[Electronics-talk] TV with Easily accessible Audio Describedprogramming.

[Gerald Levy]

This seems to be the Holy Grail of home electronic devices for blind 
consumers like us.  I have yet to find a flat panel LcD or plasma TV that 
has a dedicated button on the remote control for turning the SAP channel on 
and off.  They all require navigating through a bunch of onscreen menus to 
accomplish this, which, of course, requires sighted help.  And if you have 
cable or satellite TV like most of us, it doesn't matter whether the TV 
itself has an easy way to turn SAP on and off because the SAP channel is 
sent by the provider and controlled by the set-top box, which, again 
requires sighted help to navigate its onscreen menus.  The idea that 
accessible set-top boxes and TV's are coming soon thanks to FCC rules 
adopted a few years ago is sheer fantasy.  It just ain't gonna happen.  When 
I ask the customer service reps at Time Warner Cable when they will have a 
blind accessible cable box available, they just start muttering huh,and 
what's that.  So if accessible boxes ever become available , nobody at the 
cable companies will be aware of them anyway.  Such are the travails of 
being a blind consumer in the 21st century.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Cassell" <ApolloSeven at Earthlink.net>
To: <Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:47 AM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] TV with Easily accessible Audio 
Describedprogramming.


>I am looking for a new TV.  It must have a very easily accessible SAP 
>(second audio program) feature for being able to easily access audio 
>described programming.
>
> Does such a thing exist?  If so, what is it, and where can I buy it?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide!
>
> -- George
>
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