Release notes

Victor Reader Stream 3: What’s new?

Version 1.3.0 – Features and bugfixes

Release notes (docx)

Victor Reader Stream 3 software update version 1.3 has the following new 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 issues

If many books are present, the Stream may take a long time to appear in AudibleSync (will be fixed in a future AudibleSync build)