hey Sara thanks, I:ll try and give you a brief overview of the apple TV and if you have any specific questions about what it can and can't do let me know. First off the apple TV is a small box about the size of a hockey puck in order to use it you will need a TV with a HDMI imput and a wireless network, it also has a either net imput so if you wanted you could hardwire it right into your modem if you don't have a wireless network. so assuming you have these I will go over some of the great things I have found it can do. First It has VO installed , its the same voice on the Iphone . Someone mentioned about tripil clicking the play/pause button to turn VO on but I cant' turn it on this way . I needed some sighted assistance to go threw the menus to turn VO on but once its on its totally accessable . I should also note it comes with a small remote that has a large circle for left, right, up, down davigation of menus, A select button in the middle of the circle and two buttons below the circle . The left is menu or Back button , the right is the play/pause button thats it. so the first time you plug it in and turn it on it will ask you for your apple store info and get you to set up connection to your internet connection . after its done and you have VO turned on your ready to go. So there is the main menu screen divided into catigories they are: movies,TV shows, Itunes match, computers, internet, and settings. movies : in the movies menu is where you can rent or buy movies from Itunes . Its very simple just look threw the different movie catigories for your movie or you can do a search . Just select a movie and rent it and start watching . Note, all the movies are HD movies so there a little more expensive than standard def movies about 4 or 5 dollars. Tv shows are the same you can purchase TV shows and watch them right from the TV. It also connects to Icloud so any purchased TV shows From any device connected to your Icloud account will show up in the purchased TV shows list and you can play them right from the cloud. next is Imatch which is a paid way to sink your Itunes music to the cloud to play on any device . I dont use this so I can't comment on it. Next is internet , There are a few things in this menu the only ones I hav used are netflicks and utube. Netflicks works great on it and is totally accessible. Next is computer , with a computer connected to your network and home sharing inabled you can access content on your computer and stream it right to your apple TV . and settings is self explanitory. another great feature is airplay and airplay mirroring . This allows you to stream music and movies from Your computer or IOS device right to the TV. I use this to stream music playing on pandora on my Iphone to the apple TV which I have hooked to a very nice stereo and I can control the music on my stereo with my Iphone . Its really cool. with the airplay and mirroring you can also stream movies and photos to the TV . over all I am very happy with all the things I can now do with the tv. It really helps with playing specific tv shows for my kids using netflicks and itunes with no sighted assistance . Any other questions Feeel free to ask. Jason 2, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Sarah May wrote:
> > Hi Jason, > > Welcome to the list. My name is Sarah. I’m from St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. > Wow, you have only been blind for nine years? You are adapting very well. > I have been visually impaired since I was born, but had pretty good useable > vision until I lost most of it around the age of twelve/thirteen. I still > have a little remaining vision left but it isn’t very functional. I received > a Macbook Pro for my birthday last year. I checked out the I-Phone last year > at my local Apple store. I have some dexterity issues with my fingers and > didn’t find the phone to be real user friendly because of that. The Apple TV > sounds awesome with you being able to access the menus and all that > independently with no sighted assistance. I am unable to access the menus on > my TV, or access the On Demand features that my cable company provides, > because of how the menus are set up. Can you tell me more about Apple TV and > how it works? Is it a software that you can put on any television/ or flat > screen TV that you own? I know I’ve seen posts about the APple TV on the > list here, but didn’t think anything of it because I didn’t have it. If you > could tell me more about it I’d appreciate it. > > Jason, I admire, respect, and appreciate those who serve our country. My Dad > served in the navy for four years during Vietnam. My boyfriend also served > in the navy for ten years and was discharged when he got out as an E6 Petty > Officer. I always thought if I had vision that I would have followed in my > Dad’s footsteps and enlisted in the navy. My brother thought of enrolling as > a JAG officer after law school but he has some health issues that prevented > him from doing so. So I was engrained in my family that it is important to > serve your country. > > Well, I hope you will find the list beneficial. I have learned a lot myself > from being on the list here and everyone is very helpful and nice. Have a > great day! > > Sarah > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jason lefevers > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 1:35 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Apple TV > > Hi , first I would like to intraduce myself , My name is jason LeFevers I > live in Baltimore MD USA. I have been blind for about 9 years now, I lost my > sight in a car accident while serving in the Airforce. I have only been using > apple products bor a few years now with the purchase of the iphone 3gs. I am > now loving all apple products . The toys I have currently are, iphone 4s, > Macbook pro, apple tv, and airport extreme. I also have my PC with Jaws 13 > that i also use. I have only had the macbook since and apple tv 2nd gen since > christmass. I am still learning the voiceover on the mac but its getting > easier to do things . I wanted to comment on the apple tv and say how much I > enjoy it. For the first time since loosing my sight I am able to know what is > on the tv and select what I want to watch with no sighted help. I use it alot > to play tv shows for my kids when I am alone with them using netflicks, and > tv shows that i purchased from Itunes. I also have it hooked up to a nice > stereo and take advantage of the airplay feature to play music from my itunes > and pandora threw my stereo using my Iphone. I would be happy to answer any > specific questions about it . thanks I look forward to learning more from you > all about apple and other accessable toys. jason > > PS I hear rumers that the Apple Itv will be released sometime this year I am > really excited to see what this tv will offer. Feb 25, 2012, at 11:30 PM, > Eugenia Firth wrote: > > > Apple > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4843 - Release Date: 02/29/12 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
