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

[Ray Foret jr]

You are wrong, and, frankly, starting to annoy me!!!  In your message, you say, in part:

	: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".

	Oh yeah?  Well, you are wrong.   here is proof!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNTL-3fj6HI

Your constant negativism is getting on my very last nerve.


Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in!
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

On Sep 21, 2013, at 7:11 AM, "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net> wrote:

> 
> 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>
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> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:47 AM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] TV with Easily accessible Audio Describedprogramming.
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> 
>> 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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