Ottawa Canada Hi Sammie and list:
By way of a cc of this message, I'm referring your question to Mr. Gerry Chevalier, the Victor Reader Stream Product Manager. I'm not trying to pass the buck, but want you to get an authoritative answer to your question about the Stream before you spend $329 of your hard earned money for a new unit that may not meet your needs. You can certainly download book files from Book Share and other sites with your Mpower to its SD card. I'm not certain if the Victor Reader Stream can transfer data to its SD card from an Mpower using the USB port of the Mpower. You would think that since the Stream and Mpower are both made by Humanware, albeit one in Canada and the other in New Zealand, they should be able to work together, but I learned a on time ago not to make assumptions about anything technical. If you aren't in a rush to buy a Stream, you may wish to delay your decision to buy or not until some of us on the list have physically received our new Streams and had a chance to try using them with our Mpowers. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 -----Original Message----- From: sammie clay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:00 AM To: Brian Lingard; Write Humanware; Maurice Sloane Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Question concerning Victor Reader andBrailleNoteuseability Hello Mr. Lingard No, this does not help. I still want to know whether this reader can be used with my BrailleNote to download any type of material I wish, without the added necessity of using a computer. I'm not interested in the NLS's reader, because I believe I will receive it free. My concern is a reader from Humanware which will cost more than $300.00 to purchase and may still require me to be a computer user for it to work. I realize that my BrailleNote is only a PDA to be used mostly in conjunction with a computer, but if I were computer literate, I wouldn't have a $6500.00 MPower. I'd have a computer with JAWS or EYES and the ability to download to a CF or SD card without a Victor Reader. And what I'm trying to do now is get a comprehensive, straight-forward answer to this question: "Can the Victor Reader be used with my BrailleNote without my needing some type of personal computer?" Thank you, Sammie Clay > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian Lingard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "BrailleNote List" <[email protected] Date sent: Fri, >13 Jul 2007 00:51:28 -0400 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Question concerning Victor Reader andBrailleNoteuseability >Ottawa Canada >Hi Sharon and list: >You could use the BrailleNote to download DAISY books from the NLS web >site or Book Share instead of a PC, but I don't think NLS has their >DAISY book download service working yet. >I honestly forget whether the Victor Reader Stream, the unit you are >referring to for US $329 can or cannot use the new High Capacity SD >cards. I remember seeing something about this in its User Guide, but >forget just what it said. >HC SD cards are about half as expensive as the older SD cards for the >same storage capacity. >The Victor Reader Stream can also read text files as it has a text to >speech program on it. >Hope this helps. >Brian >Brian K. Lingard >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 >tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 >New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 >FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/897 - Release Date: >11/07/2007 9:57 PM >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the >list as well. >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/897 - Release Date: 11/07/2007 9:57 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/897 - Release Date: 11/07/2007 9:57 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
