Review: VR+ 2.3 检讨：虚拟现实+ 2.3
Rating: 评价： 10/10 10月10日
Developer: Shape Services 开发商：形状服务
Cost: 费用： $29.95 $ 29.95

Making software for the competitive mobile device market is not easy, but those folks at SHAPE Services are not complaining.制作软件为竞争力的移动设备市场是不容易的，但是那些乡亲在形状服务不是抱怨。 Instead, they’re keeping up with the times and defending the relevance of their products.相反，他们正在紧跟时代和维护的相关产品。 SHAPE Services is the company that makes VR+ , a voice recorder for the Blackberry, among a few other programs形状的服务是该公司，使村代表+ ，录音为黑莓，其中包括其他一些程序 for many platforms对于许多平台 , like一样， IM+ for Skype即时通讯+对Skype , reviewed here last Friday. VR+ has been getting better and better and it just got even better. ，检讨在这里上周五。 虚拟现实+已越来越好，和它刚刚得到更加美好。 Now it can transcribe voice notes… sort of.现在它可以抄写笔记的声音…排序。 That is great news, and since VR+ is one of my favorite Blackberry applications and since this is BerryReview.com, why not write a review about VR+ ?这是好消息，由于村代表+是一个我最喜爱的黑莓申请，而且由于这是berryreview.com ，为什么不写评论约村代表+ ？ Read on…阅读关于…

Trivia: This is the first application to ever receive a full 10/10 rating on BerryReview 琐事：这是首次应用以往任何时候都获得全额10月10日的评级berryreview

It was a dark and stormy night… 这是一个黑暗和风雨夜…

I still remember the most exciting and the most disappointing moments I had during my honeymoon over the next few days after I bought my first Blackberry.我还记得，最令人兴奋的和最令人失望的时刻，我曾在我的蜜月期在未来数天之后，我买我的第一黑莓。 One of the biggest disappointing moments was when I realized the Blackberry’s native “voice recorder” I had gawked at when examining the phone in the store was in fact one of the lamest applications I had seen in my whole life (it’s called Send Voice Note in the 2006/2007 Blackberry models).其中一个最大的令人失望的时刻是，当我实现了黑莓的本土化“录音机”我曾gawked在审查时，手机，在商店，其实其中的lamest申请，我看到在我的整个生命（它的所谓发送声音注意：在2006/2007黑莓模式） 。 It recorded at very low volume, barely audible, and it couldn’t save any sound file.它记录在非常低的音量，勉强发声，它无法保存任何声音文件。 The only option was to send the recording via MMS.唯一的办法是，把录音透过MMS 。 An insult.一种侮辱。 I could only hope there were decent aftermarket voice recorders in a good software store.我只能希望有体面的售后录音机在一个良好的软件店。 And there certainly were.和有一定分别。

The first thing I bought was第一件事是我买 vNotes vnotes , which is cheaper and very competent and served me well for some time. ，这是便宜，非常能干和服务对我很好了一段时间。 But until then I was just looking for a voice memo application.但在此之前，我只是找一个语音备忘录的应用。 As soon as I had the voice memo application, I realized it would be great if I could send voice messages over e-mail.尽快我曾语音备忘录的应用，我实现了便伟大如果我可以传送语音讯息超过电子邮件。 That would be even better than a QWERTY keyboard, I wouldn’t have to type!这将是甚至优于一个QWERTY键盘，我也不会输入！ That feature is present in vNotes, but I wasn’t very happy about the file formats.此功能是目前在vnotes ，但我并不感到非常高兴的档案格式。 WAV is too big and AMR is a format that most people can’t play in a Windows machine without downloading a special codec and I’ve never been able to play on Linux at all. VR+ already offered the ability to e-mail the voice notes in the MP3 format, the only really sane format for something like that. wav太大和AMR是一种格式，大部分市民无法发挥在Windows机器，不用下载一个特别编解码器和我从未去过能够发挥Linux的所有。 虚拟现实+已经提供的能力，电子邮件的声音注意到，在MP3格式，唯一真正理智的格式类似的东西。 So I bit the bullet, paid $29.95 for VR+ and now it is one of my favorite Blackberry applications.因此，我有点子弹，支付29.95美元的村代表+和现在这是一个我最喜爱的黑莓申请。 Just take a gander at the top of the article and see how many stars I gave it.只是采取甘德在上方的文章，看看有多少颗星我给它。

It’s review time! 它的审查时间！

VR+ is extremely useful, but it doesn’t have that many features. 村代表+是极为有益的，但它确实没有这方面的许多功能。 So it is very easy to master and use.所以这是很容易掌握和使用。

As soon as the program launches, you can press the Space key to start recording.尽快推出该计划，您可以按下空格键开始录制。 Or you can configure VR+ to start recording automatically whenever it’s launched.或您可以设定虚拟现实+开始录制时自动它的推出。 If you press Space again, the recording is paused.如果你按下的空间再次，录音暂停。 Yes, you can pause and resume.是的，您可以暂停和恢复。 You can also send VR+ to the background and use another application. VR+ will keep recording in background.您还可以发送虚拟现实+背景和使用其他应用软件。 +村代表将继续在录音的背景。 If you press the Blackberry Escape key, the recording stops.如果您按下黑莓逃生的关键，录音停止。 Every new recording is added to a list (shown in the screenshot above).每一个新的记录添加到列表（显示在屏幕截图段） 。 In that list, you can play a recording with the trackball or send the recording to the cloud.在该名单中，你可以玩一个录音与轨迹球或发送记录，以云。 You can send it through e-mail or upload it to a remote storage account.您可以将它透过电子邮件或上传到远程存储帐户。 Let’s analyze each one of these two options separately.让我们分析每个人这两个选项分开。

E-mail 电子邮件

This is by far the most interesting feature.这是迄今为止最有趣的功能。 Every Blackberry or Treo user knows how much better it is to type short messages with a full QWERTY keyboard.每Blackberry或商品，用户知道如何好得多，这是输入短讯与充分的QWERTY键盘。 But sometimes you may have a bit too much to say and you don’t want to be the subject of one of those endless slow-news-day articles about people getting BlackBerry Thumb Syndrome.但有时您可能有一个位太多的话要说，您不想成为主题之一，这些无休止的缓慢-新闻-天的文章，人民越来越黑莓拇指综合征。 This is what VR+ is great for: just dictate your message and send it through e-mail!这是什么村代表+是很大的：刚才支配您的留言和发送通过电子邮件！ Unlike the native Send Voice Note application I mentioned in the beginning of this article, VR+ sends the AMR file to an intermediary server run by SHAPE Services that will convert the file into MP3, a truly popular format.不像本土派的声音，注意应用我刚才在本文开头， 虚拟现实+传送的AMR文件，以一个中介服务器运行所形成的服务将文件转换成MP3播放，一个真正受欢迎的格式。 You can decide if the recipient should receive the MP3 file as an attachment, just a link to a Web page where they can download the file, or both .你可以决定如果收件人应该得到的MP3文件作为附件，只是一个链接到一个网页，在这里他们可以将档案下载， 或两者兼而有之 。 Some people spend the entire day behind corporate firewalls that might prevent them from receiving MP3 attachments.有些人花费整个天背后的企业防火墙可能会阻止他们从接到的MP3附件。 Others have download size restrictions.其他下载大小的限制。 Others are not allowed to browse the Web and download files.其他均不得在浏览网页和下载文件。 The two options provided by VR+ should take care of most if not all of these situations.两个方案所提供的虚拟现实+要照顾大多数，如果不是所有这些情况。

When it’s time to select the e-mail recipient’s name and address, you have access to your address book, of course.当它的时间，选择电子邮件收件人的姓名和地址，您可以访问您的地址簿，当然。 So it’s just a matter of browsing and clicking.因此，这只是一个问题，浏览和点击。 But you can also launch VR+ from within the Blackberry mail application. VR+ installs three new entries in the native mail app’s menu:但您也可以推出自愿退休+从黑莓的电子邮件应用程序。 虚拟现实+安装三个新的作品在本土的电子邮件应用程序的菜单：

As soon as you create a new message, it is automatically filled in with a template message.当您创建一个新的讯息，这是自动填充在同一个模板的讯息。 You can customize that template in the configuration section.您可以自定义该模板在配置节。 There is a screenshot of the template editing window at the end of this review.有一个画面的模板编辑窗口在本月底审查。 If the template is not appropriate in any given situation, just delete it or edit it like any other e-mail message.如果模板是不恰当的，在任何特定情况下，只要将它删除或修改它像任何其他电子邮件讯息。

Remote storage 远程存储

After you send the message, the recipient will receive your recording as an attachment or download link or both.当您发送邮件，收件人将收到你的录音，作为附件或下载连结，或两者兼而有之。 That’s because every owner of a VR+ license is entitled to a free remote storage account.这是因为每一位业主，一个村代表+授权有权享受一个免费的远程存储帐户。 It’s not a subscription service, it’s part of your license when you buy VR+ , at no additional cost.它不是一个订阅服务，它的一部分，您的许可当你购买虚拟现实+ ，在不增加额外费用。 Every time you record a new piece, you can upload it to your remote account.每一次你记录一个新的作品，您可以上传到您的远程帐户。 It is very easy to retrieve the recording’s remote URL right from VR+ so you can send that URL to someone later, so long as you don’t delete the sound file from your phone.它是很容易的检索记录的远程网址的权利由村代表+ ，使您可以发送该URL到有人后，只要你不要删除声音文件从您的手机。 If you delete it, then you will have to log in to your account on your desktop machine and check your list of saved recordings.如果你删除它，那么你将要登录到您的帐户在您的桌面上机，并检查您的清单保存的录音。 If you click here如果您点击这里 , you can see one of these pages and listen to a message I have recorded and made available especially for you, BerryReview readers. ，您可以看到一对这些网页，并听取一个信息，我有记录，并提供特别为您， berryreview以飨读者。

Of course, you don’t have to reveal those addresses to anyone if you don’t want to share any particular recording, so that remote account also serves as a remote backup stash.当然，您还没有透露这些地址向任何人如果您不想分享任何特别的录音，使远程帐户，也提供了一个远程备份stash 。 There is one big problem with that solution, though: security by obscurity.有一个很大的问题与解决办法，虽然：安全不了了之。 Just check the link I just mentioned and note that the file hides behind a very long numeric key.只需选中链接我刚才所提到的，并注意该文件的背后隐藏一段很长的数字键。 Change that key and you might end up finding someone else’s page, with who knows what kind of dirty secrets.改变的关键，你可能最终发现别人的网页，谁知道什么样的肮脏秘密。 It is very difficult, the hash is pretty long, I have tried brute forcing it with dozens of random number sequences and never found any other valid address with someone else’s recordings, but that doesn’t mean it is impossible.它是非常困难的，哈希是相当长的，我曾尝试蛮力迫使它与几十个随机数序列，并没有发现任何其他有效的地址与别人的纪录，但这并不意味着这是不可能的。 I really think we should be able to lock those storage lots with passwords.我真的觉得我们应该可以锁定这些储存地段与密码。

Rise of the dictatorships 崛起的独裁统治

We’ve seen some interesting and more or less related offerings pop up around here lately.我们已经看到一些有趣的和更多或更少相关产品弹出左右，最近在这里。 There is有 Vlingo & Yahoo vlingo ＆雅虎 . 。 There is有 Nuance细微差别 . 。 There is有 Winscribe winscribe . 。 Why not mention为什么不提 TeleNav telenav just to increase the list.只是为了增加名单。 And the most relevant one:和最相关的1 ： Jott jott . 。 Where did so many voice-operated applications come from this sudden?哪里有这么多的声音，操作应用来自这一突如其来的？ And how does that affect VR+ ?又如何影响到虚拟现实+ ？ It affects plenty!它影响到很多！

A few months ago, RIM announced a new Blackberry OS (4.5) with several improvements, including an all-new voice recorder.几个月前， RIM公司宣布了一项新的黑莓操作系统（ 4.5 ）与若干改进，包括一个全新的录音。 Around the date of the announcement, I had just bought my copy of VR+ and thought that maybe I had foolishly spent my hard earned money on something I would soon have for free.周围的日期宣布，我刚刚买了我的副本， 村代表+ ，并认为，也许我已经愚蠢地花了我的辛苦赚取的金钱，我会很快有免费的。 I was wrong.我错了。 First, the new OS with the new voice recorder still isn’t available after several months.首先，新的操作系统与新的语音录制，仍然无法使用经过数个月。 Second, people who have tested the new 4.5 OS describe RIM’s new voice recorder as something quite limited.第二，人谁测试新的4.5操作系统形容RIM的新的语音录制，作为相当有限。 It can only store the recordings in the phone or media card, and it can only e-mail the recordings in its native (but exotic) AMR format. VR+ already had the ability to send the recordings through e-mail in the MP3 format.它只能存储录音，在电话或媒体卡，它只能以电子邮件的方式将录音在其本土（但异国情调）的AMR格式。 虚拟现实+已经有能力来传送录音透过电子邮件在MP3格式。 But SHAPE Services immediately improved the VR+ experience even further with an online account where the recordings can be stored permanently.但形状服务，立即改善了村代表+经验，甚至进一步与网上帐户，让录音，可永久储存。 Thus VR+ was relevant again and well worth the price of admission.因此， 虚拟现实+相关再次和非常值得的价格收。

Jott jott can actually be in competition with VR+ .其实是可以在竞争中与虚拟现实+ 。 It is an automated transcription service.它是一个自动誊写服务。 You dictate your musings into the Jott application, send it to your account and get a transcription over e-mail.您口述您的musings到jott的应用，它传送给您的帐户并获得一转录超过电子邮件。 In theory, it’s not just as useful as a voice message application like VR+ .从理论上讲，它不只是一样有用一个语音信息的应用，例如虚拟现实+ 。 It can be more useful .它可以更为有用 。 It relieves you from the trouble of typing long messages just like VR+ , and the ability to transform dictation into text that can be copied and pasted could have many interesting and rather valuable applications other than plain simple instant communication.它免除您从麻烦，只要输入讯息，就像虚拟现实+ ，并有能力改造听写到文字可以复制并粘贴，可以有很多有趣而有价值的应用以外的其他平原简单的即时通讯。

Except for a few minor issues.除了一些枝节问题。 First off, Jott is only available to US and Canada residents, go figure why. VR+ is available worldwide or something very close to that (the usual trade embargo countries are probably excluded).首先， jott是只提供给美国和加拿大的居民，转到数字的原因。 虚拟现实+是全世界提供或一些非常接近（一般贸易禁运的国家很可能被排除） 。 Second, Jott probably supports nothing but English and they can’t add that many languages on short notice. VR+ , however, supports whatever language or dialect both you and your recipient speak.第二， jott可能支持无关，但英语和他们不能补充一点，就是许多语言很短时间通知。 +村代表 ，不过，无论支持的语言或方言，您和您的收件人发言。 Even Klingon!甚至克林贡！ Third, Jott apparently uses some machine-based speech recognition system.第三， jott显然是使用了一些基于计算机的语音识别系统。 How accurate can it be?如何准确，可它是什么？ Not 100%, that’s for sure.不是百分之一百，这是肯定的。 Especially if you speak with some exotic accent.特别是如果你发言，与一些异国情调的口音。 When you use VR+ , you’re not talking to a machine.当您使用虚拟现实+ ，您谈的不是一个机器。 You’re probably talking to someone you already know and is familiar enough with your distinctive speech or at least can rely on to-this-day unmatched human intelligence and lifelong training to do a very good job of understanding what you say.您可能谈论某人你已经知道和熟悉不够，与您的鲜明的讲话，或至少可以靠到这天的无与伦比的人类的智慧和终身培训，以做一个很好的工作，了解什么，你说。

But the thing is: voice recognition seems to be all the rage now, and SHAPE Services once again have shown that they are in sync with the Zeitgeist.不过，这件事是：语音识别似乎是所有的愤怒现在，形状和服务再次表明，他们是在同步与时代精神。 The new version 2.3 of VR+ , released just a few days ago, can upload your voice messages to新的2.3版本的村代表+ ，公布的只是一个数天前，可以上传您的语音邮件 iDictate idictate , a pay-as-you-go transcription service that could be looking at a lawsuit from Apple sooner than later. ，薪酬随你去誊写服务，可以从诉讼从苹果迟早比晚通好。 I don’t know how accurate their service is, but the realistic prices and turnaround times suggest that they employ human beings to perform the transcription, not speech recognition software.我不知道如何准确的服务，但实际价格和周转时间建议他们聘请人来执行的转录，而不是语音识别软件。 The service is not cheap, which is very bad if you’re a cheapskate, but is probably very good if you expect professional grade quality.这项服务并不便宜，这是极坏的如果您是cheapskate ，但可能是非常好的，如果您希望与专业职系的质量。 At this point, I must apologize to our readers.在这一点上，我必须道歉，我们的读者。 I’d love to test and evaluate the transcription services offered by iDictate , but their pay-as-you-go model require that I submit all my credit card information beforehand and let them charge my usage from it at their discretion, something I will do immediately as soon as hell freezes over.我喜欢测试和评估的转录所提供的服务idictate ，但他们的薪酬随你去模型要求我提交所有我的信用卡资料在事前让他们负责我的使用由它自行决定，我将这样做，立即尽快地狱冻结。 I really do not trust my credit card with any company at all.我真的不信任我的信用卡与任何公司所有。 I wish I could buy transcription credits with Paypal, just like Skype credits.我想我可以购买转录学分与贝宝，就像Skype的学分。 That would be very nice.这将是非常好的。 Meanwhile, let this paragraph be a micro review of iDictate’s service.同时，让这一段是一个微型的审查idictate的服务。 My verdict: I don’t like it.我的结论是：我不喜欢它。

I don’t think I am the kind of person who is going to use transcription services, but I certainly admire what SHAPE Services are doing to VR+ .我不认为我是什么样的人谁是要使用的转录服务，但我当然佩服什么形状的服务正在做的VR使用+ 。 They are constantly adding value to it and making it still very relevant and very useful in the face of new technologies and competitors.他们不断增加价值，它和它仍然非常相关的和非常有用的，在面对新技术和新的竞争者。 That alone made me want to write this review.仅此，令我想写进行这项检讨。

A warning to upgraders: I uninstalled my previous version before installing version 2.3, I don’t know if that was necessary, but I did it. 警告upgraders ：我卸载了我以前的版本，然后再安装2.3版本，我不知道如果这是必要的，但我没有。 Surprisingly, version 2.3 retained all my previous configuration.奇怪的是， 2.3版本保留了我所有以前的配置。 I wonder if they store configuration remotely like most RSS readers.我不知道，如果他们存储配置远程最喜欢的RSS阅读器。 That is very nice, but I had a glitch: my previous recordings are no longer recognized.这是非常好的，但我有一个小故障：我以前的录音不再承认。 My list was empty!我的名单上是空的！ The recordings are still there in my media card, but VR+ won’t list them anymore.录音仍然存在，我在媒体卡，但村代表+不会将它们列了。 And I have no means to convert that bunch of AMR files into MP3.我没有办法转换一大堆的AMR文件到MP3播放。

One last look 最后一个看看

Last and least, at least for me, VR+ supports its own concept of “themes”.最后和最不发达国家，至少对我来说， 虚拟现实+支持自己的概念， “主题” 。 I don’t care much about that kind of thing, but I know that many people do.我不照顾不多，这种事，但我知道很多人这样做。 The version I have comes with just three of them.版本我已经谈到，只要他们三人。 You’ve seen one in the beginning of this review.你看过一在开始进行这项检讨。 Here are the other two:这里是另外两个：

But if you google for “VR+” images, you might see other themes.但如果你的Google “轮+ ”的图像，您可能会看到其他的主题。 I don’t know where they can be found.我不知道在这里他们可以找到。 I wish that main pane were simply translucid and we could choose any background image we wanted. Dollars5 have done that to我想主要窗格，只是translucid ，我们可以选择任何背景的形象，我们希望。 dollars5有做到这一点，以 their media player其媒体播放器 and I think it looks great.我认为它看起来很大。

Now a good set of configuration screenshots should give you a good idea of all options available in adapting VR+ to your preferences.现在一个很好的一套配置画面应该给你一个好主意，所有可供选择的方案在适应虚拟现实+您的喜好。

Pros: you can record voice memos, send voice messages by e-mail in MP3, store them in a free remote account and share them; very simple and efficient program and interface. 利弊：您可以录制语音备忘录，传送语音讯息透过电子邮件在MP3播放，将它们存储在一个自由的远程帐户，并分享他们;很简单和有效率的程序和界面。

Cons: I have a reputation to look after, so here is at least one flaw: Auto Text doesn’t work in the message’s Subject line. 意见：我有一个声誉照顾，所以这里是至少有一个缺陷：自动文本不工作，在邮件中的主题行。

My rating: 10. 我的评价： 10 。

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