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> On Jun 30, 2017, at 5:46 PM, Johnny Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > > So why would one expand the memory on one of these fire boxes? Is it > primarily to store recordings? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary > Schindler > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 6:16 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote > > The only advantage with the fire tv box is that it has a faster processor > and you can expand the memory with a micro SD card. No extras for blind > people! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnny Angel > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 9:30 AM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote > > Hi again Mary, > > Do you know anything about the Amazon fire tv box that sells for like $90? > I'm going to do some more research on the box, It offers more than the fire > stick like being able to expand the memory to I think 128 gb. I think it is > also 4K ready, whereas the fire stick is limited to 1 gb of memory and is > only capable of 1K programming. But it is like $50 more than the stick, and > I don't know if it yields the same joy as the stick does for a blind user. > > Anyway, if anyone on the list has an Amazon fire tv box, please chime in > here to let me and others know if getting the fire box instead of the fire > stick offers advantages useful for a blind individual. > > Thanks so much, > > John Chilelli > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 2:55 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote > > The screen reader comes on the fire. When you first get it, it will download > a better voice than the one that originally starts up. There are > instructions how to get it going from the get go on Amazon. I don't have the > link right here, but if somebody doesn't come up with it, I will see if I > can find it. Also, make sure that once you get your fire up and running, > that you make sure the software is up-to-date. So you want to check for > updates of course. You don't really need the iPad mini for this. You just > need to have a place to plug the Kindle fire stick directly into the TV. > That would be an HDMI port available. And of course you have to be able to > switch to that HDMI port so you can see the screen and hear what's going on, > including the screenreaer. So really, the iPad mini has no role to play > here. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 5:35 PM, Johnny Angel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Mary, >> >> Yah I just want to be able to access menus and movie category and >> individual movies. So, in addition to my I-pad mini and HTMI cable to >> connect to my dumb TV, I need two other items to get, right? The TV >> fire stick and the Voice View screen reader. And I take it that Amazon > sells everything I need? >> >> I'll check it all out and let you know how things are going. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> John Chilelli >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Mary Otten >> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 8:09 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote >> >> Hi John, >> >> Yes, with the fire tv stick, you can access netflix and see categories >> of movies, go through lists etc. When I first got the tv stick, sign >> in was not accessible. Now it is, according to other blind people; >> since I got sighted help for my initial sign in, I haven't had to do >> that again, so I can personally verify it. My set up is wifi. I >> honestly don't remember how difficult it was to do that sign in, >> because it was several months ago, and I've gone through a lot of >> stuff in my personal life since then. Now the fire stick has alexa as >> well as the voiceview screen reader. I don't use the alexa much, but >> it is there. I also can't speak to Pandora accessibility, since I >> don't > use that service. >> But netflix is good, better than on the apple tv, because it is better >> at announcing the category or row of movie listings you are in. >> >> Mary >> >> >> > > > >
