[Electronics-talk] Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessib...

Wed Jan 25 01:11:22 UTC 2012

I never said it was  going to happen tomorrow. Just that it was  passed. 
Just trying to give an answer by posting the information. It does  give a time 
line in the article.

In a message dated 1/24/2012 6:49:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jbar at barcore.com writes:

I don't  think the bill is off topic for the list, but it was dragging
that thread  into the weeds.

I think this is the bill you're talking about.   From what I can see  
here...

http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/cvaa.html

the bill was  signed in 2010, and is still in comment gathering stage
before rules are  written.  All this has to be done before anything
real change can  happen.

Jim

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 05:36:34PM -0600, Dewey  Bradley wrote:
> Excuse me.
> This bill is supposed to help, I was  asking about it, my understanding 
that
> it was going to force cable and  sattlelight companies to make there boxes
> accessible.
> So sorry  if I've jumped off topic.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From:  "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible  electronics and appliances"
>  <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012  5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox remote top  boxes
> 
> 
> >How is this helping to answer the original  question, which was "what
> >cox cable boxes are most  accessible?"
> >
> >If we find the bill number, then  what?  If the law was  passed in
> >2012, it's less than a  month old.  Even if it were passed on the fall
> >of 2011,  there's still not enough time to have implemented the law.
>  >
> >Jim
> >
> >On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at  05:13:05PM -0600, Dewey Bradley wrote:
> >>Do you know what bill  it is, I couldn't find it, I wasn't aware that it
> >>had
>  >>passed
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----  From: <GeorTsoukala at aol.com>
> >>To:  <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, January 24,  2012 5:08 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox  remote top boxes
> >>
> >>
> >>>I  believe it was part of the law that passed in 2012.
>  >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>In  a message dated 1/24/2012 3:18:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>  >>>dewey.bradley at kc.rr.com writes:
> >>>
>  >>>Isn't  there a bill in congress to require companies to make  that 
stuff
> >>>accessible?
> >>>
>  >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie   Phillipson"
> >>><jbrew48 at verizon.net>
>  >>>To: "Tony Sohl"  <tonysohl at cox.net>; "Discussion of  accessible
> >>>electronics
> >>>and   appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>>Sent:  Tuesday, January 24,  2012 2:04 PM
> >>>Subject: Re:  [Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox remote top  boxes
>  >>>
> >>>
> >>>>a few years ago  there was some articles I think in the  monitor but 
it
>  >>>>may
> >>>>have been from access world or  could have been  both.  It compared a
>  >>>>few
> >>>>models as to which were the easier  ones  to use.
> >>>>
> >>>>
>  >>>>Julie Phillipson
> >>>>----- Original   Message ----- From: "Tony Sohl" <tonysohl at cox.net>
>  >>>>To:  <Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  >>>>Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012  1:40 PM
>  >>>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox remote top   boxes
> >>>>
> >>>>
>  >>>>>Hi I was wondering are there any accessible  cable  boxes on the 
market
> >>>or
> >>>>>any way  I can access the menus such  as turning on the second audio
>  >>>>>program for DVS? If anyone has  some suggestions,  then let me know.
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