[Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes

[Gerald Levy]

Don't waste your time.  The cable companies have absolutely no plans 
whatsoever to make their converter boxes accessible anytime soon.  They 
don't give a rat's ass about their blind customers as long as they pay their 
overpriced cable bills on time.  Panasonic is supposedly introducing some 
new TV models with an accessible menu system, but they are not yet available 
in the US,and details are sketchy.  So you can moan and bitch all you want 
to the cable companies, but in the end, it is the responsibility of the 
so-called blind advocacy groups to pressure the cable and satellite 
providers to make their converter boxes blind accessible.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Riehl" <realman02 at comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:42 AM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes


>I just read the announcement re more descriptive audio being available 
>soon.
> That's great!
>
> I'm curious what the status is of the cable companies and TV 
> manufacturers
> providing accessible settop boxes. I've tried contacting comcast but can't
> find a contact info; I'm not sure where to start with Verizon. What are 
> NFB
> and orgs like AFB doing in this regard?
> I'm tired of paying for services I  can't use, much less not being able to
> navigate my tv's menu. I know about the talking Panasonic tv's being
> available in Great Britain; are they available here in the US?
>
> Thanks for any info anyone has!
>
> Panasonic
>
> John Riehl
>
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