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VICTOR READER STREAM
USER GUIDE
by HumanWare
revision 23-20130423

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  • Page 1 VICTOR READER STREAM USER GUIDE by HumanWare revision 23-20130423...
  • Page 2 HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide User Guide 23-20130423...
  • Page 3 It allows you to transfer content from your PC to its removable flash memory card and provides advanced navigation of multiple formats including DAISY, MP3, NISO and electronic text. The VICTOR READER STREAM will be referred to as the Stream throughout this User guide to shorten the text.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Table of Contents OVERVIEW OF VICTOR READER STREAM ................6 ....................6 NPACKING THE LAYER VICTOR READER STREAM ..........6 HYSICAL ESCRIPTION OF 1.2.1 Front Face of the Player .....................6 1.2.2 Left Side of the Player ....................6 1.2.3...
  • Page 5 HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide (TTS) ................18 3.12 ULTI OICE EXT TO PEECH — K 9 ........18 3.13 UDIO ANDOM USIC LAYBACK ODES — P ........... 18 3.14 ONFIRM OCK AND ANCEL OUND AND TAR KEYS — K 0 ........................
  • Page 6 UPDATING STREAM SOFTWARE ..................40 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................41 BATTERY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................43 HUMANWARE CANADA CONTACT INFORMATION ............44 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT................. 45 APPENDIX 1 - STREAM ERROR MESSAGES ..............46 APPENDIX 2 - MANUFACTURER WARRANTY .............. 47...

  • Page 7: Overview Of Victor Reader Stream

    STREAM User Guide 1. Overview of VICTOR READER STREAM 1.1 Unpacking the Player The package contains the following items:  VICTOR READER STREAM (with SD card and rechargeable battery installed)  Silicone case  Power adapter  Long USB cable to connect to the PC or power adapter ...

  • Page 8: Right Side Of The Player

    Note: If you wish, you may safely use any other commercial USB charger without damaging your Stream. However, other chargers may take longer to charge the Stream. HumanWare recommends a 1 amp USB charger. 1.2.6 Back side of the Player (Battery Compartment) The battery compartment is located in the back of the player.

  • Page 9: Nls Book Cartridge (United States Only)

    You may safely use a micro USB AC adapter other than the supplied power adapter. HumanWare recommends a 1 amp USB power adapter. Adapters with less power will likely require more than 5 hours to fully recharge the battery.

  • Page 10: Inserting Or Removing The Sd Card

    $VRLabel.txt saved on the root of the SD card. In the Tools menu of the free HumanWare Companion software, you can create this label file for your SD card. You may also use Windows Notepad to create the file. Whenever you insert the card or turn on the Stream, it will look for this label file.
  • Page 11 HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide level. Press PLAY to select the book. In this bookshelf the current reading position and bookmarks are saved separately for each book. Bookshelf: Other Books ($VROtherBooks folder). Book types: Non-DAISY, non-NISO recorded books composed of any of the Stream's supported audio file types.

  • Page 12: Other Reserved File Names

    Stream, Victor Reader Stratus or ClassMate Reader to manage your books, music, podcasts, voice notes, text notes, and text files. You can use the HumanWare Companion to copy your books, music, podcasts and text files to your player’s storage card, or remove these files from the storage card.

  • Page 13: Basic Functions

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 2. Basic Functions 2.1 Changing Volume, Speed, Tone/Pitch When the Stream is on, press the Power button on the top left side multiple times to toggle volume, speed, or tone/pitch settings. After 10 seconds of non-use, the toggle control will return to Volume.

  • Page 14: Sleep Mode And Time Announcement

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 2.5 Sleep Mode and Time announcement The Sleep button allows you to obtain time announcements and set the Sleep Timer. Press once to hear the time and date. Press multiple times to set a Sleep timer of 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes, or custom, after which the Stream will automatically shut off.

  • Page 15: Key Describer Mode

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 2.7 Key Describer Mode Press and hold the Info (0) key to access the Key Describer Mode. Press and hold the Info key again to exit the Key Describer Mode. While in Key Describer mode you may press any key to hear its function.

  • Page 16: Numeric Key Functions

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 3. Numeric Key Functions 3.1 Numeric Key pad List  1: Bookshelf if pressed, User Guide if pressed and held  2: Navigation element  3: Delete / Copy  4: Back  5: Where am I ...

  • Page 17: Spell Mode For Text Content

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 3.5 Spell Mode for Text Content Spell mode can be selected using the 2 and 8 keys. The Spell mode can be found between the Word and character navigation levels. Use keys 4 and 6 to move word by word. Stream will announce the word and spell it.

  • Page 18: User Guide - Key 1 (Press And Hold)

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide folder. If you have more than 8 levels, the additional levels will be recognized by the Stream as level 8. If you also put files in the root of the $VR folder, those files will only be listed at the Book level of the 2/8 rotation.

  • Page 19: Where Am I For Audible Books

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 3.11.2 Where am I for Audible books For Audible books, if you press Where am I (key 5) twice, the Stream will announce additional information about the book. If you don't want to hear the information press Play to interrupt announcement and return to playback.

  • Page 20: Available Information Items

    (if any), and player serial number. Note: From the wireless configuration menu, the available information items are the Battery status, the Wireless status, and the VICTOR READER Stream model number, software version number, number of user authorization keys (if any), and player serial number.

  • Page 21: Direct Navigation (Go To Key)

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 4. Direct Navigation (Go To Key) 4.1 Go to Page The Go to Page function allows you to go directly to a desired page. Press the Go to Page key above key 1. Enter a page number. Press Confirm to go to the selected Page, Stream will confirm the entered Page number.

  • Page 22: Go To Book

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 4.6 Go to Book If you are browsing the Bookshelf the Go to Page key becomes a Go to Book key allowing you to enter a relative book number on a given Bookshelf which is useful for Bookshelves that contain many books.

  • Page 23: Advanced Functions

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 5. Advanced Functions 5.1 Text Search The Stream has a text search function for music and text files. You may also search DAISY or NISO books found in the Talking Books bookshelf providing the book has text and the player is in text-to-speech mode (key 9).

  • Page 24: Search For Current Word

    If you do not enter any search text, Stream will search for the word you are currently positioned at in the text. For example, assume you are positioned at the word “HumanWare” in your text file. If you press the Go To key multiple times until you hear, “Search”, and then press Confirm without typing a search item, Stream will move to the next occurrence of “HumanWare”...

  • Page 25: Bookmarks

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide external microphone, make sure the recording file type is not set to line-in. Stereo recording has a better audio quality and takes twice as much space as mono recording, so use the mono recording mode to reduce the file size or when recording from a mono source, which you can identify by checking if it only records on the left channel.

  • Page 26: Highlight Bookmark

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide d) To cancel, press the Star key. Cancel is not available while using Quick recording mode. Audio bookmarks may be recorded during the playback of books or audio notes. The bookmark will be stored in memory and the associated recording will be stored on the SD card in a reserved folder named $VRAudioBkm.

  • Page 27: Bookmark List

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 5.3.4.5 Remove Highlight Bookmark When deleting a highlight bookmark, the "Highlight bookmark "X" removed" message will be announced. It is possible to delete a highlight bookmark that was started but not closed. This action reverts the highlight bookmark state to Start.

  • Page 28: Configuration Menu - Key 7

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 6. Configuration Menu – Key 7 The Stream can be customized using the Configuration menu. To open the Menu, press the Menu (7) key. Pressing the Menu key again will switch to the next Menu. Browse Menu Items with the Up/Down (2, 8) keys. Use the Left/Right (4, 6) keys to select an Item’s value and press Confirm.

  • Page 29: Playback And Navigation

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Values: The installed Text-to-Speech voices Item: Braille translation table Values: The installed braille translation tables for the selected Text-to-Speech voice Menu: Recording All items pertain to both recorded notes and audio bookmarks. Item: Built-in microphone file type Values: MP3 64kbps, 96kbps*, wav 16 bit PCM The built-in microphone operates only in mono Recording mode.

  • Page 30: Time Jumps

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 6.2.2 Time Jumps You can choose to enable or disable any or all of 1, 5, 10 or 30 minute time intervals. Only the time jump intervals you enable will appear in the up and down (keys 2/8) navigation menu when playing books.

  • Page 31: Braille Translation Tables

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide and 6 to cycle through available choices. Press Confirm to accept choice, or press Play to accept choice and resume playback. 6.4.2 Braille translation tables Different braille translation tables are made available to you depending on the Text-to-Speech language selected.

  • Page 32: Format Sd Card

    To connect to such a network, you need to use the Create a New Connection option and manually enter the SSID or use the HumanWare Companion to generate a network configuration file.

  • Page 33: Import A Network Configuration

    Use this item to validate your current connection to the Internet. The Stream will access a special page on the HumanWare website. If successful, the Stream will download a short message from that page that informs you of a successful connection. The message will be stored as a text file on the text bookshelf.
  • Page 34 Companion Wi-Fi Configuration tool. To configure a Proxy Server for the Stream to use for HTTP access, you need to select and fill out the Use Proxy Server section found by clicking the Advanced button on the HumanWare Companion Wi-Fi Configuration tool.

  • Page 35: Bookshelf Structure And Characteristics

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 7. Bookshelf Structure and Characteristics For files on all bookshelves, the maximum file name length, including the file path, is 512 characters (includes media/book path). When scanning the memory card at insertion, any folder or file with a full path name greater than 512 will be ignored.

  • Page 36: Audible Books

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 7.2 Audible Books Stream can play Audible.com format 4 and Enhanced Audio books. You must first activate the Stream SD card for Audible books. To do this, connect Stream to your computer using the long USB cable and then activate the Stream using the Audible Manager software.

  • Page 37: Music Characteristics

    It must have the "m3u” file extension. You can use the Music dialog of the free HumanWare Companion software to help you make playlists. A playlist cannot link to other playlists. Although you may delete files in the temporary playlist, you cannot use key 3 to delete files in a permanent M3U playlist.

  • Page 38: Folder And File Name Announcement

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Note: Selecting a folder for the creation of a temporary playlist works slightly differently than the folder navigation described in the above sections. Immediately after hearing the message “Create temporary playlist” you will hear the name of the first folder at the top level in your music book.

  • Page 39: Podcasts Characteristics

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 7.4.2 Podcasts Characteristics Bookshelf Browse: Move between folder levels of the Podcast structure using keys 2 and 8. The lowest level is the book (file) level. Files in the root of $VRPodcasts will only be announced at the book level.

  • Page 40: Stream Wireless Features

    When the Stream is connected to a wireless network and has Internet access, it will access the HumanWare website from the online bookshelves. The Stream will check for any available NLS authorization keys (in the United States only). If a key is found for your Stream, it will be downloaded and installed automatically.

  • Page 41: Updating Stream Software

    You can also update your Stream by downloading a .UPG software update file from the HumanWare website. Copy the UPG file to the root of an SD card. Connect the Stream to a power outlet with the AC power adapter. Power on the player and insert the card. The update will start and report the new version number that is being installed.

  • Page 42: Technical Specifications

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 10. Technical Specifications Victor Reader Stream Specifications:  Size: 114 x 62 x 18mm (4.5 x 2.4 x 0.7 inches)  Weight with battery: 110g (3.9 ounces)  3.5mm stereo Headphone jack  3.5mm stereo external microphone/line-in jack. Input Impedance: 2.5K ...
  • Page 43 HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 44: Battery Safety Precautions

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 11. Battery Safety Precautions  Do not use or leave the battery near heat source and fire. Do not store in high temperatures  Only use USB-compliant power supplies to charge the battery  Do not disassemble or modify the battery ...

  • Page 45: Humanware Canada Contact Information

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 12. HumanWare Canada Contact Information 1800, Michaud street Drummondville, Quebec Canada J2C 7G7 Telephone: 1 (819) 471-4818 Toll-free (Canada & USA): 1 (888) 723-7273 Fax: 1 (819) 471-4828 E-mail: support@humanware.com Website: www.humanware.com 23-20130423...

  • Page 46: End User License Agreement

    User Guide 13. End User License Agreement By using this product (Victor Reader Stream) you agree to the following minimum terms. 1. License Grant. HumanWare grants to End User a non-exclusive, non-transferable right and license to use the Software on this product.

  • Page 47: Appendix 1 - Stream Error Messages

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 14. Appendix 1 - Stream Error Messages SYSTEM error 1: CDROM, Does not apply. SYSTEM error 2: MEMORY, Memory allocation problem. SYSTEM error 3: BATTERY, Error with battery detection. SYSTEM error 4: INT_STOR_FAIL, Error detecting internal storage.

  • Page 48: Appendix 2 - Manufacturer Warranty

    HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 15. Appendix 2 - Manufacturer Warranty This device is a high quality product, built and packaged with care. All units and components are guaranteed against any operational defects as follows: US and Canada: One (1) year...

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