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Victor Reader Stream and
ClassMate Reader
Book Centric Design Philosophy
Book Centric - What does it mean
It means the players are not just media players that
have added DAISY functionality
Rather, they are designed as book players to play
books of different media formats
Book is at the centre of the player interface for all
media types.
Thus, you have book playback functionality for not only
DAISY but also audio files and text documents
Advantages of Book Functionality
Why is it important to play content as books instead
of files?
Because books have properties important to the
reader.
These book properties provide the reader with
advantages for structure and organization of content.
Managing all player content as books also provides
playback consistency which increases usability.
Book Properties
What are the book properties managed by Stream
and ClassMate?
Each book has a defined start and end (could be a
book with many files or one file).
Book playing stops at the end of the book.
Each book has its own set of bookmarks.
The player remembers the reading position for each
book.
The player takes advantage of whatever structure is
available for navigating the book.
Example Using non DAISY Audio Books
Consider MP3 audio files.
A book may consist of a collection of MP3 files, one
file per chapter.
Or, a single MP3 file may be independent and better
managed as a single book (e.g. podcast).
Or, a collection of multiple folders and files may be
best treated as one book (e.g. Music files).
In each case, the user will want a different reading
experience even though all files are of the same type.
For this reason, the players provide a defined
Bookshelf structure.
How do the Bookshelf Properties Work?
Consider 2 Stream Bookshelves: Other Books and
Podcasts.
Files stored in the Podcast bookshelf will be treated
as one file per book.
Thus, each podcast file will have its own bookmarks
and reading position.
Playback will stop at the end of the file and not simply
continue to next podcast which would be annoying.
However, suppose user has multiple audio files
comprising one book.
How do the Bookshelf Properties Work?
(cont’d)
In this case, the user saves this collection of
files in a sub-folder of the Other Books
bookshelf.
Now playback does not stop until the end of
the last file in the folder.
One set of bookmarks and one reading
position are saved for the entire sub-folder.
User can navigate between files (pseudo
chapters) of the book.
Stream and ClassMate Bookshelf
Bookshelves with these different book
properties allows user to decide ‘how to’ read
the content instead of the player guessing
based on the file type.
There are bookshelves for DAISY, Audible,
commercial MP3 books, Podcasts, Music,
and Text files.
Bookshelf Properties
Talking Books and Other Books bookshelves define a
book as a collection of files.
Audible, Podcasts, and Text bookshelves define
books as single files.
Music bookshelf defines one book for all music files
plus and additional book for each music playlist.
Notes bookshelf combines all recorded voice notes
as one book.
Optional bookshelf subfolders allow book
categorization (e.g. fiction, non-fiction, newspapers).
Bookshelf Provides Maximum Usability
User has the advantage to save content on the
appropriate bookshelf.
They make their decision not on file type but rather
on how they want to navigate and read the content.
After all, it is the user, not the player, that knows best
how different content should be read.
This bookshelf approach maximizes usability for
students, professionals, and leisure readers.
ClassMate Reader
A Unique DAISY Player
DAISY has extensive benefits for the learning
disabled.
Most significant is the synchronized full text/full audio
book.
Allows the LD reader to see and hear text at the
same time.
Before ClassMate Reader this required a software
DAISY reader.
Now, with the ClassMate’s integrated screen this
advantage is brought to the LD reader in a portable
player.
ClassMate Reader Features
Text is voiced with the built-in text-to-speech and
displayed simultaneously on the screen.
ClassMate also plays and displays non DAISY text
files
It has a built-in talking dictionary – a valuable study
tool for the reader.
It plays MP3, and provides a voice recording feature.
It also has the Bookshelf management advantages
described for the Stream.