[access-uk] Humanware unveiles Victer Stream 3.0
- From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:59:31 -0000
HUMANWARE UNVEILS VICTOR READER STREAM 3.0
Los Angeles California, March 17, 2009 -- Today at the annual CSUN
technology conference
in Los Angeles, HumanWare announced the latest version of its popular Victor
Reader
Stream DAISY NISO book player, MP3 player, and voice recorder. The latest
release
of software for the Stream is version 3.0. It is a free upgrade software for
the
tens of thousands of users who now enjoy their Stream worldwide.
Version 3.0 is a major release packed with new features that continue to
distinguish
the Stream as the industry leader among pocket size accessible players.
Version 3.0
responds to popular requests received from many Stream customers. New
features include:
. Multi-level bookshelf navigation for Other Books, Podcasts, and Text. Now
you can
optionally organize these bookshelves into multiple levels of folders and
navigate
at those levels.
. Multi-level folder navigation within Music files. For example, now you
could choose
to organize your music by levels such as genre, artist, and album and
navigate at
those levels to more quickly find your desired music.
. Further you can now instantly create temporary playlists of any subset of
your
music collection and limit Random play to only that portion of your music.
. Moreover, you can turn random play on or off with a single key press like
many
commercial MP3 players.
. Text Search. Yes, now you can enter words to search for in your text files
or text-only
DAISY books.
. Bookmark alert. You can enable an optional bookmark alert feature to
notify you
when you are playing a book and pass over a previously bookmarked position.
It will
even automatically announce your audio bookmarks.
. Two text-to-speech voices. The English version of Stream 3.0 will now
include both
a male and female text-to-speech voice.
. A 30 minute Time Jump feature and many other usability improvements have
been added.
"With the increasing use of 8gb, 16, and even 32gb storage cards, users are
managing
ever increasing amounts of data on their Stream", says Gerry Chevalier,
Victor Reader
Product Manager. "With thousands of music files and hundreds of podcasts or
text
files they have asked us to provide more efficient navigation and version 3
delivers
just that."
Says Chevalier, "The improved navigation as well as the bookmark alert, text
search
and other usability improvements in Stream 3.0 renews HumanWare's commitment
to our
Stream customers that we would continue to enhance the Stream over time to
maximize
their Stream investment."
And there's more. HumanWare is pleased to announce that Stream 3.0 will also
be accompanied
by a completely new-look Stream Companion software. The new Stream Companion
3.0
Windows software has a completely new menu driven interface, support for the
new
Bookshare zip format, and more.
HumanWare expects to have both the Stream 3.0 and Companion 3.0 available
for free
download before the end of March. The software will be made available on the
Stream
Support Page (
http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/support/victor_reader_stream
). To receive an email announcement for this release and stay informed on
future
Stream activities be sure to Register to the Stream Newswire (
http://www.humanware.com/en-canada/products/blindness/dtb_players/compact_models/stream_news
).
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Contact:
USA: 1 800 722-3393 or 925 680-7100
UK/Europe: +44 1933 415 800
Canada: 1 888 723-7273 or +1 450 463 1717
Australia/Asia: +61 2 9686 2600
New Zealand: +64 3 384 4555
Media contact:
HumanWare
Nicolas Lagace
Tel.: (450) 463-1717
E-mail:
nicolas.lagace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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