The simplest and friendliest audio book player

The Victor Reader Stratus, a simple, easy-to-use audio book player, comes in a new look enclosure that is smaller and lighter on the outside yet smarter and better sounding on the inside. The Stratus plays multimedia books and music from CDs, SD cards and USB flash drives.

Benefits
Accessibility
All Victor Reader Stratus models feature large, tactile, high-contrast keys, a built-in speaker and headphone jack, and self-voicing controls

Portability
You can take and operate your Victor Reader Stratus anywhere, using its rechargeable battery and integrated carrying handle.

Keypad Choice
Choose any of the Stratus4 models with its simple 4-arrow keypad to easily navigate novels, magazines and newspapers. Students and professionals may prefer the Stratus12 models with its telephone-style number pad for navigation to specific pages in highly structured publications such as reference and text books.

For those who like the most simple operation possible, attaching the optional keypad cover hides all but the most essential keys to simulate a traditional cassette player.

Navigation

• Browse text and recorded DAISY books by chapter, section, subsection, phrase.
• 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.

Bookshelf
All content is organised via the popular Victor Reader bookshelf categories. The bookshelves contain DAISY books, commercial audio books, music files, and text files.

Never lose your place
For every title, your Stratus will automatically resume reading where you left off, regardless of how many books you are reading.

Bookmark

The bookmark key marks important points in any type of book, audio file, or computer document.

Go to page
Enter a page number using the Stratus12’s number pad and go directly to that page just like turning to a specific page in a printed book. Ideal for reference books, cook books or text books.

Features

• Variable speed
• Increase playback speed to read more quickly
• Portable
• Integrated handle and rechargeable battery
• Sleep timer
• A great way to enjoy reading before bed
• Digital sound quality
• Enjoy great sound quality for books and music
• Information key
• Announces book info (title, total/elapsed/remainingtime, 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

Specifications

• Plays DAISY, Audio and MP3 CDs
• Dimensions: 22 x 21.6 x 4.8 cm (8.7 x 8.5 x 1.9 in.)
• Weight: 0.95 kg (2.1 lbs.) with battery
• DAISY formats supported: 2.0 and 2.0.2
• ANSI/NISO Z39.86 2002/2005 (DAISY 3)
• Rechargeable Li-Polymer battery
• Recharging time: 4 hours
• Operating time: 10 hours for continuous play of DAISY MP3 books
• Coding algorithms: AAC, AMR-WB+, 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 (Stratus M)