[Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

[doug trimble]

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> On Apr 12, 2014, at 7:28 AM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> Kerri:
> 
> The following is said with tongue firmly in cheek: how do I watch
> television? A: Is there anything worth watching on TV anymore outside of the
> news, baseball and hockey? But the *real* answer is that I let my wife (who
> is sighted) pollute her brain with TV and I just put up with it.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kerri
> Kosten
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 11:24 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> When I was younger, (many years ago) I used to watch TV all the time.
> I loved and primarily watched shows on channels such as ABC Family,
> MTV, and the CW (formerly the WB) so they had a lot of talking in them
> so I could follow along with what was going on pretty well just by
> listening to the context clues.
> I would like to get back into watching television.
> First, are popular television shows described? Could I go to a certain
> setting or something on my TV and access an audio described version of
> the shows?
> For those of you who love and regularly watch TV, do you just listen
> and try to use context clues to figure out what is going on or how do
> you keep yourself interested in the show when there is usually so much
> action and shows are very visual?
> Also, being that I likely won't be home when the shows I want to watch
> air, is there any way to access on demand through Exfinity/Comcast (my
> cable provider)? I know sighted people can access on demand through
> the menus on the remote control but of course neither my remote nor
> Television have speech so I can't access the menus or anything like
> that. For those of you who watch tv regularly, how do you get around
> this?
> Is there an app I could download on the Iphone or something to maybe
> somehow control my TV using the Iphone to access the on demand menus?
> I know these questions may sound weird, but I haven't really watched
> TV in so long the times have sort of changed. Television seems to be a
> huge thing for sighted people and I'd like to get back into watching
> popular TV shows again. I know I can access TV listings through NFB
> Newsline.
> Thanks,
> Kerri
> 
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