[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

[cheez]

As long as shows are available online, I see no need for any of those greedy 
cable companies.

Vince

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From: "wmodnl wmodnl via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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I have Comcast, X1 box. I like it, cable is expensive though and, I am 
thinking of getting rid of it

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> On Jul 16, 2016, at 09:43, Sharonda Greenlaw via Electronics-Talk 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> You are about to laugh even more when I tell you this. I actually don't 
> even have a TV. When I moved to this apartment a year ago, I sold my TV 
> because I didn't think I was going to use it. I never bought another one 
> though. Cox was included in our rent for the basic channels. And now they 
> have taken it from the rent, but we are inspected to keep the bundle so 
> that we can keep a low rate. I haven't even bought my boxes yet. So this 
> is all news to me. You could keep laughing. Smile.
>
> Sharonda
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>
>> On Jul 16, 2016, at 6:06 AM, cheez via Electronics-Talk 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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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