[Electronics-Talk] Voice assist on smart TVs

Sat Jan 14 20:48:28 UTC 2017

The article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Electronics says the 
same thing you do below, so unless there's some subtlety of meaning I'm 
missing, these two Wikipedia articles seem to contradict themselves.

On 14/01/17 14:34, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>
> This is not correct.  As I stated previously, Zenith was actually the
> last company that   made TV's in this country.  It closed its US TV
> production facility in 1993 and sold its electronics business to LG of
> Korea in 1995, which eventually phased out the Zenith name altogether
> once it had established itself in this country as a major player in the
> consumer electronics market.  At the time it closed its TV plant in
> 1993, Zenith still commanded the largest share of the US market for TV
> sets.  Today, it is just a memory of a simpler, bygone era when it could
> proudly proclaim, "The quality goes In before the name goes on."
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 2:43 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Christopher Chaltain
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Voice assist on smart TVs
>
> Yes, it was the last of the American TV manufacturers from 1968 to 1988.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mathes_Corporation
>
> On 14/01/17 06:51, Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>> Was Curtis Mathis ever an American manufacturer?
>>
>> On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 07:20:06
>>> From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Voice assist on smart TVs
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, there are no longer any companies that still
>>> manufacture TV sets in the US.  TV's sold under the once-proud RCA and
>>> Westinghouse brand names are now made inChina by no-name schlocko
>>> manufacturers that couldn't give a rat's ass about accessibility.
>>> Once Tom Wheeler officially resigns as FCC Chairman next Friday, the
>>> new president will be free to appoint an FCC chairman who favors less
>>> government regulation of the airwaves and minimal enforcement of FCC
>>> rules including the Telecommunications Accessibility Act of 2010.
>>> Indeed, the new president has publicly demonstrated his disdain for
>>> the disabled by mocking a disabled NY Times reporter, which Meryl
>>> Streep pointed out at the Golden Glode Awards last Sunday.  And some
>>> of his properties are in flagrant violation of the ADA, over which he
>>> has been sued. So it is difficult to see how accessibility will make
>>> any significant gains under the new administration.
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 1:57 AM
>>> To: Marty Hutchings via Electronics-Talk
>>> Cc: Jude DaShiell
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Voice assist on smart TVs
>>>
>>> We don't know what the incoming Administration will do to accessibility
>>> let alone many other things; but that out of the way, probably buying a
>>> TV from an American manufacturer who will be covered by accessibility
>>> requirements may get you a little closer to an accessible TV.  Camera
>>> applications on fondlebricks like iPhone and Android devices may help
>>> you know what's on the menu but I recommend use of a tripod once you
>>> figure out how to get your camera the best view of your screen.  The
>>> tripod will keep the fondlebrick steady and in the same position for
>>> you.  The televisions now are too dumb to even find valid input sources
>>> and automatically connect to them when turned on so smart tv's have a
>>> ways to go to start getting smart for my money.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2017, Marty Hutchings via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:44:20
>>>> From: Marty Hutchings via Electronics-Talk
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Cc: Marty Hutchings <mhutchings at wi.rr.com>
>>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Voice assist on smart TVs
>>>>
>>>> Hello,  I have just discovered this list talk and I hope that someone
>>>> can help me out here.  The family just got a 55 inch LG smart TV for
>>>> Christmas with WiFi, so I changed my Net-Flix subscription from DVD
>>>> to streeming, so we can watch movies instantly.  Unfortunately, I am
>>>> at someone else?s mursy when it comes to accessing anything on this
>>>> TV besides the over-the-air TV channels, which I can get using the
>>>> remote.  All other programming is only accessed via the on-screen
>>>> menus, which do not talk to me.  We did a lot of shopping for this TV
>>>> and nowhere in my searching did I see anything about a smart TV with
>>>> voice assist feature.  Does anyone know of such a feature or any
>>>> plans to add this to TVs in the future.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Marty Hutchings
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