[Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox remote top boxes

[Baracco, Andrew W]

The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act does cover
all interfaces to TV programming including remote control devices, set
top boxes, etc.  The formula for compliance is complicated, and
different aspects have different time windows for being phased in.

Andy


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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:21 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox remote top boxes

If you're talking about the Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind or
the Home Appliance Accessibility Act (HAAA,) which are both proposed
bills written by the NFB, they haven't yet been formally introduced in
Congress.  The Technology Bill of Rights was in Congress in the last
session (the 111th session,) but it got stuck in committee and never got
enough cosponsors to get to the floor of the House.  It hasn't been
introduced yet in the 112th session, and I haven't heard anything from
the NFB as to any progress made on this bill.  As to the HAAA, it hasn't
been introduced either, and is one of the legislative priorities at this
year's Washington Seminar.  I think we'll see a lot more about that bill
after the Seminar.  There is a bill that the ACB was advocating for
called the 21st Century Communication and Video Accessibility Act, which
was passed, but I think that law only covers audio description for TV
shows and other TV programming.  I don't think the Video Accessibility
Act covers the accessibility of cable boxes, but I'm not entirely sure
on that.

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real
problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a
blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be
reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dewey Bradley" <dewey.bradley at kc.rr.com
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and
appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:15:13 -0600
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Issues with Cox remote top boxes

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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