[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

[Arlene]

We actually heard about it from one of the cox customer service people. 
Another customer service person from cox said it was just voice activated. 
Hopefully sometime soon we could go to one of the cox stores to see a model 
of it.

Arlene
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From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility


> No, I heard from recent emails, that Cox also has one.  Pam.
>
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> From: Cullen via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:33 AM
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> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
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> 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
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