[Electronics-talk] tv's

[Christopher Chaltain]

The excuse that blind people don't do something so why make it
accessible isn't restricted to just watching TV. We need to let the TV
manufacturers know that this isn't the case and push for accessible
TV's, set top boxes and so on.

On 14/04/12 17:40, Gerald Levy wrote:
> 
> Only in your dreams.  At present, there are no TV's or home theater
> receivers that I  know of with accessible onscreen menus.  Even worse,
> some of them now come with remotes that have touch screens instead of
> discrete buttons, making them totally inaccessible.  The manufacturers
> of these devices figure that blind people don't watch TV anyway, so why
> make them accessible?  Thank goodness my 15-year-old Sony receiver with
> tactile knobs and buttons still works like the day I bought it, but when
> it finally dies, I shudder at the prospect of replacing it.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Vandervest"
> <timelord09 at att.net>
> To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:25 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] tv's
> 
> 
>> are there any tv's thet have accessible menues or home theater systems
>> with them?

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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at gmail.com