[Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions

[Gerald Levy]

An accessible TV?  Are you living in a dream world or what?  There is 
currently no such thing as an accessible TV in the US.  Panasonic has 
exhibited a prototype of a large screen TV in Europe that have a built-in 
voice guidance system, but I don't think this set is available yet in the 
US.  Besides,it is very expensive, and would be priced well beyond the 
financial means of most blind consumers.  If you are fortunate enough to 
live in Comcast territory, their X1 set-top box offers built-in speech to 
enable blind consumers to navigate the onscreen menus.  But other cable 
operators, including Time Warner, which will not be merging with Comcast, 
after all, have no plans to introduce accessible set-top boxes anytime soon, 
despite provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 2010 which require them 
to do so by the end of 2016.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Clark via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 7:45 PM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions


> Hello,
>
> I am in the market for a new television, and am wondering if anyone uses 
> an accessible tv with the voice guidance feature.  If so, which brand and 
> model do you have.  What are your impressions of voice guidance -- pros 
> and cons?  Also, does it work with a tv connected to a cable box?  Also, 
> are you able to stream Netflix or use it with Apple TV?
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
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