Certainly to Amazon. I’m not sure if it’s them or if it is the companies concerned. Since Netflix in particular used not to have this problem, I’m thinking it’s on Amazon. But I really don’t know. I know lots of people have told Amazon they don’t like it, to no avail.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Mary, > > Have you fed this back to the companys concerned > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On > Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2019 4:14 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Moving away from direct TV! Whats the best alternative thats > VoiceOver friendly? Apple TV? > > My only problem with the fire stick is the screen reader. Apps like Hulu and > Netflix for example, don’t honor the screen reader settings that you have > set. If you speed it up your speech, when you go into apps like that, it > slows down to a crawl. It’s very very annoying. It’s a good product. But > whoever thought it was a good idea to introduce these apps that don’t honor > your settings should be fired. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 27, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Christina <blindmaclo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This isn’t an Apple product, but definitely check out the Amazon 4k Fire TV >> stick. It’s on sale, accessible, has an excellent remote with buttons >> instead of a touch screen, has excellent voice control compared to Siri, and >> the best part is that it’s on sale right now for $24.99. The Apple TV in >> some ways might be considered slightly more accessible, but I have no usable >> vision, and I personally find the fire TV stick easier to use, and it’s not >> over $150. The Fire TV stick is normally $49.99, but at $24.99 it’s >> practically a steel. ☺️ I’m sure if you didn’t like it, you could return it >> within the apropriate time period. 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