Hello Lenron, First, I strongly suggest that if you have an Apple TV, connect it to the HDMI1 port and have it powered on before you plugin and power on your Sony X85K television. Trust me, this will make things much easier, in the long run.
When the H85K is first powered on, there will be a series of questions that must be answered. Many of these questions may be skipped. For example, you can choose to not setup WiFi, etc. Unfortunately, when the unit is first powered on, it is not screen reader accessible. This is only the case, once. This is to say, should you disconnect the unit from the power supply, when next connected, if the screen reader was activated, it will remain so. If the screen reader was not active when the unit was disconnected from the power source, when next connected, you can simply press the screen reader shortcut key, on the remote, to quickly enable the screen reader. As an aside, you may revisit the initial setup area after you have enabled the screen reader if you would like to provide more detailed info to the OS. Okay, so, after you complete the initial one-time setup process, on the remote, you can press either the Home button or the Quick Settings button and then select Settings. >From the on-screen Settings menu, select System. Finally, Select Accessibility. If you have a Siri remote, for use with your Apple TV, it automatically detects and configures itself to work with the X85K. Conversely, you may automatically use your X85K remote to control your Apple TV, as well. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of lenron brown Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2022 1:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple VoiceOver and Google TalkBack Screen Reader on the Same Television, Not Bad; Not Bad at All Where did you have to go on this tv to enable accessibility? I am thinking about picking this one up. On 11/12/22, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > At approximately 6:18 PM, while eating dinner, the video output of my > beloved off-brand 42-inch television gave up the ghost. That's right, > it just died. The sound was fine, however. It was 12 years and 2 months old. > May it rest in piece. (smile). > > I went over to my local Best Buy and was amazed to discover the number > of big screen televisions available for less than $200. > Interestingly, all of them were off-bands and offered the bare minimum > hardware connectivity options. > > It took me less than 15 minutes to decide on a Sony X85K Smart TV for > several reasons not the least of which being that it has an ethernet > port which allows one to instantly connect to the web without having > to configure and disclose one's WIfI information. This means that one > can instantly disconnect the set from the web by merely disconnecting > the cable. > > A great many things have changed in accessible television technology > since I last purchased a television. So you can imagine how delighted > I was to discover that this unit offers both Google Talkback and the > Google TTS Screen Reader, as separate options, that make the set 100% > accessible. > > Without needing to first connect the set to the web, I was able to > enable the unit's Google screen reader and configure the seemingly > endless OS options. > > I quickly connected my beloved Apple TV to the new set and I can enjoy > both the Google TTS and VoiceOver without having to disable either. > Just as with Apple TV, the Google screen reader has a shortcut key > button so one can quickly enable and disable the Android OS > accessibility feature of choice. > > The cost of the set was approximately $600. > > Once the screen reader has been enabled, the set is wonderfully > accessible to the blind and low vision. However, in my opinion, > sighted assistance is definitely needed to enable the screen reader, out of > the box. > > Apple VoiceOver and Google TalkBack Screen Reader on the Same > television, Not bad; not Bad at all. > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, > or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact > the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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