Hello Kliphton and Sieghard
Thank you very much for the explanation. This is very interesting. I shall
investigate what is available in South Africa.
Regards
Fanus
From: Kliphton Miller
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 11:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: purpose of apple tv
Well, it does more than stream music an movies. You can log in to most
channels offered buy a service provider like time warner, comcast, or direct.
Of course you must pay for these subscriptions, or get someone to share there
info with you. The appleTV also has some games to be played on it. My
favorite app is infuse, this allows me to stream my entire movie collection to
my appleTV4 without using iTunes, or having to leave my mac on for Plex or some
other third party. And the best part about it, I don’t have to convert my
movie files in to mp4, they can be any format and infuse will stream them. The
most important thing for most of us, is we don’t need sited help to control the
appleTV, voiceover reads everything on the screen so we can control HBO,
netflix, Hulu, or whatever service you are using, including the network TV apps
at that have on demand content.
On Nov 3, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Fanus <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Sieghard and list
Please pardon my stupid question but can anyone in a few sentences explain
the purpose of the apple tv. Is it only for downloading and playing music and
movies on the tv or can one control the tv set to a certain extent i.e. can one
hear the menu and shedule normal tv programs etc.?
I am not a movie fan so I ask this question on behalf of a blind friend who
wants to access the tv.
Regards
Fanus
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Loving Apple tv, have more questions
Keep in mind that you can dictate anywhere including spelling passwords and
user names. Also, if you have a bluetooth keyboard you can pair it for easier
typing and in fact you can pretty much control the Apple TV completely with a
bluetooth keyboard. Only thing I can't remember now is if there is a way to
invoke SIRI with a bluetooth keyboard.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Terri Stimmel
Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 9:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Loving Apple tv, have more questions
Hello to Daniel and all who have helped me with my Apple tv, so far. I really
appreciate it.
I really dislike saying this, because I was so hesetant to purchase it.
But I absolutely love it! I think it's awesome!
My friend helped me set it up, because I didn't see the message in time,
telling me how to start voiceover. But once we got voiceover on, I took
it over.
I actually like the little gesture area. I thought it would be very
difficult to use. But not at all. And I like how you press the little
clicker thing at the end. Ok, surely not the propper name for it. LOL!
The keyboard is still a bit confusing to me. But overall I like the new
set up so far. I find it faster to choose letters, and such.
Also, one feature I really loved, was how easy it was to set it up, and
connect to my network. I liked how I unlocked my phone, and held it near
the tv. That was too cool how it used the bluetooth. The set up was
flawless.
I haven't done much with it, beyond that. Mainly, because I am not sure
what to do.
How do I get my apps like, CBS, Hulu, and Netflix on there?
Even if they are on my Ipad, and I have subscriptions, do I have to
download them on to the Apple TV?
I couldn't find an area where I could see all my apps. But maybe I don't
know where to look.
Also, if I want other free or subscription-based apps for movies, or tv
shows, how do I go about finding such stuff?
Unfortunately, I don't know many apps, and I honestly don't know how to
search for such things.
I'd like to find apps that are pretty accessible. But I'd try some apps
just to check them out as well, if I knew how to find them.
Also, how do you know which news apps give broadcasts of stories, and
not just articles?
I know NPR has a news app.
Any help with any of this would be much appreciated. I'm going to mess
around with the Apple tv more, tomorrow. I am definitely happy I bought
it. I can't believe now that I was so intimidated by it.
Thank you,
Terri
On 11/2/2016 9:42 AM, Daniel L. Gervais wrote:
> Hi Terri,
>
> I think you will enjoy your new Apple TV, I know I bought the exact same
one and I love it.
>
> As for the remote, below the gesture area, from the top left going down,
you have the Menu, Siri and Play/Pause buttons. From the top right going down,
you have the Home button and below that is the Volume Up and Down rocker.
>
> To enable VoiceOver, simply press the Play/Pause button three times and
after a few tries, VoiceOver should begin speaking.
>
> When inputting text, the keyboard is layed out a little diffrently with the
first row being the letters A to Z and the next row below being the numbers and
punctuation symbols. Below that row is buttons to toggle between lowercase and
uppercase letters, but if you press the Play/Pause button, this will do the same.
>
> You can also use Siri to dictate anything in an edit field, this also
includes passwords. Simply press and hold the Siri button and dictate. When
you're done, let go of the button and your text will be inputted.
>
> While on the Home screen, you can even ask Siri, by pressing and holding
while you talk and letting go when your done.
>
> You can always check on www.applevis.com for How To's on using the Apple
TV. I believe that David Woodbridge has quite a few podcasts on doing just about
anything on the Apple TV.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>
> From: Terri Stimmel <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2016/11/02 10:12 AM
> Subject: Got my new Apple TV, need a bit of help!
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> Well, I broke down and purchased my new Apple tv last night. I got the
> 32 gig model. I didn't mess with it last night though, because I just
> wasn't feeling the best.
>
>
> It's all open, and all hooked up now. It is a little chunkier, and
> bigger. But I think I like that. I do like the remote much better,
> because it too seems thicker, and maybe not as easy to lose. I lost one
> once. LOL!
>
>
> Now here is where I need some help please.
>
> When I go to the input where the Apple tv is, nothing seems to happen.
> On my older model, it asked about Voiceover.
>
>
> So first of all, can someone kindly explain the layout of the buttons to
> me, and what they are?
>
> This would really be very helpful. I found the area for the gestures.
>
>
> Now how can I get voiceover on?
>
> Will I need sighted assistence for this?
>
> I pushed a couple of buttons just to see what would happen. I don't know
> if anything happened on the screen. But I heard some cute little noises.
> LOL!
>
> I decided to quit messing with it though, because I didn't want to mess
> anything up.
>
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated. Now I am kind of getting
> excited about this thing. Although, I'm not really looking forward to
> adding on all the apps I may want, or remembering passwords.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Terri
>
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