[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

[cheez]

You have Cox and you haven't seen the commercials for the boxes that have 
the voice search feature?!  What are you watching, mostly?  The Access 
Channels?  QVC?
Hades, I see the commercials all the time.  And I have antenna TV! 
Unbelievable!

Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharonda Greenlaw via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Cc: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility


> How can I find out more about the accessibility of  Cox cable boxes? I 
> have Cox, but didn't know anything about this! Thanks for all help.
>
> Sharonda
> Sent from my mobile device; please excuse any mistakes
>
>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 4:23 AM, Ray Foret jr via Electronics-Talk 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I know that Cox is now providing Voice Guidance.  This fact I found on 
>> their web site.  As for Comcast voice guidance reading notifications and 
>> such now, we are in the next beta cycle of Vg so I cannot comment on 
>> that.  Who ever leaked that out was not supposed to.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
>> built-in
>>
>> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>> Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!!!!!
>>
>>> On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Cullen via Electronics-Talk 
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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