[Electronics-Talk] new TV

[Gerald Levy]

Cable box accessibility is essentially a dead issue now that Ajit Pai has 
firmly entrenched himself as the new pro-business, anti-consumer head of the 
FCC.  He has made it quite clear that he has no intention of enforcing the 
provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 2010 which would have required 
cable companies and TV manufacturers to make their boxes and TV sets, 
respectively, accessible to blind consumers.  Mr. Pai has demonstrated that 
he is squarely on the side of the cable companies and TV manufacturers, who 
have long complained that making their products more accessible would be too 
expensive and technically challengeing.

Gerald



-----Original Message----- 
From: Brad Hodges via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 6:22 PM
To: Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk
Cc: Brad Hodges
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] new TV

Susie and all:

This is a timely thread, as our wonderful technology team from the
Jernigan Institute will address the accessibility of set top boxes and
related technology in a seminar at this years Convention.

Monday, July 10
8:45-10:00 AM—Cutting the Cord: Accessibly Watching TV without a Cable
Subscription
Wekiwa 6, Level 2

Liz, thanks so much for your observations about the Amazon Fire TV and
Directvnow. I am interested in that service, and will check it out.

Brad


On 6/25/2017 4:37 PM, Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Hi Susie
>
> I am happy to try to answer your question about getting an accessible tv.
>
> I know there are several brands, and I chose the Samsung model with the
> voice guide.
> I purchased the tv at Best Buy,and I arranged for the Geek Squad to 
> assemble
> the tv and connect it to my cable box. The tv speaks the menus outloud, 
> and
> you
> Will also get spoken menus and information such as what shows are on. I've
> found this works if the tv is connected to an antenna, but it doesn't work
> with my cable provider, AT&T Uverse because Uverse doesn't have any of the
> accessibility features on its cable box.
>
> The Samsung is also a smart tv, and the voice guide does an okay job of
> reading some of the smart hub features such as the Amazon videos and the
> built-in web browser.
> However, I've had mixed results when getting apps like the BBC News to 
> work.
> Since I bought the tv, I've decided to get rid of my cable and go with
> high-speed Internet for streaming. I also bought the Amazon Fire TV box,
> which supports a service called DirectvNow so that one can get CNN, the 
> Food
> Network, Bloomberg and other channels at rates far cheaper than cable. 
> This
> service also works on Apple Tv. I also bought an antenna to pick up the
> local channels. So far, I am happy with this arrangement.
>
> Let me know if I can help you with this further.
>
> Best
>
> Liz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Susan Stanzel via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 4:47 PM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Susan Stanzel <slstanzel at kc.rr.com>
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] new TV
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
>
>
> I am subscribed again for this list. I am in need of a new TV. I just 
> bought
> an Apple TV, but that is something which attaches to a TV. My TV is so old
> that it is a dumb TV. I can only get Time Warner. I wish I could get
> Comcast. I would like to do as much with my TV as possible since sighted
> assistance is at a premium. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Susie Stanzel
>
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