Ok that’s good to know, are you doing
calibre or just rnib? And I am on a different book now, will
test the jumps once I get the up-date. Thanks.
Hi Matthew
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Ok, thanks for this, looking forward to
installing the up-date. Is anything being done to allow us
to download either rnib or calibre books on to our
streams?
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I am currently reading some books and
the time jump seems to be a bit messed up, not sure if it
is the book or the stream. If I am jumping back 5 minutes,
it doesn’t seem like 5 minutes, seems to be less time than
that. Also in one book, the book jumped between section or
chapter 36 and went to 32, I think this may be the book
though.
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I have always felt that the stream has
a lot to offer, it is very versatile, there is a lot it
could do. I have had all the streams, they’ve all been
very good, thanks Matthew and keep up the good work.
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Regards
Adrien
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I’m pleased to announce that 1.2 will
be coming out… drumroll… TOMORROW!
That’s right! Tomorrow morning
(sometime before noon Eastern time), we’ll be flipping
the switch on for the over-the-air update from version
1.1 to version 1.2.
We know you’ve been waiting for it
for a while… and I hope this was worth it! We think it
is. ?
For TuneIn Radio, it is a first
version of the implementation. Certain functionalities
aren’t there yet (most notably, speed control in
podcasts and the ability to resume playing where you
left off in a podcast/book), as those features weren’t
in the documentation we had from TuneIn. But we are
working with them to get these in 1.3 (and added to
their documentation for their future implementations!).
So without any further ado, here’s a
list of new features, and bugfixes. Please note that the
bugfixes are the most “visible” ones we fixed, but we
fixed more than just what’s below. Again, we think
you’ll really like it!
Victor Reader Stream 3 software
update version 1.2 has the following new features:
Listen to Internet radio stations and
podcasts! You can listen anonymously, with a free
account, or with a premium account. To learn more about
TuneIn, visit their website at tunein.com .
DAISY ONLINE DYNAMIC MENUS
We are now supporting dynamic menus
for Daisy Online (DOD) services, allowing the users to
get personalized menus when navigating their national
library. (This is mostly used outside of the US, the US
doesn’t have a DOD library)
We are using the new API from NLS
BARD which greatly improves search results. Try it!
(English collection only for now)
CHANGE SYSTEM LANGUAGE ON-THE-FLY
You can now change your system's
locale on the fly by accessing the Languages settings
menu. You need to be connected to wifi as this will
trigger a download of the new language.
BETTER SUPPORT FOR MAC FILES
The Stream 3 will now ignore "system"
files (typically starting by a period or an underscore
character) on SD cards.
SD CARD FORMATTING SUPPORT
Format your SD card directly in your
Stream. Cards larger than 32gb will be formatted in
exFat for better support. This option is in the
diagnostic menu (boot using keys 2 6 and 8) for
technical reasons.
And a lot of bugfixes! This new
version fixes the following issues:
The 5 key will again give the podcast
information when used
Improved HLS streams support for
Internet radio (some stations that didn’t work before
might work now)
Podcasts import files generated from
the HumanWare Companion can now be imported
We now check for update immediately
after adding a podcast feed instead of waiting for the
next update window
Certain search results weren’t
numbered, they are now
Jump by percentage in text file
should behave better
Fixed a crash that erased the reading
position in books after a shutdown
Go To in the notes bookshelf works
properly now
Fixed an issue where some files
couldn't be deleted in the $VRMusic folder
Fixed an issue where automatic
shutdown after 30 minutes of inactivity would not happen
The Stream should return in the last
used bookshelf after a reboot
Bookmarks now use the first available
number instead of the number after the highest bookmark,
consistent with the behavior on the Stream 2
Fixed an issue where you couldn’t
copy books/write to card on certain SD cards 256 gigs
and larger
Lots of Bookshare/text files
interruptions were fixed. We are still seeing some
issues and are investigating them but this release
should be more stable.
Fixed level navigation in the
References bookshelf
Navigation in NLS search results
improved
Exporting playlists using the 3 key
in the Internet Radio bookshelf now works properly
Offline bookshelves now refresh more
smoothly when adding/removing content
Raised the limit for book size in
Bookshare
Go To Time in Daisy/NISO books works
properly now
Fixed some crashes when recording
certain Internet Radio stations
Fixed some crashes and navigation
issues in the podcast app
Fixed a crash when adding certain
Internet radio stations to the favorites
Booting in diagnostic mode now plays
a double beep
Improved time announcements
Fixed an issue where the TTS was
sometimes cut prematurely when reading certain messages
And now that this is behind us, 1.3
is on the work table. I can’t start talking about it
just yet, but one thing I can tell you is that the file
ordering is, for me, one of the top priority features to
get in 1.3.
Lastly, Peter Tucic and I will be
doing a webinar on November 20th at 4pm Eastern time to
discuss this new release! Please join us by registering
at:
The
future is looking good!
