Books in your Pocket The New Victor Stream Damian Pickering CTEBVI April 2014

Feature Benefit high contrast tactile keypad = short learning curve that puts focus on reading content One button access to study tools = Go to bookmark, highlight, page Tactile keys/ menus are spoken = 100% access to the player Small, light, and discreet= goes with you everywhere built in wireless new high quality “Acapela” speech high quality voice recorder (stereo mp3/wav) Accessible Content: Bookshare, NLS, Learning Ally, BRF, HTML, XML, DOCX, EPUB The New Stream – Books in your Pocket

What makes for good reading? 3 find your books quickly easy and consistent user interface supports wide variety of content long battery life snooze!

Productivity for VI and Blind Students Dedicated players offer productivity in reading while the touch screen may provide challenges and adds to the complexity of using the device Physical buttons make it easier and quicker to navigate and operate the device rather then using finger gestures Frustrations from hunting for icons on a touch screen can distract from reading enjoyment and comprehension

Advantages of dedicated reading devices Battery capacity better than mobile phones and tablets. (User replaceable batteries.) Consistent “Bookshelf” structure for accessing all content types rather than multiple apps with multiple interfaces to learn. Less training time. Built in documentation, and key describer, allows players to be learned quickly.

Victor Stream Simple and efficient user interface Single button for volume, tone and pitch audio adjustment Key describer announces functions of each key (press and hold key zero for 2 seconds, toggle to turn off) Information key (key zero quick press) announces book title, time elapsed, time remaining, total pages Where am I key (key 5) announces reading position such as page, chapter, or song title

Navigate quickly and easily Locate books, files, audio recordings quickly and easily with a key press (key 1) for “Bookshelf” “Go To Page” key finds pages just like turning to a specific page in a printed book Browse DAISY books by chapter, section, or phrase Move through text files by paragraph, sentence, word Navigate via Go To Time, Go To Percent, Time jump, fast forward / rewind Navigate MP3 books and music by folder or file Never lose your place: your Stream automatically resumes where you left off

Record lectures or voice notes Quick press record button to create audio notes anytime Use built-in mono microphone or connect stereo microphone Record important phone numbers, to-do lists, classroom lectures Record from line-in devices such as cassette or CD player

Study Skills and Annotations Bookmark important passages, press bookmark key Three types of bookmarks: Standard, highlight and audio Go to Bookmark: enter number of previously created bookmark on keypad and press play Insert bookmark: Press confirm to create standard bookmark – press record to create audio bookmark Start and highlight bookmark – mark beginning and end points of important passage Bookmark list – navigate with keys 4 and 6, Stream will play highlight and audio bookmarks

A new way to get your books New Victor Stream has built in wireless Downloading books via wireless is here and it will only expand! Daisy On Line Delivery (DOD) Content “push” to the device Access to latest novels, magazines, favorite music Internet radio, audio-described films

Accessing Wireless Features Press round wireless button to switch between SD memory and wireless bookshelves Hold down wireless button to switch airplane mode on and off From wireless bookshelf press key 7 for wireless configurations menu Wireless, Online Services, Software Updates

Connect to a Wireless Network Key 7 for wireless configurations menu Key 8 until Scan for available networks, Confirm Key Key 2 or 8 move through list of available networks. Confirm key to select choice Multi tap text entry method to enter network security code (SSID) Confirm Key

Online Services Newsline, Bookshare, Internet Radio Wireless Bookshelf same as Standard Bookshelf Press Key 1 to navigate shelf to shelf Keys 4 and 6 navigate books on shelf All standard navigation methods apply Create and navigate all bookmark types

Seeking Knowledge – The Power of Search Navigate Online BookShare Bookshelf to “Search for BookShare Books” (Confirm Key) Enter author, title, key word, multi –tap text entry method Browse by category Select book (Confirm Key)

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, why stop here? Search book for specific word or reference (Go to Key) Multi-tap text entry method Search forward or back for same search string (6 and 4 keys) Useful for research topics, newspapers, magazines, reference books Wikipedia and Wiktionary search Online reference Bookshelf

All work and no play? Internet Radio Internet Radio Bookshelf Browse HumanWare Play List NPR, BBC, Old Time Radio Theater, Music Search on ooTunes Add to favorites

Enjoy Streams do come true! Yours can too! Dare to Stream!

Thank you!