[Electronics-Talk] information about the samsung tv with voice guide, completely accessible, for Peter and anyone interested in an accessible tv with speech

Sun Jan 22 14:09:18 UTC 2017

Hello Arlene,

Thanks so much for this information about the accessible Samsung tv.

I just got mine yesterday, and the geek squad from Bestbuy connected the tv
to the AT&T Uverse cable box. I agree that the accessibility features on the
tv are a big step forward for blind users. I was able to connect to my wifi
and also connect the tv to my Amazon echo as it can also be used as a
Bluetooth speaker. The Echo is in my kitchen, so I can have tv audio while
I'm feeding the dogs, making coffee, etc. without having to turn up the tv
speaker volume as the set is in my living room.
I am having trouble with turning on the video description as the voice guide
says that it is disabled and not available, so I wonder if this is an issue
with AT&T Uverse. By the way, its set top box is not one that is accessible.
The Uverse iPhone app works well for setting up DVR recordings, but there
isn't a way to access the cable box menu that I  can find.

If anyone has suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

I may need to ask a sighted friend for help.

Liz

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Arlene via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 5:32 AM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
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Cc: Arlene <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] information about the samsung tv with voice
guide, completely accessible, for Peter and anyone interested in an
accessible tv with speech

Peter, and, everyone, the week of thanksgiving, a lister named Mike here on
the electronics talk list informed us about the samsung tv with voice guide,
model number Samsung un32j5500afxza. Saturday of that week, about 3 or 4
days after reading his message we went to Best buy to purchase the tv and
it's really wonderful, it talks everything, all the menus, when going to
another channel it will tell you what show is on and other details, the
channel number and a few other bits of information. It talks all the menues
so you would be abled to turn on audio description and other functions. The
regular price for the tv is $280. When you get the tv home you could set the
tv up yourself by pressing a button that will turn the speech on and then
you can proceed to set everything up including scanning the channels in. The
infomation about this button is in both audio files that are included in the
folder and you can also read about the button in Mike's informative message
about the tv included in this message. To begin with here's information
about the tv which includes the messages from Mike that were posted to the
list and I have his demo of the tv in a folder that we put together, and
there's a little exchange of messages between Mike and I who was extremely
helpful when we first got the tv. Then we have a audio demo done about the
tv and also the text to speech with dish that was done by my boyfriend
Wayne. Now that we know even more about the tv, he's going to do another
audio file about the tv itself. If you have any questions please feel
welcome to write to us on and or off list though  we're both on the list,
though our contact information will be at the end of the message to write
off list. Wayne had the idea of hooking the computer keyboard up to the tv
and you could use  the keyboard as you do the remote, and we have a text
file about that in the folder. Also in the folder is the manual for this tv.

The tv remode for this tv is so well designed and talks everything. This tv
remote is one of the best designed tv remotes both of us have ever seen,
it's really straight forward. On the remote  there's a learn remote button
so you can review what the buttons are, besides hearing the buttons speak
what they are as you use the remote regularly, which Mike writes about in
the messages included here and his demo audio file.  In his message and demo
he clearly explains about the button that turns the speech on the tv.
model number again
model number Samsung un32j5500afxza
here's the messages from Mike posted here to the list informing of us about
the tv:
From: "Mike via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Mike" <mrmikie273 at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:50 PM
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] I am liking my Samsung tv with voice guide!
It is going well with my Samsung 32 inch tv with voice guide! I am using an
over the air antenna. For the first time I can scan stations in, remove
stations from the line up I do not want & a thousdan other settings without
any sighted help!
You only have to know were 6 buttons are on the remote & then any totally
blind person can set this tv up right out of ; the box.
Mike
From: "Mike via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Mike" <mrmikie273 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] I am liking my Samsung tv with voice guide!
Samsung un32j5500afxza this the 32 inch tv that is the smallest one I found
with voice guide. They have larger!
Mike
From: "Mike via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Mike" <mrmikie273 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] I am liking my Samsung tv with voice guide!
I bought on sale 7 days ago at best buy for $239
From: Mike
To: 'Arlene'
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 6:41 AM
Subject: RE: question about your new samsung tv Hello Arlen Here goes I will
try to give you those  buttons.
When you have the remote pointed at the tv. The top left button is power. It
has
2 little dots on the left side of it. To turn voice guide on. 4  rows from
bottom center button  is cc. ccthis is were voice guide is. Next enter is 7
rowes from bottom.
Enter button has 2 dots on it. The arrow keys surround the enter button.
After you get the tv set up go back into cc button. Arrow down to learn
remote! If you want to learn remote..
Mike
Here's a folder we put together of 2 audio files of demonstrations of the
tv, one done by Wayne and the other made by Mike, the lister that originally
told us here on the electronic talks list about the samsung tv, the week of
thanksgiving, , The folder also includes information about using the
computer keyboard hooked up to the tv as the remote which is  something you
could do, though the remote is well designed and talks everything from the
tvs remote, and the manual for this tv. here's the folder information
followed by the download link:
 Model number again:
model number Samsung un32j5500afxza
files included in the folder:
1. dish and samsung tv accessible demo, this is the demo of the dish and tv
demo done by Wayne.
2. \Samsung manual.docx, this is the samsung tv manual.
3. Samsung-TV-Demo from mike, this is the tv demo done by Mike from Canada
where we found out about the tv.
4. tv voice guide with computer keyboard, This is the text file about using
the keyboard with the tv.
folder to download
samsung tv and dish talk box.zip (272.5MB) The download link is:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/ew9pus
If you rather write to us off list with any questions about the tv, here's
our email addresses:
arlene
arlenes71154 at earthlink.net
Wayne
greenwood33 at cox.net

Arlene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>; <peel-the-apple at groups.io>;
<blind-philly-comp at freelists.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 11:29 PM
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Sharp LC-43LB481USmart TV Accessibility

> Good evening everyone,
>
>
>
>                Due to living conditions in our current apartment we'll 
> be moving to another unit within our apartment complex. Practically 
> all of our belongings are being replaced including our TV. The in-laws 
> ordered a Sharp LC-43LB481U Smart HDTV for us. This thing is more than 
> just a TV. In addition to being an HDTV it's also Internet-ready and 
> has Roku built in.
> We
> also plan to install the Apple TV to further enhance our listening and 
> viewing experiences. Since Apple TV has Voiceover and Siri included 
> that will help make many of this unit's features accessible and usable 
> by a blind person.
>
>
>
>                We felt it appropriate to put out feelers to see if any 
> of you have used Sharp TVs or other brands of smart TVS and want to 
> know how usable they were out-of-the-box or with the addition of an 
> iPhone or other smartphone app  or with Apple TV. Your feedback will be
most welcome.
>
>
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
>
>
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