Do you people remember the Trekker and how it worked? Why doesn’t Humanware
or another company create an iOS media app to use on the iPod touch and
provide a tactile screen overlay to use with this app. This way we get an
easy to use media player like the VR but using a mainstream technology.
Amro
-----Original Message-----
From: john gallagher
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:37 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: victor reader stream problem
hi hazel yes it's so sad though that we as blind people have to pay loads
more for the special stuff so to speak and again if anything goes wrong it
is a real real difficult one.
i have the u 2 it every now and then it just powers down for no reason at
all which again is a real pain though i just restart it back up.
now if it gets worse i have to make a choice do i try access to work and try
for a braille display with note taking on it and use the i devices more or
do i look at another note taker.
there must be a situation with the stream why this is happening and like
anything it is getting to the source of a problem.
last week i went to a customer who had another piano tuner go to try and
stop a buzzing noise in her piano. this guy was there for hours but he could
not find out the difficulty. so, i walked in her house and listened to the
buzzing as i played something on her piano and straight away i told her to
walk to the back of the room and look on the side board. to cut a long
storry short it was a vause which vibrated when she played an e flat but,
the problem was solved with a good laugh. so, wonder if the stream does this
when lots of music or podcasts are on it or can it just do it with nothing
on it. it has put me off getting a stream so i may just get the most up to
date ipod. hi really hope it gets sorted as a lot of blind people use this
device. i do understand these companies are in such a very small market and
have to make money to survive
----- Original Message -----
From: Hazel Darvell <witch.hazel66@xxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2015 10.10 am
Subject: [access-uk] Re: victor reader stream problem
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As you said John this is a really good device and I miss using it as it
has gone back to Humanware.
I spoke yesterday to one of their tech guys and after the q & a routine
it was decided by him it could be the circuit board.
I happened to mention about the bug but he denied knowing anything about it.
I told him I found that hard to believe as it had been discussed on the
stream forum and on this list.
It seems that any company involved in the visually impaired market bury
their heads when it comes to accepting that products can and do have
problems.
Still Under my consumer rights as there is clearly a fault they have to
refund my postage which they are doing.
I hope this is resolved to my satisfaction as I can't think of another
device as compact as this.
Hazel
On 17/08/2015 10.00, john gallagher wrote:
> hey this all sounds very bad i can hear steve nut's voice in my ear > stick to main stream. i understand the new ipod is out i bet this will > not happen on that device.
>
> as jackie says though it is a nice piece of kit i just truly hope it > gets sorted.
>
> i do not own one of these but was thinking about it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hazel Darvell <witch.hazel66@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, 17 August 2015 8.51 am
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: victor reader stream problem
>
0was
0was No, even with the charger connected there is no power.
0was Will be phoning Humanware as this is very poor performance for the money.
0was Hazel
0was On 16/08/2015 22.01, CJ &AA MAY wrote:
>>> Try making sure the battery is sitting properly. On the two occasions >>> I have
>>> dropped my Stream it appeared to die but it turned out that the >>> battery had
>>> shifted.
>>> Does your Stream work when connected to the mains?
>>> Alison
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >>> Behalf Of
>>> Hazel Darvell
>>> Sent: 16 August 2015 14.30
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] victor reader stream problem
>>>
>>> Can anyone on list please help his
>>> My stream only 3 months old has suddenly died on me.
>>> The battery is fine as I tried it in my husbands .
>>> I have tried it on power with both our chargers and nothing at all not >>> even
>>> the charging light comes on.
>>> Any suggestions please as I will soon get withdrawal symptons.
>>> Hazel
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