Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for > blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular > Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, > DAISY, > and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible > format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. > Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing > over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and > magazines. > > The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio > books > and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next > chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the > user > will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by > increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an > accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. > Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis > often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that > Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch > correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal > playback speed. > > The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All > keys > and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a > built-in > User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad > functions. > It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play > text-only > files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory > card > to store books and music transferred from a computer. > > "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to > the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor > Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that > offers > accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in > one > package." > > "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for > the > blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business > Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring > the > benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible > listeners". > > Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in > USA). > Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to > software version 1.1 in order to play Audible books. The latest version > 1.1 > software upgrade is also available online at www.humanware.com. > > About HumanWare > HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive > technologies > for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are > blind > and have low vision and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare > offers a collection of innovative products including BrailleNote, the > leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for > personal use; the Victor Reader product line, the world's leading digital > audiobook players
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. 1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has to be registered with the Audible software. 2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and .ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. 3. Good through an external powered speaker. 4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant for that either. 5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. 6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. 7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, line sentence and paragraph. 8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer though to place files on the SD cards it takes. 9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is solved now.) In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something lacking quality-wise. HTH. >From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bradford Trainham Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in one package." "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for the blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring the benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible listeners". Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in USA). Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to software version 1.1 in
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Sure. The quality of the TTS is OK but not near Elequents in my opinion. The unit is about the width of a deck of cards. The unit is slightly longer then a deck of cards. The volume of the speaker is not grate but certainly would do in a quiet environment. Plans are in place to support Plays for sure DRM but the unit does not right now. Price point is pretty good for this unit. hth...Keith - Original Message - From: "Bradford Trainham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 2:29 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in one package." "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for the blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring the benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible listeners". Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in USA). Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to software version 1.1 in order to play Audible books. The latest version 1.1 software upgrade is also available online at www.humanware.com. About HumanWare HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are blind and have low vision and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare offers a collection of innovative products including BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for personal use; 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 further information: HumanWare Canada Nicolas Lagace tel.: (450) 463-1717 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/"sounds" like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us "on-the-go" access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. "We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to the Audible listener experience", says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor Reader Product Manager. "I know of no other Audible-ready player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in one package." "We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for the blind and visually impaired", says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business Development at Audible. "We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring the benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible listeners". Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in USA). Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to software version 1.1 in order to play Audible books. The latest version 1.1 software upgrade is also available online at www.humanware.com. About HumanWare HumanWare (www.humanware.com) is the global leader in assistive technologies for the print disabled. HumanWare provides products to people who are blind and have low vision and students with learning disabilities. HumanWare offers a collection of innovative products including BrailleNote, the leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for personal use; 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 further information: HumanWare Canada Nicolas Lagace tel.: (450) 463-1717 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
