[Electronics-Talk] Fwd: more TV providers provide talking menus for blind subscribers

[Ray Foret jr]

This is good to know.  the rep that a friend of mine and I talked to said that the talking part was not yet ready.  Sounds like the installer who did the work for my friend may not have either known what he was talking about or did n’t do his job.  I’ll have to get on this  right away and let my friend know.


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 28, 2016, at 5:06 AM, Arlene via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> One more to add to the list is cox tv with the contour here's 3 different links that tell different aspects of it. I apologize for not just sending one good link. We're thinking of getting cox tv to try it out with this new service. We do have dish with the talking box, and it's really wonderful. it was very neat last night with the audio description set on we finally her our first show described and that was chicago fire. Thanks to Mike or possibly Buddy that posted the information thanksgiving week about the samsung tv with voice guide of which we purchased that week, that is amongst the best things either one of us ever purchased. Here's the links for cox tv that's accessible, it included a demo to play but I couldn't get it to play for some reason, here's the links
> https://www.cox.com/residential/tv.html
> 
> https://www.cox.com/residential/tv/contour.html?campcode=flowlanding_contour_learn1_3_19052016085608#home
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> https://www.cox.com/residential/search.html?auds=4595188%2C3256789%2C1318833%2C3806431%2C1640846%2C2937643%2C2877587%2C3862710%2C4595192%2C&dtype=desktop&i=1&lob=res&q=accessible+tv&q1=Television&rank=rank_forums&sp_c=10&sp_k=*&view=xml&x1=products
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> 
> Arlene
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 7:12 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Fwd: more TV providers provide talking menus for blind subscribers
> 
> 
> The area of accessible television is getting more
> activity of late -- this information may interest you.
> 
> Dave
> 
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>> From: Ray Foret jr <rforet7706 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: more TV providors provide talking menus for blind subscribers
>> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 02:50:28 -0600
>> To: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> As we all know, the Federal Communications Commission has inacted the Telecommunications act which requires provision for talking menu and or talking guide structure for blind subscribers of TV providing services. The first link is critically important for it leads to a FAQ sheet in which there is information for filing complaints if necessary:
>> 
>> <https://www.fcc.gov/television-and-set-top-box-controls-menus-program-guides-factsheet>https://www.fcc.gov/television-and-set-top-box-controls-menus-program-guides-factsheet
>> 
>> 
>> Following is a list of TV providers who now provide some kind of audio or talking menu structure for blind subscribers.  Mostly, these providers require that the subscriber have the top of the line DVR box for this to work.  I must admit that I was quite surprised to see the TV satellite companies on board.
>> 
>> 
>> Comcast:
>> 
>> <http://www.comcast.com/accessibility>www.comcast.com/accessibility
>> 
>> Tivo:
>> <https://www.tivo.com/accessibility>https://www.tivo.com/accessibility
>> Spectrum, (formerly Charter)
>> <http://www.charter.net/support/accessibility/talking-guide-spectrum-guide-support/>http://www.charter.net/support/accessibility/talking-guide-spectrum-guide-support/
>> Direct TV:
>> <https://support.directv.com/equipment/talking-guide-faq>https://support.directv.com/equipment/talking-guide-faq
>> and Dish Network:
>> <https://www.dish.com/accessibility/>https://www.dish.com/accessibility/
>> Verizon Fios:
>> <http://www.verizon.com/about/accessibility/text-speech?pos=1>http://www.verizon.com/about/accessibility/text-speech?pos=1
>> 
>> Of course, Apple TV is accessible and thatâ?Ts always a plus too.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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!
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