I don’t know, Siri has gotten a lot lot better in the last few weeks even. Since IOS 9 and the new phone the performance has been much better. A lot faster responses and the recognition seems much more rock solid. I’m sure it will still screw up at times but the reliability has definitely increased on this side.
> On Oct 20, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Having never seen this new model, it is hard to say what advantages the > Bluetooth keyboard might be present for a voiceover user. Certainly with the > previous Apple TV, which I do own, Bluetooth keyboard navigation is way > faster than using the otherwise supplied remote. Typing in searches is so > much more convenient as is navigating around the screen in general. Until we > know how this touchpad remote is going to work for voice over users, nobody > can say how much better or not better the Bluetooth keyboard support would > be. And if the Siri search is truly reliable, then that's great. But we all > know that Siri sometimes screws up, and in such cases, Shirley typing will be > better than anything a touch screen offers. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 20, 2015, at 1:40 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> What advantage might a keyboard offer over the use of the touch screen >> remote? Does the 4th present features where a keyboard would actually be >> beneficial? >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited >> in the past. What if it were true? >> >>> On 10/20/2015 1:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> I was just reading an article from 9 to 5 Mac which was talking about the >>> fourth generation Apple TV which is due out soon. One of the things they >>> said is that this model does not have support for Bluetooth keyboards. I >>> know it has the new Siri search capability. And it has the new remote >>> control with the touch panel. But I am still kind of bummed that there is >>> no Bluetooth keyboard support. Still don't know how this touch panel is >>> going to work out in terms of navigation with voiceover. I wasn't going to >>> run out and buy one anyway right at first. But this no Bluetooth deal >>> reinforces that decision. Good luck to the early adopters. >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
