[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

[David Andrews]

Early on, this was right. It was expensive to extract audio from a 
digital signal, because you had to unscramble the whole thing and 
pick off what you wanted, and the chips were expensive.  I understand 
that it is now less expensive to get the audio, in theory, at least, 
but I don't know anyone who is doing it.  It is a pretty small 
market. And now, with NTSC3 just approved, technology will change again.

Dave

At 05:26 PM 7/16/2016, you wrote:

>This must have been an old analog radio that included an analog TV 
>tuner that was able to receive the audio portion of UHF and VHF 
>channels.  But since the switchover to digital TV in 2009, nobody 
>has developed a radio with a digital TV tuner.  I contacted CCrane a 
>few years ago and asked them whether they planned to offer a 
>portable or Walkman-style AM/FM radio that also included a digital 
>TV tuner, but they claimed that there were just too many technical 
>hurdles to overcome to produce such a radio at a reasonable price.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
>Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 5:35 PM
>To: cheez via Electronics-Talk
>Cc: Jude DaShiell
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
>
>I had one that could do both UHF and VHF a while ago.  This was a radio
>you would put on a table and had no braille on it at all and was tall
>and thin about half the size of a braille book standing on its side.
>The radio had a carrying handle on its top built in and a telescopic
>antenna in addition to the TV capability.  I don't remember the brand
>and model now since that was a few years ago.
>
>On Sat, 16 Jul 2016, cheez via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>
>>Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:10:01
>>From: cheez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Cc: cheez <cheez at cox.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
>>
>>As far as I know, no one has come out with a radio with a TV 
>>band.  And it doesn't look like its going to happen at all.
>>
>>Vince
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell via 
>>Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>To: "Sharonda Greenlaw via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Cc: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 10:26 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
>>
>>
>>>Awhile back, I had a radio I was able to attach a couple leads to 
>>>a couple screws that held a cable connector.  When I tuned the 
>>>radio to TV and tuned the right channel I was able to listen to 
>>>everything my cable provider had to offer.  Earlier this week I 
>>>managed to mess up the TV I have to the point all it shows on the 
>>>screen is no signal.  I think if I buy a TV in the future it will 
>>>be far more accessible than visio ea-n66 is now.  That, or I find 
>>>me another radio with TV bands on it.  On Sat, 16 Jul 2016, 
>>>Sharonda Greenlaw via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>
>>>>Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:42:56
>>>>From: Sharonda Greenlaw via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>Cc: Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility
>>>>
>>>>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
>>>>Sent from my mobile device; please excuse any mistakes
>>>>>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" 
>>>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>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