[Blindtlk] I was watching the Oscars last night and there was a commercial on the Comcast cable box for the blind

Tue Feb 24 00:23:58 UTC 2015

Time Warnerr is supposed ly merging with Comcast.  I think they will give twc subscribers the option. Don't know.for sure or when.

Ericka
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> On Feb 23, 2015, at 4:17 PM, Johanna Baccan via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ray and Cheryl,
> Comcast is not in Northern New Jersey either.  I too have Optimum.  Which
> was called Cablevision before.  It is wonderful that Comcast customers will
> have this available to them.  What about other Cable companies?  Will they
> offer the same service?
> Johanna
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
> Echevarria via blindtlk
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 5:05 PM
> To: 'Ray Foret Jr'; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] I was watching the Oscars last night and there was a
> commercial on the comcast cable box for the blind
> 
> Ray,
> 
> 
> 
> That is wonderful, but we are not being offered this. Comcast is not here in
> NY.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Ray Foret Jr [mailto:rforet7706 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:45 PM
> To: Cheryl Echevarria; Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] I was watching the Oscars last night and there was a
> commercial on the comcast cable box for the blind
> 
> 
> 
> I need to clarify a couple of details.  Yes, it is true that Comcast does
> now offer accessible menu structure on the X1 box.  Let me be very clear
> about the fact that we are not talking here about a special box for the
> blind.  The "Voice Guidance" service is in fact available on all X1 boxes.
> The service is not part of the box itself, but rather, is part of the X1
> platform.  This makes it possible for Comcast to deliver accessibility to
> all X1 customers through what ever box the cable installer happens to put
> in.  I can tell you only this.  The service is well worth waiting for.
> Soon, you will be hearing much more about this service and how it is
> provided and how to take advantage of it.  For now, the service is in what
> is called a soft release, (public beta) you might say.  Because I am still
> under the restrictions of the beta test, I would ask your understanding if I
> don't get feature specific about what you can do with this service:  but,
> it's going to be very well worth the wait:  a wait which, I am convinced, is
> almost over.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> 
> Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
> Sent from my Mac,
> 
> the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 23, 2015, at 2:38 PM, Cheryl Echevarria via blindtlk
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> 
> 
> Last night while watching the "Oscars" they had a commercial on TV, at first
> would couldn't figure out what the commercial was for, they had a child who
> was blind and had the music from the "Wizard of Oz", the little girl was
> explaining what she thought the scarecrow, cowardly lion and tin man may of
> looked like in her own mind.
> 
> 
> 
> Then the commercial revealed the new Comcast box for cable, that was for the
> legally blind.
> 
> 
> 
> I wish, Optimum or Cablevision or whatever they are calling it now in NY
> would get this.
> 
> 
> 
> We are so far behind the U.K. now getting this. They have had it there for
> years, in fact, at one of the past National Conventions, one of the
> presenters at the General Session was from England and was talking about
> these things.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria, President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
> 
> A proud division of the 
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> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND - "Live the life you want"
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> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
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