[Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions

[Sarah Clark]

I know Samsung also has at least a couple series, their h6400 and h7150 
models. But I don't know much about them. I know they have voice guidance as 
well as voice recognition so you can give voice commands to change channel, 
etc. But I don't know how extensive their accessible features are, and if 
what they do would be sufficient for our needs. (Also, at least in the case 
of the h7150 series, it is last year's model and has already been 
discontinued...I've read where Samsung may be having some security issues 
with their Smart TVs so this may be why they were discontinued.)

Sarah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
To: "Sarah Clark" <sarah at sarahaclark.com>; "Discussion of accessible 
electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Televisions


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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.
>
> 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
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>
>> 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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