Sounds like she’s got it solved which is great news. Losing your text to speech is so frustrating. I used to hate the JFW crashes for that reason, VO at least normally restarts if it crashes.
Good luck Donna, sounds like an odd problem. On 6/13/16, 10:05 AM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >Wow. That's really weird. I wonder if maybe when you tried turning it on, >it was in the process of a software update? Again, it's unlikely, but VO >wouldn't speak nor turn on while it's doing an update. I'd absolutely hate >to tell you to reset the thing, as that definitely should be a very last >resort, and is quite an extreme measure. Unfortunately, at this time, being >I've never had this issue before, it's really the only other thing I can >think to do if it continues, short of first maybe calling Apple >Accessibility, and seeing what they say. > >1-877-204-3930, then, choose option 1 from the menu. I know that says iOS, >but they deal with TVOS over there as well, as far as I'm aware. >--- >Christopher Gilland >JAWS Certified, 2016. >Training Instructor. > >[email protected] >Phone: (704) 256-8010. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Donna Goodin" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 9:59 AM >Subject: Re: 4th Gen Apple TV coming up without VO > > >Hi Chris, > >Yeah, it is set correctly. I finally got VO talking--not sure how--and that >was the first thing I checked. >Cheers, >Donna >> On Jun 13, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Have you looked to be sure that the tripple click menu button on the Siri >> remote is indeed set to toggle on/off Voiceover? I know you initially >> probably set it to do so, but it's possible something may a glitched, and >> it got turned off, thereby making it not let you re-enable it. It's >> unlikely, I agree with you on that point, but it's something I'd at least >> check, just? in case. >> --- >> Christopher Gilland >> JAWS Certified, 2016. >> Training Instructor. >> >> [email protected] >> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 9:43 AM >> Subject: 4th Gen Apple TV coming up without VO >> >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> About every other time I turn on our 4th Gen Apple Tv, it comes on but VO >>> doesn't speak. I've tried adjusting the volume, and turning VO off and >>> on, but neither helps. 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