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

2. The New Stream – Books in your Pocket
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 = % 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

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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. Thank you! 800-722-3393 www.humanware.com