[real-eyes] Fw: [CCB-L] Fw: Stream News from Gerry Chevalier, Product Manager
- From: "Terrie Arnold" <tanderson3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:00:58 -0600
----- Original Message -----
From: "andrea aka catmom" <patches921@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <CCB-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:57 AM
Subject: [CCB-L] Fw: Stream News from Gerry Chevalier, Product Manager
>
>
>
> Dear Victor Reader Stream Customer:
>
> I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2008. The first couple of
> weeks
> of 2008 have seen our R&D engineers hard at work continuing to add
> exciting
> new features to the Stream in pursuit of our goal of responding to your
> feedback to help us make the Stream the best DAISY, NISO and MP3 player in
> the market place.
>
> This email will summarize recent Stream activities, provide news from
> RFB&D,
> and give a sneak preview of the next software release version 1.2 expected
> in just a few weeks.
>
> Many of you will recall we closed for the Christmas break releasing the
> Stream Companion software and offering a very comprehensive audio tutorial
> for the Stream. Both the Stream Companion and tutorial are now part of the
> CD that is shipping with the Stream and both are also available for free
> download from the Stream product page for existing customers. Please visit
> http://www.humanware.ca/stream.html
> And look under the documentation and software sub headings to take
> advantage
> of these Stream resources.
>
> However, 2007 was by no means the end of the Stream project. We continue
> to
> be busy in these early weeks of 2008. Already by mid January we are
> pleased
> to provide support for several new languages. Version 1.1.15 of the Stream
> is now available for download in Dutch, French, German, and Swedish. These
> versions have both the Victor messages and Vocalizer text-to-speech
> localized to those languages. We will soon add Danish, Norwegian and
> Spanish.
>
> We are aware of the interest in the U.S. for a male Vocalizer voice. This
> voice named Tom, has been delivered from Nuance and will be made available
> as an alternate version 1.1.15 download as soon as Nuance makes some
> adjustments we have requested. That work is in progress now. Also, on
> order
> from Nuance is a male voice for U.K. English named Daniel. In the next
> few
> days we will put samples of these Vocalizer voices and languages on the
> Stream page. We will announce that on the News Wire.
>
> Also for our U.S. customers we are pleased to advise that RFB&D has
> concluded their preparations to provide the UAK (User Authorization Key)
> required to play their AudioPlus books on the Stream. We are preparing
> information and instructions on the UAK process and will post it to the
> News
> Wire in the next day or two.
>
> We are very excited that the next release version 1.2 of the Stream
> software
> is ready to enter our quality assurance review which is the last stage
> before a software release expected in early February. This will be another
> free upgrade to our customers. Full details will be provided on this News
> Wire once the Q/A process is finished but as a sneak preview here are some
> of the version 1.2 features you can look forward to:
> - support for NIMAS text books which is great news for our students who
> use
> the Stream in the classroom
> - a Stream built-in SD card format utility
> - increased loudness of the Stream's built-in speaker
> - significantly faster data transfer when the Stream is connected to the
> computer with the USB cable
> - more control of the audio for music which will make listening to music
> even more fun
> - a Go To Time feature to move to specific locations in unstructured audio
> books such as podcasts or recorded lectures/meetings
>
> All of that and more is expected in version 1.2 in early February.
>
> Already we have some popular requests to enhance the Stream Companion
> software just released December 21. We will continue to work on extensions
> to the Stream Companion and will announce those when available.
>
> There is much to say about the Stream but you, the customer, are the most
> important factor in its success. HumanWare appreciates your support of the
> Stream. The excitement about the Stream and its use for school, work, and
> leisure continues to grow. Stay tuned for future news on this exciting
> technology.
>
> Best wishes,
> Gerry Chevalier
> Victor Reader Product Manager
>
>
> This email was sent to patches921@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You can instantly unsubscribe from these emails by clicking the link
> below:
> http://hcamarketing.cmail4.com/u/323779/q4ddtlj1/
>
>
> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
> 73 years of serving the blind of California, we are the California Council
> of the Blind.
>
> Please support the California Council of the Blind by using
> www.ccbnet.gttrends.com
> for your travel needs. 50% of the commissions from your travel purchases
> will be donated to CCB.
>
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "California Council of the Blind" group.
> To post to this group, send email to CCB-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> CCB-L-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/CCB-L?hl=en
> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1233 - Release Date: 1/19/2008
> 6:37 PM
>
To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to
www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes
Other related posts:
- » [real-eyes] Fw: [CCB-L] Fw: Stream News from Gerry Chevalier, Product Manager
