[Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility

Mon Feb 15 18:52:07 UTC 2016

speaktomecatalog has audio demonstrations of products being used and 
some of their products like my blood pressure monitor came with a 
cassette tape.  If I employed people in a company to sell electronics to 
the blind, even if a product didn't have any accessible directions, I'd 
see to it one of my employees made accessible directions for it on a CD 
and on cassette at least.  If I had services of a braille transcriber 
those braille directions would also be available before I ever shipped 
that product too.

On Mon, 15 Feb 2016, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:14:40
> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
> 
>
> At least some blindness products merchants like Future Aids post simplified 
> product instructions on their web site so that you can read them before you 
> buy a particular product.
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Rob Kaiser via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 1:03 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
> Cc: Rob Kaiser
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
>
> I can't believe accessible companies would do that until I got my talking
> blood pressure machine from Maxi aides. They sent me a print instruction
> manual. I called them & was told that they didn't have a Braille instruction
> book.
>
> Rob Kaiser
> Email;
> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 9:47 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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> Cc: cheez <cheez at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
>
> That makes sense, Gerald.  Just like companies that sell products for the
> blind and visually-impaired only sending printed instructions for the item.
>
> Vince
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
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>> 
>> Time Warner's idea of accessibility is to offer large-button remote
>> control units to visually impaired customers on request.  Isn't that swell
>
>> of them?
>> 
>> Gerald
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Merv Keck via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 12:02 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>> Cc: Merv Keck
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
>> 
>> Hi,
>> I have Brighthouse. Their idea of accessibility is if you are blind you
>> can
>> call them and they will read your bill over the phone for you. Laughs!
>> Seriously that is what their web site actually says under accessibility.
>> That and they have wheelchair ramps at the bill paying sites.
>> I gave up the DVR because their iPhone app will allow me to set up the
>> recording of a program but once that program was recorded I had no way of
>> accessing the recording on either the DVR or the iPhone. So I might have
>> 20
>> programs on the DVR but the only way I could find which one I was looking
>> for was to start each program until I found what I was looking for.
>> Obviously in a TV series that didn't work for viewing a series in order.
>> So
>> I decided to save the money and get a standard box.
>> I have a sixty inch HDTV but I never watch it because it is too much of a
>> pain trying to find something and I can no longer see the screen as of
>> about
>> 14 months ago now anyway.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Brent Harding via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 11:46 AM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Brent Harding <brent at hostany.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
>> 
>> I wish Time Warner would come out with something as well. I would really
>> like to have a DVR that I can control. I'm not in a part of town where
>> Uverse is available like I was when it first came out in other parts of
>> town. I had to remember a little bit of menu options, but I could schedule
>> the recordings online back then, but that system had a dedicated DVR
>> button
>> that only brought up previous recordings.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 9:05 AM
>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Cable accessibility
>> 
>> 
>>> My husband has been calling Cablevision for years to talk about
>>> accessibility.  Within the last couple months, they've actually started
>>> to
>>> respond, and he's been talking to one of their developers about ways to
>>> improve the accessibility of their website and app.  She says they will
>>> have
>>> significant improvements within this year.
>>> 
>>> If we can use their app or website to do things like program the DVR,
>>> that
>>> would be a big improvement.  Progress is slow, but we feel like we're
>>> starting to get somewhere.  My man's consistent complaining may be paying
>>> off.
>>> 
>>> Go thou and do likewise.
>>> 
>>> Tracy
>>> 
>>> 
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