[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

[Jude DaShiell]

Don't contact directv about accessibility, directv no longer has control 
of itself.  The owner of directv is AT&T, so if you want accessibility 
from directv, talk to AT&T about that.

On Fri, 15 Jul 2016, Arlene via Electronics-Talk wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:55:37
> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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> Cc: Arlene <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
> 
> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
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>> No, I heard from recent emails, that Cox also has one.  Pam.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Cullen via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:33 AM
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>> 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
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