Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Me too. That, and figuring out how an app stores and deals with books. I hadn't used one for a while, Voice Dream Reader I think. It said it had twelve books and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to find out what those books were or where they were to delete some of them. I know some people make a big deal about learning screen layout to find things quicker. I tried. It's still the case that you pretty much have to hit it right on, at least it was for me, getting close didn't make finding things any quicker for me at all. It was still faster to swipe around. Like I said, I'd use a touch interface if I felt I needed to, e.g. I needed a phone or it had a program I needed. But it just feels really slow and clunky to me. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/599361/#p599361 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? I just like that I can use two and eight to select a navigation level and 4 and 6 to navigate the elements within that level. I'm not a big fan of having to hunt all over the screen just to find a chapter in my book URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/599159/#p599159 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? I don't have the Trek, just the Stream 2 or whatever it is, the reader thingy. It does take a while to download, but if I'm worried about faster downloads, I just download on my PC and write to the card. It boots a bit slower than an iThingy, but recall that it's booting from being fully powered down. As other people have mentioned, I like the buttons. I had to chisel up carpet and do some other stuff outside this summer and I threw it in my pocket and could manipulate it just fine that way.If the Trek is faster in terms of navigation and downloads and such, I wish they'd update what they can for older devices. But all in all? I'm pretty happy with it yeah. I was pretty much only using my phone for a book reader and I just got sick of the touch interface. It's cool that they're e accessible, and if I decide I need to go back to one for some reason I will, no problem. But to me the touch interface has always felt pretty slow and clunky. The Stream's typing interface isn't much slower and I don't need to use it nearly as much. Plus I like the standardized interface, doesn't matter what content I'm navigating, it all works the same, instead of trying to figure out how twelve different apps work. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598801/#p598801 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? I don't know if I would still recommend the Sunu. Mine quit holding a charge. And besides, with the 2.1 update Humanware brought to the Trek, I think that the GPS might be better with Here Maps URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598779/#p598779 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? So since you posted, and since I believe you own a sunu band, would you say that is still worth buying as well? I assume it has similar GPS features. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598453/#p598453 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Hi.I have it and I like it. I do enjoy my iPhone, but some things I like about devices like the Victor are that you have physical buttons which makes navigating books and using GPS much easier. Also, when reading books, you don't have as many interruptions as you do on your phone. You know how it is with your phone. You see a notification, and you have to check it. On a device like the Victor, you don't get notifications to check and it keeps you more engaged with your book. Finally, a phone isn't always ideal. What about in educational settings? I don't know about other schools, but when I was at my school for the blind in my state, they didn't like us having our phones out in class. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598408/#p598408 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? All fastboot commands fail. There's definitely either a physical service switch/service port, or the bootloader is behind an unlock code. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598391/#p598391 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Jack, have you tried any of the common commands, fastboot flashing unlock, fastboot bootloader unlock, etc? Some very intriguing possibilities there.So are they only running the android version of the linux colonel or something? I've seen demonstrations of the thing, and its interface looks exactly the same as the stream2 + the GPS stuff, but clearly there's something very androidy going on behind the seens there. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598356/#p598356 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? This one's a bit harder to tinker with thanthe Stream, as there is no removeable storage this go-around, it is a mounted flash. Oh, and the bootloader is locked of course so unless there's an internal service switch, there isn't much you can software-wise. It does use Fastboot. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598330/#p598330 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
2020-12-13
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AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : sightlessHorseman via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Hmm, if there is a fm chip in there and it will never be used ... *gets toolbox and smaller tinkering tools*Greetings Moritz. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598315/#p598315 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Oh yeah. The thing downloads content much faster. And it doesn't take longer to start up if it's loaded with content (example: a podcast series about 97 episodes long, each being about 40 minutes a piece, and the thing is still running efficiently. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598291/#p598291 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? @7 This is typical Humanware behavior. They come out with underpowered devices, claim how awesome they are and how they're going to add all these cool things, and then never follow through. I'm sick of it! I do have one question. Does the device download content faster? I'm realizing just how slow my Stream is and it's irritating me. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598289/#p598289 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? @7 This is typical Humanware behavior. They come out with underpowered devices, claim how awesome they are and how they're going to add all these cool things, and then never follow through. I'm sick of it. I do have one question. Does the device download content faster? I'm realizing just how slow my Stream is and it's irritating me. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598289/#p598289 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? @7 This is typical Humanware behavior. They come out with underpowered devices, claim how awesome it is and how they're going to add all these cool things, and then never follow through. I'm sick of it. I do have one question. Does the device download content faster? I'm realizing just how slow my Stream is and it's irritating me. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598289/#p598289 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? I love my trek. I got it for the specific fact that it wasn't a phone. Buttons mean I can use it in a pocket, and it also means I can have more battery life on my phone. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598281/#p598281 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? As of now, I love the device. But when I first bought the device, I didn't like the navigation. But when they released the 2.1 update, It's gotten a lot better. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598278/#p598278 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? THe reader has significantly more system resources, so navigation is no longer a drag.The fm radio chip will never be enabled. They were depending on a third party to make the backend for it and said third party ditched them. There also won't be the promised Galileo support once that becomes commercialized, because the GPS module does not have duel-receiver capabilities. That being said, as long as you can live with the fact that its promises for the future have been pretty much smashed to bits, it's a damn good, fast, reliable device. It is a lot more responsive and helpful than the Trekker Breeze as they are using different map providers. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598178/#p598178 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? What did they improve regarding the reader and navigation? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598169/#p598169 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? I love mine. The reader is just as good (if not better) than it was on the stream second gen, and the navigation has improved by a lot. My two complaints:It takes a while to get a GPS signal, but once you get it, you're good!It has an FM radio chip that HumanWare has been saying they're going to put to use, but hasn't yet... . URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598160/#p598160 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
2020-12-13
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AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : sightlessHorseman via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Hi.Well I only tryed out the previous model, the Trekker breze and I was pritty disapointed in it's functionality.Firstly, it almost never worked if you were inside a building or standing under a roof or tree. In 1 out of 10 trys, it would get a signal, but only pritty week.Most of the streets I traveled were unknown, and if you approach a junktion and you only here: "Junktion in 50 metres, unnamed street crossing unknown street and unknown street", isn't really helpfull.I heard that the reader Trekk was better in that regard, but I could only check it out at a local accessibility fare.I thought of taking it with me to record routes for horse riding, but I want to get some feetback of other users before I can do that. It would be a race against the Equilap tracker that I have here.Greetings Moritz. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598120/#p598120 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? Welp as it was, I got it via a grant, so only paid about a 10th of the price. I don't think I can really complain, regardless of how it turns out.I'll admit, I was very much turned on by the ability to create roots to pretty much anywhere, virtually visit areas to get an idea of what is where, NTM the car directions. I travel at least semi frequently via uber / lift, and it wouldn't be the first time they've dropped me off at the totally wrong place.Also I'll admit, I'm really not a fan of the interface of nearby explorer online, + I believe it was recently removed from the play store, so not sure if it'll even work any more. Yeah maybe I should just get an IPhone, but that would necessitate giving up an *lot* for me right now, it just makes far more sense to get a separate mobility aid that will last me a lot longer than a phone will, + has buttons, + has a much better battery, since I'm probably the 1 human left on this earth that still uses the phone as the phone sometimes. I've had a look at the wewalk as well, it's a very intriguing concept, but I think it has a long way to go before it can be considered stable. Thing got me to waitrose though, so that's something. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598110/#p598110 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts?
Re: Victor Reader Trek, your thoughts? I can't say much apart from I prefer the Iphone because it's smaller.I didn't really get to try the device much apart from walk with it a little bit, it was my friends, and yeah; i prefer the IPhone.I had a trecker breaze? Once, it worked up to a point but the maps were out of date and again smartphones can do a lot more than these devices.Having said all that; i hope it works for you and that if it doens't you can get a refund. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/598100/#p598100 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
