[Electronics-talk] accessible TV shows and how do we fix our TV's to get the audio?

[Gerald Levy]

This whole situation is a real mess.  So the networks are going to increase 
the number of prime time hours dedicated to audio described programming. 
But if you are blind and you have cable TV or one of the satellite 
providers, this is of little consolation because there is no way to access 
the SAP channel unless you have sighted help to navigate the onscreen menus 
of the converter box to turn it on or off.  Presently, none of the cable or 
satellite providers has any plans to offer accessible converter boxes, so 
once again, we blind consumers are getting screwed over while the advocacy 
groups pat themselves on the backs for increasing the amount of available 
audio described programming. Imagine if the deaf had to rely strictly on 
audible clues to turn the closed caption decoder on or off.  You can bet 
their advocacy groups would scream bloody murder to the FCC.

Gerald



Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:55 PM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] accessible TV shows and how do we fix our TV's 
to get the audio?


> As the subject says.  Most of the TV's menus are not accessible, so how 
> will we get our TV's to the proper settings?
>
> If it is the SAP thing, you can't leave that on all the time, because if 
> it's not available in audio description, it turns in to the spanish 
> option.  besides, again, you can't access the menus by sight it you don't 
> have any.
>
> also, the article said that there would be symbols and sounds, well, the 
> symbols is a stupid idea cause if you are blind, and/or visually impaired, 
> how will you see the symbols?  that's kind of stupid in my opinion, the 
> symbols thing.
>
> Sounds like they have a lot of bugs to get out before July first, and I've 
> seen nothing on the networks saying anything about that, and believe me, 
> I'm a TV junky.
>
> JMO,
>
> Jenny
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