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

Wed Jan 25 00:10:01 UTC 2017

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On 1/24/17, Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Arlene,
>
> My apologies for not getting back to you sooner.
>
> First, I talked to a Samsung rep who told me that the video description
> feature is disabled because it needs to be enabled using my cable box. In
> other words, the voice guide only works for the tv but does not work with
> cable boxes or other devices connected to it.
> I got someone to enable the video description as AT&T Uverse does not have
> text to speech capabilities built in to the set top box. Now, the trick is
> to find descriptive programming in my area. I used the tool on the AFB web
> site that is supposed to help one find programs with video description, but
> when I typed in my zip code, I got a prompt saying that nothing was
> available.
>
> I find that hard to believe since the Dallas/Fort Worth area is a large tv
> market.
> We do have other options besides AT&T Uverse including Direktv and
> Spectrum,
> formerly Charter, but the trick is finding customer service reps who have
> some knowledge about which boxes have the accessibility features.
>
> I will keep you posted on what I find out.
>
> Best
>
> 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
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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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