[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

[Gerald Levy]

Time Warner Cable, which recently merged with Charter Cable, has no plans to 
offer accessible cable boxes any time soon.  The fact is that the cable 
companies really don't give a rat's ass about this impending deadline 
because the penalties for non-compliance with the Telecommunications 
Accessibility Act of 2010 are minimal to non-existent.  And apparently, the 
advocacy organizations don't care much, either, which is probably why there 
was little mention about the deadline at the conventions.  So what if the 
cable companies pay nominal fines?  This is chump change compared to the 
cost of developing accessible boxes.  So except for Comcast, it does not 
appear that any of the other cable providers is prepared to offer accessible 
boxes by the deadline.

Gerald



-----Original Message----- 
From: Cullen via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:33 AM
To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Cullen
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

hi all,
I just realized that the deadline for making Cable boxes accessible is fast 
approaching, and I have not heard anything from other companies about their 
plans. It looks like Comcast is the only company with a talking TV 
interface. Has anyone heard from any of the other cable companies about 
their plans to make their boxes accessible? I’m surprised that we didn’t 
hear anything at Convention. On another note, I read on another list that 
Comcast improved Voice Guidance so that it will now read notifications, such 
as incoming phone calls and voicemails. Has anyone noticed this? It doesn’t 
seem to be working on my system. I’m really impressed with what Comcast has 
done, but it’s time for other companies to catch on.
Just my thoughts,
Cullen
_______________________________________________
Electronics-Talk mailing list
Electronics-Talk at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
Electronics-Talk:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org/bwaylimited%40verizon.net