Save £150 on your talking book player. Once loved by someone else this Stratus 4M DAISY player has been refurbished by Humanware and is ready for a new home.
Victor Reader Stratus 4M multimedia player gives you exceptional access to DAISY books recorded books music and computer documents from more media sources than ever. The Stratus4 M model has a four-arrow keypad developed for ideal navigating your books newspapers and magazines. Open up to a world of discoveries by listening to any computer text documents thanks to its built-in text-to-speech capability. Browse directly into sections of text documents recorded DAISY books and MP3 files or automatically resume reading where you left off.
Smaller and lighter on the outside yet smarter and better sounding on the inside—that’s the Victor Reader Stratus 4M. Unlike the previous generation voice reading is available from several types of media: CDs SD cards and USB flash drives. All models feature large tactile high-contrast keys a built-in speaker and headphone jack and self-voicing controls making it user-friendly and accessible the Victor Reader Stratus M is an audio player for everyone!
If you do not need the additional features offered by the 4M and are looking for a simpler DAISY player then the Stratus 4 DAISY player may be a more suitable model for you.
Functional specifications
- Portable: integrated carrying handle and rechargeable battery.
- Large tactile high-contrast keys.
- Plays multimedia books and music from CDs SD cards and USB flash drives.
- Easily navigate novels magazines newspapers and text documents.
- Telephone-style number pad for navigation to specific pages in highly structured publications such as reference and text books.
- Optional keypad cover hides all but the most essential keys to simulate a traditional cassette player.
- Built-in text-to-speech capability.
- Navigate Bookshelves DAISY books commercial audio books music files and text files. Browse text and recorded DAISY books by chapter section subsection phrase.
- Transfer content from daisy online libraries on the device - Direct to player features available on demand.
- Navigate MP3 books and music moving by folder file and specific time jumps.
- Move through text files by sentence paragraph word or even spell words.
- Resume reading where you left off on each book you are reading.
- Bookmark content in books audio files or documents.
- Variable speed: increase playback speed to read more quickly.
- Sleep timer.
- Information key: announces book info (title total/elapsed/remaining time total pages/headings).
- Where am I key: always know where you are in a book (page chapter headings etc.).
- Key describer: announces the functions of each key.
Languages
- 16 Languages: English Arabic* Danish Dutch Estonian* Finnish French German Icelandic* Italian* Lithuanian Norwegian Russian* Romanian* Slovenian* Spanish* Swedish.
- *Available on Model M Not M+ / H.
Dimensions
- Dimensions: 22 x 21.6 x 4.8 cm (8.7 x 8.5 x 1.9 inches).
- Weight: 0.95 kg (2.1 lbs.) with battery.
Technical specifications
- CD SD USB TTS.
- Plays DAISY Audio and MP3 CDs.
- DAISY formats supported: 2.0 and 2.0.2.
- Coding algorithms: AAC FLAC MP3 Ogg Vorbis Speex WAV.
- Text-to-speech: Acapela (Stratus M) to play BRF DOCX RTF txt html xml files.
- Power jack: 2.5 mm (interior) / 5.5 mm (exterior).
- Headphone jack: 3.5 mm.
- Firmware upgrade via CD or SD/USB.
Power
- Mains power cable provided.
- A spare charger can be ordered separately.
- Rechargeable Li-Polymer battery.
- Battery recharge time: four hours.
- Battery autonomy: six to nine hours.
Important
Your player will arrive fitted with a keypad cover which is attached by a clip on each of the four corners of the player. This plastic cover hides less-used buttons to make the player easier to use.Remove the cover by gently unhooking the clips at each of the four corners of the player. It is easier to remove by trying to unclip two corners at a time.
Guarantee
- 12-months.
This item is eligible for VAT exemption.
- DAISY player types Portable, Table top
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