Re: [Tech-VI] For Users of the Victor Reader Stream 3: Version 1.3 is now available!
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Open Audible are a legit company with thousands of? users but I am sure, Audible are not thrilled. It is not free and requires ?the purchase of an annual licence or life time licence. It has a constant update cycle, sometimes more than once a week, which is a bit annoying. However. I would never be without it, as without it I would not be able to increase the volume on my Audible books. ? David Griffith ?
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Subject: Re: [dap-uk] [Tech-VI] For Users of the Victor Reader Stream 3: Version 1.3 is now available!? So, is Open Audible an "unofficial" way to go about downloading books, or am I perhaps asking something I should not be asking? Ray. ? On 01/05/2024 07:24 pm, Adrien Collins via groups.io wrote: Hi Ray Open audible isn’t talked about as much as audible sink but I prefer it, just my choice, it is easier, no messing around connecting gadgets to audible. ? The suspend feature is great, the stream wakes up straight away and you don’t need to scan the sd card again. ? ? ? Thanks David for the explanation of installing and using Audible which I might now go and investigate now the VR3 at last does support Audible officially. ? I am somewhat bemuzed by Adrian's mention of Open Audible.? Is there a catch to using this?? If its as straightforward as indicated then perhaps many are using Open Audible already? ? Hard to see the advantage of standby or suspend mode.? I'd have thought all that's needed is for the VR3 to turn off automatically after a given time which could be adjusted in settings. ? My final thought which in fact I've had for a while is that HumanWare seem somewaht overstretched when it comes to devoting time and resources to bringing the VR3 to the point it should have been at from the start.? Could it be their development resources are spread too thin, what with its involvement with the monach Braille tablet display and all the clever things it can do?? There is also ongoing releases of magnification and easy conveneient reading solutions which allow quick reading of print documents? So I suspect the time needed to bring the VR3 to the stage its in now has been curtailed by development efforts elsewhere and the result is the reputation of HW providing a much respected audio reader for book lovers and easy podcast and radio access has been somewhat dented.?? A worthwhile market I'd say not withstanding the contant reminders from some quarters of the virtues of the do it all smart phone. ? Ray. ? On 01/05/2024 06:00 am, Adrien Collins via groups.io wrote: Hi David ? I am currently downloading my audible library with open audible, it is much easier, only $19, and it converts the books to mp3, a lot less hassle. I can listen to the all on my vr stream. ? ? ? ? Dear Ray I will not be personally using the Audible feature but as I understand it. - Download Audible Sync to your computer from
Install Audible Sync and log in with your Audible credentials. Some users report having to close and restart the app to successfully complete this process. - Connect your Stream 3 to your computer and make sure it is turned on. Then find the option to activate device from within the Audible Sync app. With this new process it is the Stream itself rather than SD card which is activated.
- Then as I understand it you can download and transfer Audible Books to your connected Stream for playing. If it is like the VR 2 and additional Audible Bookshelf ?will appear on the Stream in offline mode.
Hope that helps. ? David Griffith ? ? I installed the update yesterday which took a fair time and I was struck by the lack of announcements of the download progress though I was told of installation progress. ? I see from the announcement that the latest version of AudibleSync should be downloaded to enable Audible book support.? Wonder if anyone can point me to a source telling me how to enable and use Audible on the VR Stream 3?? I might now be interested in buying some Audible titles. ? What a pity we cannot access RNIB Talking Books on the VR3 - or any other specailist player for that matter.? Not much inclined to go the Dolphin Easy Reader route which I think is the only option open to us for listening on phones and the like.? Of course I could do this on my PC and a reminder of the URL for the RNIB download service would be nice to have if anyone would provide it.? The link I have seems to refer to books to order rather than to download. ? How depressing it is that so many countries seem to support the download of audio books from their national libraries - but not the UK.? Just one more reason I feel I am living in a NAF country. ? Ray. ? ? On 29/04/2024 06:14 pm, David Goldfield via groups.io wrote: Please send questions and feedback to Humanware and not to my inbox. ? ? Hello everyone!
The 1.3 update for the Stream 3 is now LIVE and AVAILABLE over-the-air.
Our website will be updated at some point today to point towards the new links on the support page. If you need to download it manually right now:
English Australia:
English North America:
English UK:
Here are the release notes for this new version.
FEATURES
Added Audible support on the offline bookshelf (update AudibleSync to 1.8.16 or higher)
Added EOLE library support (France) on the online bookshelf
Implemented the Suspend Mode (off by default)
Books are now sorted in alphabetical order
SD card loading speed vastly improved
Variable speed is now available in podcasts on TuneIn
Time navigation is now enabled in podcasts on TuneIn
Updated FFMPEG engine (several radio stations that didn't work before now do)
Updated Acapela engine and added new voices* : some voices may have to be redownloaded
Enhanced Where Am I on Internet Radio
Search results are now numbered
DOD books will now clean up after themselves and properly delete
*NEW VOICES:
Arabic-Jalal
BelgianDutch-Jeroen
Brazilian-Gabriela
Brazilian-Sergio
British-Lucy
British-Nizareng
CanadianFrench-Anthony
Danish-Rikke
Dutch-Femke
Dutch-Max
French-Bruno
French-Claire
French-Constance
French-Julie
German-Sarah
Greek-Dimitris
Hindi-Vidhi
Italian-Chiara
Italian-Vittorio
Japanese-Sakura
Korean-Minji
Norwegian-Ida
Norwegian-Kari
Polish-Gosia
Polish-Piotr
Portuguese-Isabel
Russian-Lena
Swedish-Emma
Turkish-Zeynep
USEnglish-Darius
USEnglish-Karen
USEnglish-Laura
USEnglish-Micah
USEnglish-Rod
USEnglish-Saul
USEnglish-Tamira
USEnglish-Taylor
USEnglish-Tracy
BUGFIXES
Resolved some crashes that caused book reading positions to be lost
SD Card labels will now properly play on boot
Podcast information now read when pressing 0
Disabled the settings menu when in diagnostic menu
Fixed premature "End of book" messages in podcast episodes
Fixed a memory leak causing some slowdowns and crashes
Fixed an issue with GOTO in Notes that didn't go to the right note
Fixed an issue that made the keypad non-responsive when listening to radio
Fixed an issue where the TTS could stop working under certain conditions
KNOWN ISSUE
If many books are present, the Stream may take a long time to appear in AudibleSync (will be fixed in a future AudibleSync build) ? David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist Marketing Manager, Blazie Technologies (772) 214-1616 ? ? ? If you need help using your assistive technology learn about my training services by visiting ? ? ?
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