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The Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast episodes

October 29, 202047 Victor Reader Stream Bookshelves Part 2 of 2, Online Bookshelves, October 29, 2020
Get Together with Technology (GTT)
Sponsored by the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), the voice of the blind in Canada.
Show Notes:
October 29, 2020
Theme: Victor Reader Stream Bookshelves Part 2 of 2
Presenter: Gerry Chevalier
[email protected]
In this 68 minute second of two presentations, Gerry demonstrates how to use the Victor Reader Stream online bookshelves to organize and play different types of Internet media. The Victor Stream is a popular digital talking book player for blind people manufactured by HumanWare. This second presentation focuses on managing online content including CELA Library Direct to Player books, Podcasts, Internet radio, and Wikipedia and Wiktionary articles.
You will learn how to:
Connect your Stream to a Wi-Fi network.
Configure your Stream to use the CELA Library Direct to Player service.
Perform Stream multi-tap text entry.
Download CELA Library Direct to Player Books comparing the Stream’s automatic or manual download modes.
Use your computer to search the CELA Library for Direct to Player books.
Navigate the Stream Direct to Player bookshelf.
Return a Direct to Player book to CELA.
Navigate the Stream’s Podcast bookshelf and play podcasts.
Download new podcast episodes and delete episodes.
Configure the Stream for manual or automatic episode download.
Move an episode to the SD card.
Add or remove podcast feeds.
Backup your list of feeds to the SD card.
Change the HumanWare suggested podcast feeds.
Use the Stream’s Internet radio bookshelf to listen to radio stations.
Add stations to your favorites and delete stations you no longer want.
Select different HumanWare suggested playlists.
Create your own playlists.
Backup your playlists to the SD card.
Use the Stream’s References bookshelf to find articles on Wikipedia and
Save articles or move them to the SD card.
For more information about the GTT Program including one on one tech training contact:
Phone: (613)567-0311 or 1-877-304-0968
Email: [email protected]
Web www.ccbnational.net
1 hr 9 min
October 22, 202046 Victor Reader Stream Bookshelves part 1 of 2, SD Card Bookshelves, October 22, 2020
Get Together with Technology (GTT)
Sponsored by the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), the voice of the blind in Canada.
Show Notes:
October 22, 2020
Theme: Victor Reader Stream Bookshelves Part 1 of 2
Presenter: Gerry Chevalier
[email protected]
In this 67 minute first of two presentations, Gerry demonstrates how to use the Victor Reader Stream SD card bookshelves to organize and play different types of content. The Victor Stream is a popular digital talking book player for blind people manufactured by HumanWare.
The Stream uses a bookshelf paradigm to manage content. Gerry explains the SD card bookshelves and what kind of content to place on each bookshelf folder of the SD card including DAISY books, Audible books, MP3 books, Podcasts, text files, and voice notes recorded by the Stream. You will learn how to:
Use Windows File Explorer to create folders .
Rename folders and place files into them.
Extract book folders from Zip files that you download from CELA Library and other content providers.
Unprotect a file downloaded from the Internet.
Transfer DAISY books and other types of files from your computer to the Stream SD card bookshelf folders.
Transfer an Access Technology Institute text book to the Stream.
Organize songs by genre, artist, and album using subfolders on the Stream’s music bookshelf folder.
Archive Stream recorded notes by moving them to the Other Books and Podcasts bookshelves.
Navigate different book types on the Stream including Microsoft Word documents and DAISY Text books and use the Stream to search within these text books.
Search Wiktionary and Wikipedia using the Stream.
Safely remove SD card media from your computer.
For more information about the GTT Program including one on one tech training contact:
Phone: (613)567-0311 or 1-877-304-0968
Email: [email protected]
Web www.ccbnational.net
1 hr 7 min
October 22, 2020 45 AIRA update with Jeanine Stanley
56 min
October 21, 2020 44 Peter Tucic from Humanware
Peter gives a presentation on the latest in Humanware products and updates.
Lots of discussion on braille displays and the Victor trek.
Lots of great questions and discussion following the presentation
1 hr 19 min
October 21, 2020 43 rearranging the iPhone home screen with Diana Brandt
28 min
October 20, 2020 42 wayn antel overview of the Mac
Wayn gives us an overview of the Mac. Comparing and explaining the learning curve experienced when transitioning to Windows. He explains some key concepts and key commands. Following are some great questions and further explanations by others.
Information packed a s always. Please reach out to Kim Kilpatrick for information regarding the book Wayn mentions
1 hr
October 01, 2020 41 voiceover commands part 2 Bluetooth key commands and reassigning voiceover touch gestures
Kim Kilpatrick walks us through the benefits of using a Bluetooth keyboard with an iOS device. She discusses different kinds of Bluetooth keyboards as well as the utility of setting the caps lock key as another toggle for theVO keys.
She describes where to find important keys on the keyboard and goes through some useful voiceover key commands. She discusses and explains how to reassign the voiceover commands and discusses why this is useful.
This is an information packed podcast.
To request Kim's notes which she used during this presentation please contact her at [email protected]
45 min
September 24, 2020 40 Voiceover commands gestures part 1
Kim Kilpatrick describes each of the iOS gestures and what they do by default. Kim describes how to carry out certain gestures such as using the rotor and how a 2 finger skrub works. Following her presentation are some great questions and suggestions on how people carry out certain gestures.
To request Kim's notes on this topic please email her at
[email protected]
43 min
September 15, 2020 39 voice dream reader part 2
Kim Kilpatrick explains the different ways one can download books into voice dream reader. She discusses downloading books through Selah within the voice dream app. She discusses downloading books through Bookshare as well.
We learn how to create folders invoice stream to organize our books
Kim and others discuss how and what they use voice dream reader For.
59 min
September 14, 2020 38 voice dream reader part 1
Kim Kilpatrick gives a walk-through of voice dream reader and answers some of the common questions when it comes to downloading books.
A short discussion at the end of the episode about seeing AIand scanning applications
59 min