[Electronics-Talk] Question About Voice Guideance and Recording.

Mon Dec 12 12:21:26 UTC 2016

Yes, I sure remember those days.  And if I had the AM radio on, I could tell 
what channel they were watching by the frequency of the TVI on each station. 
I also could tell what frequency somebody had on the radio.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: cheez via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 8:03 AM
To: S L Johnson ; Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
Cc: cheez
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Question About Voice Guideance and 
Recording.

You remember those days when you could hear the high-pitched squeal of a TV
screen when it was on?  I miss those days.

Too bad you don't have a smartphone.  The app, BeSpecular would work for
finding out if your TV is on or not.

Also, you can unplug the TV.  That would ensure you it is off, then.

Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "S L Johnson" <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Question About Voice Guideance and
Recording.

> Hello:
>
> Maybe that is what happened to me today.  I was enjoying myself exploring 
> the movies and suddenly everything went silent.  I don't know if I hit a 
> wrong button.  As I said before my multiple sclerosis causes dexterity 
> issues and numbness in my fingers.  All the buttons on the remote are 
> quite close with no spaces in between so hitting a wrong button is very 
> possible. With my old remote I can use the large print version which has 
> bigger buttons and they are spread far apart.  Also there are less buttons 
> on the simple remote.  Now that everything is gone I cannot even tell if 
> my TV is on or not because it is so quiet.  I know this is still in the 
> testing phase but, this is not good.  With this in mind, I just might have 
> it taken out since this level of service is more expensive than I can 
> really afford.  I thought I would give it a try for a short discount 
> promotion in my area but if it is going to go all silent so I cannot even 
> watch the local news, then I do not want it.  I suppose they will try and 
> charge me another $70 service call to come out again.  I do not have 
> access to any other sighted help.
>
> Sandra
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 7:30 PM
> To: Barbara O'Connor via Electronics-Talk
> Cc: Jude DaShiell
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Question About Voice Guideance and 
> Recording.
>
> The other night I was channel surfing with the arrow keys on the side of
> the remote with voice guideance turned on and for some strange reason
> discovered a few things.
> First if you start surfing on channel 2 and go down so you wrap around
> to the highest channel numbers you're going to hit unsubscribed channels
> unless you subscribed to the highest tier of service.
> Second, voice guideance does not give you the opportunity to subscribe
> to those channels it asks you to wait a moment and the notification
> comes through speaking very fast so it's a cut off message too.
> Third sooner rather than later you're going to wipe out.  By wipe out I
> mean everything turns off both tv and set top box and when you try to
> turn them back on you'll find your channels got wiped out of your box
> and you can't turn voice guideance on any more.  Eventually I'll get
> sighted assistance to sort this mess out and set the cable box and TV up
> again but that's why comcast calls voice guideance beta software.  Those
> using voice guideance, especially if you don't have eyes nearby, be
> careful out there and report bugs to comcast accessibility!
>
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2016, Barbara O'Connor via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 13:17:24
>> From: Barbara O'Connor via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Barbara O'Connor <broconnor1972 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Question About Voice Guideance and 
>> Recording.
>>
>> Hi Ray, I did adjust the time so we'll see what happens. I won't know 
>> until next week as the shows that were affected by the problem or on 
>> Wednesday/Thursday. Thanks for your help. I hope it works.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Ray Foret jr via Electronics-Talk 
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Given your description of what happend to you, I?d advise extending the 
>>> end time a little.  Best and I think maybe the only way to solve your 
>>> delema.
>>>
>>> I do not believe you will hurt the recording time of the other shows by 
>>> doing this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the 
>>> blind built-in
>>>
>>> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,
>>>
>>> Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless 
>>> iPhone7 and Apple TV user!
>>>
>>>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Barb O'Connor via Electronics-Talk 
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Bear with me as I'm going to try to explain this the best I can. I'm 
>>>> sure someone on this list can help me and, if not, I'll call the 
>>>> Comcast line for people with disabilities.
>>>>
>>>> I used my Comcast Remote and said, "Sports Jeopardy". It found it for 
>>>> me so I went to the record options and chose new episodes only. I 
>>>> confirmed what I needed to. I started watching and, the episodes that 
>>>> were recorded Sunday Evening from 10:00 PM. to 11:00 PM. Central time 
>>>> were just fine. When it recorded episodes on Wednesday/Thursday, and 
>>>> there were 3 episodes, the timing wasn't correct. Apparently the show 
>>>> that was on before Sports Jeopardy ran over. As I wanted to watch the 
>>>> episodes in the proper order, I used the right arrow key to get to the 
>>>> first episode. I had to forward through the previous show that 
>>>> apparently ran over and then start watching. Of course, the Jeopardy 
>>>> program ran out of time but when I deleted that episode and moved to 
>>>> the next, it picked up where it left off and I got to see the end of 
>>>> the first recording as well as part of the next Jeopardy. Naturally, 
>>>> when it came to the last episode for the evening, I didn't see the end.
>>>>
>>>> I know you can adjust the end time but I hate to do that on the shows 
>>>> that are working alright. Is there anything else I can do so as not to 
>>>> throw off the whole recording process for these shows?
>>>>
>>>> I assume, if there isn't, I'm just going to have to extend the time and 
>>>> hope for the best.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for anyone's opinion on this issue. I look forward to your 
>>>> response and, thanks for reading this long email.
>>>>
>>>> Barb
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