Victor Reader Stratus4 M : nonfiction and biographies

Summary: Digital talking book players are devices intended to play DAISY and MP3 books and music to aid people with a print disability. The Stratus4 M model has a 4-arrow keypad developed for ideal reading navigation and features large, tactile, high-contrast keys, a built-in speaker and headphone jack, and self-voicing controls. This device contains 24 pre-loaded adult non-fiction and biography DAISY audiobooks from the CELA collection.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 Victor Reader Stratus4 M device ; 8.7 x 8.5 x 1.9 inches, 2.1 pounds + 1 power cord + 1 pair of Maeline on-ear headphones + 1 print user guide (in large print) + 1 quick reference card (in large print) + 1 list of preloaded titles (in large print) in black Neewer carrying case with identification tag, 30 x 30 x 15 cm
Publisher: [Drummondville, Quebec] : HumanWare, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	The titles on this device will be changed annually. Borrowers are asked not to download or delete titles from this device. Kits are available through inter-library loan within Manitoba and will be shipped through the free Literature for the Blind postal service (Canada Post). Requests can be made through fILL and Spruce. Kits are held in storage at the Stonewall Branch and are not available for browsing. Kits can be borrowed for 6 weeks. Device includes rechargeable Li-Polymer battery (8.4 volts 1650 mAh). Titles uploaded: February 2024.
Formatted Contents Note:	From the ashes: my story of being Metis, homeless, and finding my way / Jesse Thistle (*) -- Off the record / Peter Mansbridge (approx. 9 hours) -- Valley of the birdtail: an Indian reserve, a white town, and the road to reconciliation / Douglas Sanderson, Andrew Stobo Sniderman (approx. 10 hours) -- Beryl: the making of a disability activist / Dustin Galer (*) -- Ignite: unlock the hidden potential within / Andre De Grasse (approx. 8.5 hours) -- Where the falcon flies: a 3,400 kilometre odyssey from my doorstop to the Arctic / Adam Shoalts (approx. 10.5 hours) -- Fire weather: the making of a beast (approx. 14.5 hours) -- My effin' life / Geddy Lee (approx. 16.5 hours) -- Doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world / Naomi Klein (approx. 15 hours) -- Message in a bottle: ocean dispatches from a seabird biologist / Holly Hogan (approx. 9.5 hours) -- Telling truth: seven conversations about Indigenous life in Canada / Michelle Good (approx. 4.5 hours) -- Between two kingdoms: a memoir of a life interrupted / Suleika Jaouad (approx. 13 hours) -- Unsettled: Lord Selkirk's Scottish colonists and the battle for Canada's west, 1813-1816 / Robert Lower (approx. 10.5 hours) -- Kinauvit?: what's your name? The Eskimo disc systemand a daughter's search for her grandmother / Norma Dunning (approx. 6 hours) -- Dammed: the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe territory / Brittany Luby (approx. 7.5 hours) -- Dominion: the railway and the rise of Canada / Stephen Bown (approx. 12 hours) -- Blood on the coal: the true story of the treat Springhill mine disaster / Ken Cuthbertson (approx. 10 hours) -- The duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the making of modern Canada / John Ibbitson (approx. 18 hours) -- The road years: a memoir, continued... / Rick Mercer (approx. 7.5 hours) -- Prisoner #1056: how I survived war and found peace / Roy Ratnavel (approx. 10 hours) -- Confessions of a Labradiva: another blonde leading the blind / Mark Carlson, Saffron (approx. 9.5 hours) -- Blind man's bluff: a memoir / James Tate Hill (approx. 7 hours) -- Making it so: a memoir / Patrick Stewart (approx. 19 hours) -- Being Henry: the Fonz... and beyond / Henry Winkler (approx. 9.5 hours).
Restrictions on Access Note:	Circulation restricted to print disabled patrons.
Source of Description Note:	Subtitle devised by cataloguer.