[Electronics-talk] descriptive TV

[Gerald Levy]

If this is true, then why does Time Warner, my cable provider, claim that it 
knows nothing about any legal requirement to offer accessible cable boxes? 
To be perfectly blunt, I think this law is a big waste of time, and 
absolutely nothing will come of it.  So what if the cable providers refuse 
to comply?  Are their executives going to be arrested and prosecuted for 
violating the civil rights of their disabled customers?  Of course not. 
Will the companies be fined?  Maybe.  And if they're fined, they'll simply 
pass the cost along to their customers in the form of higher monthly cable 
bills. And we blind customers will still be unable to access described 
programming. So file all the complaints you want with the FCC if it makes 
you feel better, but you can be sure that the fat-ass bureaucrats there will 
simply shrug them off.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Wayland" <larry.wayland at arkansas.gov>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV


>I believe it is the Twenty first century communications and video  act of 
>2010 that says formal complaints can be filed after October of 2013.  The 
>law was signed by the president in August of 2010 and companies have  two 
>years from that time to get their  equipment in compliance.  My 
>understanding the law includes all communications equipment. It doesn't 
>mean all models a company produces has to be accessible, but they have to 
>offer models that are.
> Larry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:12 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV
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> So waht?  We still can't access this described programming because there 
> is no way to navigate the onscreen menus of most cable boxes and digital 
> TV's without sighted help to turn on the SAP channel that carries the 
> descriptive audio. And most remote controls no longer have a dedicated SAP 
> button, either.
>
> Gerald
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A. Chew" <a1chew at hotmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV
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>> On August 25, 2011, the FCC was finally able to vote (unanimously) to
>> reinstate video description, effective July 1, 2012.  ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC,
>> USA, the Disney Channel, TNT, Nickelodeon, and TBS are each required to
>> provide 50 hours of video-described prime time or children's programming
>> per calendar quarter.
>>
>> full text may be found at below link
>> http://www.acb.org/adp/tv.html
>>
>> at the bottom of the linked page will be links to file a complaint with
>> the FCC.
>>
>> I was surprised to received a call from Comcast a few weeks after filing 
>> a
>> complain.
>> issue is still open... (not resolved)  but Comcast claims they are 
>> working
>> on it....
>>
>>
>> A. Chew
>>
>> .
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV
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>>> Hi all,
>>> this is bad news. You're saying that time warner and
>>> Comcast are not providing descriptive audio when its now the law.
>>> I cannot speak for cox cable as I have not asked. But I suspect when I
>>> do, they will have no clue.
>>> what it is either.
>>>
>>> My parents can read the options on the screen and we never see
>>> descriptive audio. So like
>>> Mariea said, I suspect that descriptive tv doesn't exist either for me.
>>>
>>> If I cannot get it, is there a way to file a complaint with the FCC and
>>> how?
>>> Is there a way to download descriptive tv shows from online? even if its
>>> paid, I'd like to have old shows.
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Mariea Harris
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 7:04 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV
>>>
>>> Time Warner Cable doesn't support audio description either. When I read
>>> up
>>> on audio description, it said that cable companies use analog and that
>>> satellite uses something else, but I forget what. It seems that the only
>>> way
>>> you can get audio description here in the states is via satellite TV. We
>>> turned on SAP on our TV and nothing happens. I doubt Time Warner has any
>>> clue what audio description is either, so I've not bothered asking.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mariea and Valiant
>>>
>>>
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