[Electronics-talk] descriptive tv

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hello,
So did you complain to comcast? I don't see why they couldn't have carried 
over the dvs to their new
"little boxes". Yes, seems like things going digital has set back 
accessibility. When I was growing up in the 1990s, we had cable, but no 
digital tv. It did not exist! Nor did the lovely inaccessible on screen 
menus on cable. Now you can scroll down the menu to see what is playing at a 
given time, use DVR, use on-demand, and more. These menus are not accessible 
to us.
Gone are the days when you only watched say an episode of Dancing with the 
Stars at 8pm when it ran; you can often watch reruns on the internet or 
on-demand or dvr it if you have that capability. Of course these options 
require sighted help. I can operate the remote fine and turn channels; but 
someone has to tell me the tv show listings so I know when each show plays; 
and if I miss the show and wish to see it on-demand, I got to get sighted 
help.

groan.

-----Original Message----- 
From: A. Chew
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 7:55 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive tv

My experience, is that Comcast stopped sending the Descriptive signal to
these "little boxes" a few months ago.
it happened to be about the same time Comcast told subscribers that they
were going all digital.  it appears  that some of the old stations were
still both analog and digital.

some ware along the conversion, Descriptive Audio fell off the cable.




A. Chew in California

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "from tim aune" <timaune at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive tv


> Comcast offers digital converter boxes for old TV's that have a dedicated 
> button for SAP.  These could be used with an anologue TV or an audio 
> receiver that receives the old fashioned TV signals.  These converters 
> only receive the basic service from channel 2 to 99 and a few extras like 
> the HD local channels.
> Tim Aune
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: A. Chew
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:21 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive tv
>
> This is an interesting topic.
>    in the past, prior to the conversion to digital TV ... Descriptive 
> audit
> was available on the SAP (secondary audio program) option on your TV.
>
> Since going to Digital, many Cable companies have kind of made this dis
> appear.
>
> I have a formal complaint in to the FCC that Comcast is not providing
> Discriptive audito when it is available by the local TV stations.
>
> the Comcast service and Help desk have no idea what discriptive audio is.
>    they tried to point at the TV manufacturer, then the TB station... so i
> asked, IF the signal were availabler, how would i receive it via 
> Comcast...
>    no one knew how...  thus i have to conclude that it does not exist.
>
> Due to my complaint to the FCC, i have an open issue with Comcast support
> and they promised to get back to me.... but i am not holding much hope.
>
>
> ON this topic, i would just love for someone to prove me wrong...
> just tell me how to receive Discriptive audio using Comcast equipment.
>
> A. Chew
>
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linda Bloodsaw" <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive tv
>
>
>>I am going to piggy back ashley's question.  How do you access described 
>>over-the-air TV shows.  I know an episode of The Simpsons was audio 
>>described, but I could not figure out how to get it.  I believe I read 
>>somewhere it was through the SAP channel, but I could not find this on my 
>>Vizio television.
>>
>> On Dec 11, 2012, at 2:02 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" 
>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I know the tv companies are supposed to provide more descriptive 
>>> service.
>>> I have cox cable here. How do I find out what is described? Also, are 
>>> you able to turn it on independently, or i s it a menu?
>>>
>>> I have some vision but may not be able to read the menus due to the 
>>> print and size and nystagmus.
>>>
>>> Also is it possible to download described tv shows? I know you can get 
>>> them on-demand with sighted help to run the menu. But I’m wondering if 
>>> we can watch a past show online or via tv with the description. I want 
>>> to see shows such as Cops, Modern Family and the Office described. I was 
>>> hoping I might also find old tv shows described too such as Full House, 
>>> Golden Girls and Fresh Prince.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any tips.
>>>
>>> Ashley
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