[Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions

[Ray Foret Jr]

You sir, are wrong.  There are some accessible televisions now on the market, but, far from perfect.  Frankly, I hate to be personal, but, your negativity is really starting to get on my very very last nurve!!


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray

Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!

Sent from my Mac,
the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in

> On Apr 25, 2015, at 5:31 AM, Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Gerald
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Clark via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 7:45 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions
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>> Hello,
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>> 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?
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>> Thanks,
>> Sarah
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