Hi Dane: Just wondering if you'd care to share your thoughts and experience with us. I am the executive writer for a technology site focusing on assistive technology and accessibility and was wondering if you'd like to write a guest post for us on how the process went.
Please let me know. Jorge On Jan 5, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Hi! > > As promised to the list quite some time ago I'd report on my Apple TV though > it seems that other people have beaten me to the punch which is excellent! > > Unfortunately my delay was due to the fact that I had to rely on sighted > assistance to update the Apple TV units firmware, version 4.0 doesn't come > with Voiceover and that's what the Apple TV was running when I purchased it. > > Then came the problem of sighted help not having 24 hours to spare <smile>, > in the time allotted me by sighted assistance I couldn't get the device > connected to the Internet to download the 4.1 firmware update so a different > approach was required, got Sighted assistance to drop the unit in to their > local Apple Store. > > The units firmware was updated without a problem as I knew it would be and > I'd hoped to be using the Apple TV on Christmas night but this was not to be > due to the fact that Sighted Assistance had too much more important > Christmasy-type stuff on his mind thus forgot completely about the Apple TV, > yours truly is certainly not complaining as Sighted Assistance had been in > discussions with Santa for some time about my Christmas Ipad-type present > which I very gratefully received, I lost enough sleep setting that up on > Christmas Night thanks and I can only begin to imagine just how much more > sleep I would have lost setting up an Apple TV too! <smile>. > > But all's well that end's well, Sighted Assistance turned up today with Apple > TV and Voiceover enabled, i have it connected to my wi-fi network and the > unit is performing far better than I would have believed possible. > > I've already started writing about it on my Twitter pages and I'll shortly be > writing some notes and observations on Apple TV for my blog. > > TO summaries, this little square box puts audio and video from computers and > the Internet right into the palm of your hand literally thanks to the well > designed remote control, without Voiceover such a device would be almost > completely pointless for me, surfing radio stations, podcasts and so on are > now done from the comfort of my armchair rather than from the comfort of my > executive chair in front of the computer or by perching an Iphone on my > shoulder or an Ipad on my chest <smile>. > > So much to learn, so little time and a very long way to go! > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
