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

[Christopher Chaltain]

I guess I don't follow the plight of other disabilities as much as some,
but my impression is that each disability has it's challenges, and I
don't fee like we're getting ignored more than any other disability.
Don't forget, we'll be able to take advantage of the Telecommunications
Act as much as any other disability if we work with our advocacy groups
or file our own complaints with our cable company and the FCC. I'd
suggest that if people really feel this strongly about the plight of the
blind that they join one of the advocacy groups and lend their voice to
others to help improve things.

On 18/06/12 23:08, cheez wrote:
> Amen, Sista!
> Vince
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] accessible TV shows and how do we fix
> ourTV's to get the audio?
> 
> 
>> You know,
>>
>> I'm coming into this conversation a little late in the game, and maybe
>> it's not politically correct, but if it were the deaf, or someone in a
>> wheelchair and they were getting screwed as bad as we are, and left
>> out of as much stuff as we do, you know there would be a putty party
>> on the national news and every local news from here to hell and back
>> about it.
>>
	>> Frankly, it really makes me furious about how much we get the shaft in
>> this country.
>>
>> I know, we have it better than most countries, but equal access should
>> be equal access to disabled services regardless of what disability you
>> have.
>>
>> It has always felt to me, that in the good old United States, where
>> all are supposed to be equal, blind people get the least amount of
>> help and accessibility.
>>
>> I don't mean to ruffle any feathers, but that's just my opinion.
>>
>> Jenny
>> On Jun 16, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Gerald Levy wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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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