[Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

Sun Apr 13 02:02:46 UTC 2014

To my knowledge they have already released an accessible set top box, though
it is in very limited use at the moment. Comcast has made its iOS app
accessible, however.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Freeman
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

The ultimate purpose of the car -- one which I am not certain was achieved
-- was to get universities and the like interested in the problem of other,
more efficient, ways of accessing information.

So while your suggestion makes sense on its surface, I doubt we have the
capital to develop such equipment as accessible appliances and it is by no
means certain that we could get any manufacturer to produce items we
designed.

Moreover, if we're talking medical devices, there's the old problem of
medical liability.

Supposedly Comcast is working on accessible set-top boxes. They've got a
good guy working with them. We shall see.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan
Schulz
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 3:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

hi,

the 2-mil car was supposed to lend technology to other situations.
so why can't the nfb create a talking direct tv
box/microwave/washer/stove/etc?
Bryan Schulz

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Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:36 PM
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> Kerri:
>
> First of all, LOL, Mike.  Is there anything worth watching besides 
> baseball, MSNBC, (I guess I just showed my polits a little) and 
> documentary programs such as The American Experience.  But seriously, one 
> reason I like to watch such programs is that there is narration and one 
> can follow pretty well what is going on.  Unfortunately, I have no idea 
> how to program a VCR so it can record other programs while I am watching 
> something else or while I am out.
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike Freeman
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:25 AM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television
>
> 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
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> 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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