[Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility

Arlene arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 18 21:57:37 UTC 2016 

If you have an older tv or you just want to listen to tv, you can get a 
converter box made by r c a from walmart which is about $50. The features 
are, cowaxal digital antena input, tv output cowaxal, r c a video, h d m i 
output, sterio left and right, r c a pphono out, usb ports for an external 
harddrive so you can record. It's an easy set up. Just connect  a digital 
antenna to the digital antenna input. Plug the unit into the power. Then 
turn the unit on for the first time, at that point it will go into scan 
mode. It will take a while to complete. Then it will come up to a tv channel 
which you will hear. It must be hooked up to an audio system to hear the 
output, unless you have it connected to a tv. This particular unit comes 
with a remote.We're still learning about it, it's new to us.The audio is 
very good and we record from it all the time. If anyone wants a sample of a 
recording we'll send one.We think, so far so good. We need to learn the 
remote. We know how to directly enter a channel number or go up and down 
from channel to channel. There's 40 buttons on the remote. On the actual 
unit you have a power button, and up and down buttons for the channels, 
that's a total of 3 buttons on the front of the machine. One last thing, it 
has a input for the electrical adapter. It receives channels as good as our 
32-inch digital tv. That's all we know about it so far.

Arlene and  Wayne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tim aune via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "tim aune" <timaune at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Cable box Accessibility


> If you already have cable, you could just use the cable box and run it 
> through your sound system.  I'm not sure about the other companies, but 
> comcast has some cable boxes that do not have analog outputs so if you are 
> asking for a cable box, make sure it has the right kind of connections for 
> your system.
> A lot of the TV converter boxes for old tv's had audio output jacks for 
> running in to a sound system.  You might be able to find one of them at a 
> thrift store for a few bucks.
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 4:35 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
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