VICTOR READER STREAM USER GUIDE by HumanWare revision 23-20130423
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HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide About VICTOR READER STREAM HumanWare is proud to introduce VICTOR READER STREAM, the powerful digital talking book player. VICTOR READER STREAM is designed as an advanced high performance DAISY, MP3, and NISO player for students, professionals, or on-the-go people who have extensive reading needs.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Table of Contents 1. OVERVIEW OF VICTOR READER STREAM ..........................................................................6 1.1 UNPACKING THE PLAYER .................................................................................................... 6 1.2 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF VICTOR READER STREAM .................................................. 6 1.2.1 Front Face of the Player .......................................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 3.12 MULTI-VOICE TEXT TO SPEECH (TTS) ............................................................................... 18 3.13 AUDIO, TEXT, AND RANDOM MUSIC PLAYBACK MODES — KEY 9 ........................................ 18 3.14 CONFIRM, LOCK AND CANCEL — POUND AND STAR KEYS ................................................... 18 3.15 INFO — KEY 0 ..................................................................................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 7. BOOKSHELF STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................... 34 7.1 OTHER BOOKS ................................................................................................................. 34 7.1.1 Other Books Structure ............................................................................................. 34 7.1.2 Other Books Characteristics ......................................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 1. Overview of VICTOR READER STREAM 1.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide are the Up and Down buttons used to increase or decrease the respective volume, speed or tone/pitch selected with the toggle button. These settings are saved between sessions. For your convenience, separate volume settings are saved for the built-in speaker and headphones. 1.2.3 Right Side of the Player On the right side of the player, near the top corner, is the stereo microphone jack which can be used to connect an external microphone or line-in.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide you press the INFO key (key 0). A full recharge takes up to 5 hours on AC power. Computers supply different levels of power or perhaps no power at all on their USB ports depending on the computer and its configuration. Therefore, when recharging from a computer USB, the Stream will likely take longer to recharge, or possibly not recharge at all, depending on the USB power supplied by the computer.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 1.4 Inserting or Removing the SD Card To insert and remove the SD card follow these steps: - Hold the player facing you. The SD card slot is on the top edge of the player. - One corner of the SD card is cut at a 45 degree angle. This cut corner should be at the bottom left when you insert the card into the player slot. If the card is not oriented properly it will resist insertion. The card has a small write-lock tab on its right edge.
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 ($VROtherBooks folder). Book types: Non-DAISY, non-NISO recorded books composed of any of the Stream's supported audio file types. Usage: The files comprising each book should be saved in separate subfolders under this folder. Folders may be nested.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Note: Folder names are shown in mixed case for readability but Stream does not require mixed case. 1.7 Other Reserved File Names The Stream may create other file names beginning with “$VR” on the SD card. Removing or altering these files could result in unpredictable behavior. 1.
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. Use the up / down arrows on the left side just below the Power button to raise or lower the selected setting. There is a beep to mark the upper and lower range of each control.
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. The Custom option lets you enter the desired number of minutes using the number pad. End your entry with Confirm or Play.
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.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 3. Numeric Key Functions 3.
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. Capital letters are indicated and that words will be spelled at normal speed, regardless of TTS speed setting. 3.6 Skippable elements For DAISY 2.
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. Note: Multi-level bookshelves are not mandatory. If you choose not to organize books at multiple subfolder levels, you can just browse the bookshelf with keys 4 and 6 to navigate at the Book level. 3.
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. 3.12 Multi-Voice Text to Speech (TTS) The English versions of Stream have two text-to-speech voices and the non English versions have an English and local language voice.
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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. Or press the Play/Stop key to have Stream start playback from the chosen page. To cancel, press the Cancel (Star) key. 4.
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.
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). DAISY or NISO books that are recorded only cannot be searched as they have no text.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 5.1.2 If a search forward is performed and the end of the book is reached, the message "End of book" will be announced and the search then continues from the beginning of the book down to the original starting position of the search.
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.
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. You should not modify any files within this folder. The recorded files are linked to the simple bookmarks in internal memory.
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. 5.3.5 Bookmark List Press the Bookmark key four times or until you hear ‘bookmark list’. Press the key 4 or key 6 to go from one bookmark to the next.
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. Press Cancel (Star key) or any other key to exit the Menu. To open the wireless configuration menu, press the Online button to enable the Wi-Fi.
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.
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. 6.2.3 Key beeps You can enable or disable the beeps heard when pressing keys.
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. To change the braille translation table, press menu key 7 repeatedly to access the language menu.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 6.6 Format SD card If your SD card is not recognized by Microsoft Windows when it is inserted in your computer card reader or when the Stream is connected to the computer, it may be possible that the card needs to be formatted. Also, if for any reason data becomes corrupt, you may notice that some files/books will not play properly on your Stream. This is also an indicator that reformatting is needed.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 6.7.2 Import a Network Configuration Use this item to process a network configuration file generated with the HumanWare Companion software. Press Confirm to process a network configuration from a file on the SD card. To generate a network configuration file, select the Wi-Fi Configuration item in the Tools menu of the HumanWare Companion. Enter your SSID and password. Optionally, you can enter a nickname for the network.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide Note: If you require the MAC address of your Stream in order to configure the MAC filtering of your router, you can find it by pressing the Info (key 0) on your Stream while in the Online bookshelves. The Stream will announce it in the Wireless section of the Info.
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. The following sections provide general rules and information for listening to the non-Talking Books bookshelves. 7.1 Other Books 7.1.
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. When Audible Manager activates the Stream it will create a new reserved Stream folder named $VRAudible in the root of the Stream SD card. It will place a hidden system (.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide announce nothing since there is no folder name for a level 3 folder in Classic\Mozart. If located in Classic\Beethoven while playback is inactive, changing from Level 2 to Level 3 will announce ‘Ninth_symphony’. If you place any files in the root of $VRMusic then they will be listed only at the file navigation level. 7.3.2 Music Characteristics Bookshelf Browse: Use keys 4 and 6 to move between each Music book or Go To Book to jump to a specified book number.
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. Use keys 4 and 6 to cycle through all the folders at that top level.
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. Use keys 4 and 6 to move between each Podcast book file (episode) or Go To Book to jump to a specified book number. Use key 3 to Delete a Book file. A book can only be deleted if you are at the book level.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 8. Stream Wireless Features When you press the Online button located in the centre of the top key row, the Stream will switch to the online bookshelves. You cannot access the online bookshelves while the Stream is in airplane mode. The airplane mode disables all wireless communication from the Stream and should be activated when you travel by airplane. Disabling the airplane mode will therefore allow wireless communication.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 9. Updating Stream Software HumanWare may from time to time offer new versions of the Stream software. There are several ways to update your Stream’s software; wirelessly, by downloading an update file on your SD card and with the help of the HumanWare Companion software (see section 1.10 for more information on the HumanWare Companion software).
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 Built-in mono omni-directional microphone Built-in 500 mW speaker Battery: Lithium-Ion, 3.7V nominal Battery recharge time: Up to 5 hours with AC adapter.
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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM User Guide 11. Battery Safety Precautions Do not use or leave the battery near heat source and fire.
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.
HumanWare www.humanware.com STREAM 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. 2. Ownership of Software. End User acknowledges that HumanWare retain all right, title and interest in and to the original, and any copies, of software which is incorporated into this product.
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. SYSTEM error 5: INT_STOR_CORRUPT, Corrupted internal storage. SYSTEM error 6: TTS, Failure to initiate the TTS. MEDIA error 1: READ, Error reading sector on disc. MEDIA error 2: FORMAT, Unsupported File system.
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 Continental Europe and UK: Two (2) years Australia and New Zealand: One (1) year Other countries: One (1) year Warranty covers all parts (except battery) and labor.
