[Electronics-talk] at&t u-verse: was Cable/settop boxes

Wed Jun 20 02:24:28 UTC 2012

No it is a cable package through A t and t.
hth
bb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] at&t u-verse: was Cable/settop boxes


> Isn't Uverse a satellite company?
>
> If not, I don't think we get it here in Rockford.
>
> Jenny
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Brett Boyer wrote:
>
>> Ok here's the skinny. At&t boxes are not any more accessible than any 
>> other cable company here in the u.s. However, the menu sequence to check 
>> if sAP is available is not complicated.
>> Similar to recorded shows. You press recordings and as long as you know 
>> what shows you have you can arrow down and count. It is not easy and it 
>> is not fun to do this but that's the sacrifice we make every day.
>> Now as far as the u-verse app. It is accessible but only about 50 
>> percent. You can look at your dvr and it will show you what recordings 
>> you have, it will not read the show title to you. Each date is a heading 
>> and each click is a show title. you have to double tap on each item to 
>> actually here the title spoken. Again it's better than nothing but it 
>> still kind of sucks. In this app you can also look at your scheduled 
>> recordings but same thing goes each date is a heading and each blank 
>> click is a show title.
>> You can also go to the program guide if u want to set up a recording. 
>> Again the only way you can access the shows you want, or at least the 
>> only way i have found, is to use the search box to type in a show title. 
>> The show title will come up with a record button. So yes it can work with 
>> a bit of patience and a zannex or two.
>> You can also watch select tv shows on your device. Note that these are 
>> only the show's at&t says its ok to watch, which means they change all 
>> the time and no, you cannot watch your recorded shows.
>> I bet if we could get ahold of the app team we could probably make this 
>> thing accessible it just needs a few tweeks. Getting a hold of them might 
>> be the challenge.
>> bb
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ingram" 
>> <dingram269 at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 10:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes
>>
>>
>>> does this also work with u-verse?  I would like to know if u-verse is 
>>> accessible for the blind to use?  Is it just as good as what is going on 
>>> in the United Kingdom?  Thank you for any information that you might 
>>> have.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Boyer" <bboyer202 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 12:43 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes
>>>
>>>
>>>> es! And thanks to barefooted Ray. The way to turn sap on and off with 
>>>> at&t u-verse remote. Not to mention that there i-phone app is 70 
>>>> perdent accessible. Enough to view and record shows. It's not perfect 
>>>> butt maybe with a letter to the developers it could be.
>>>> Anyway just throwing this one out there.
>>>> bb
>>>> ----- 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 3:01 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Cable/settop boxes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Just for anyone's knowledge.  Comcast has it to where you can program 
>>>>> your DVR and watch on demand programs on the computer, also, if you 
>>>>> have an iPhone, and you have a compatible box for the xfinity ap, you 
>>>>> can do the programming of the DVR, and control your TV and voiceover 
>>>>> works with that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just for people who didn't know that.
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't do me any good to have the ap on my iPhone, cause I don't 
>>>>> have a compatible box, but I use the on demand thing if I miss a show 
>>>>> or something.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know about with JAWS or window eyes, but I know that the site, 
>>>>> I believe it's xfinitytv.net, or you can just call comcast itself to 
>>>>> ask what the site name is to get to on demand is, and it's very 
>>>>> accessible with voiceover.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jenny
>>>>> On Jun 15, 2012, at 6:55 AM, from tim aune wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have comcasts converter boxes for older tv's, they have an SAP 
>>>>>> button on the supplied remote.  I think that the boxes for HD tv 
>>>>>> boxes make you go into the menue to get to the SAP service.
>>>>>> Tim Aune
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: John Riehl
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 6:42 AM
>>>>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>>>>>> 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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