[Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes

[Baracco, Andrew W]

The UK is far ahead of us in this arena.
Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 5:34 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes


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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