[Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions

[Arlene]

That's  right, the talk activation is getting better in some areas and 
others it isn't. Where the tv is concerned, if all the menues talk on the tv 
I don't understand why someone would want to talk to it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions


> I'm glad.  I don't like things you have to talk to, because despite what 
> they think, speech recognition hasn't been perfected yet.  Many times, a 
> device can't understand you.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 7:45 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Arlene
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>
> I can tell you, they don't know enough, because with us having the tv, we
> can do a whole lot with it, and yes all the menues talk. Also, Pam, just
> like anything else you talk too, even an automated system, even when 
> you're
> talking to the tv a times you might have to say something again which we
> found out when we tried it just a few times, so it's great with all the
> menues talking.It's almost a whole year that we've had the tv and only
> talked to it once, and that was to just try it. otherwise we don't have a
> nned to talk to it since you can do everything with the menues.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
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> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
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> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
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>
>> Thank you.  That's totally different than what some other people said. 
>> They said to get the tv to do anything, you have to talk to it, so I bet 
>> there are things they probably don't know about their TV.s  Pam.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Arlene via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 8:26 AM
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>> Cc: Arlene
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>>
>> I don't get that either, Pam. Andy, thank you for being thoughtful and
>> welmeaning. Like Pam, we're not into alexa or cortana. Talking to the tv
>> only gives you so much access. The tv talks with the access to the menues
>> talks very well so therefore there is no need for us to talk to our 
>> Samsung
>> tv. While we can talk to it, there's no need to do that, between all you 
>> can
>> do with the menues  all talking, from just changing a channel to 
>> scheduling
>> a new show to the bunch of shows we already have scheduled to record, to
>> recording a missed tv show. Andy could you tell us more about this amazon
>> tv, the model and brand, and the details and features that it includes
>> concerning accessibility. Thank you.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
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>> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 6:38 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>>
>>
>>> Reading her message below, why would you say she might want to do that. 
>>> I know that I, for one, don't want anything to do with that Alexa stuff. 
>>> Pam.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Andy Baracco via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:10 PM
>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>> Cc: Andy Baracco
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>>>
>>> You might want to consider the TVs sold by Amazon that are Alexa 
>>> enabled.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Arlene via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances"
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "Arlene" <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 3:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>>>
>>>
>>>> The tv does talk. we never talk to it.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" 
>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: <mattchao at verizon.net>; "Discussion of accessible home electronics 
>>>> and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:57 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Is that the way it works?  Is it that you have to talk to the TV?  I 
>>>>> thought that it was that the TV talked.  Pam.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>>>> From: Matthew Chao via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:55 PM
>>>>> To: Sharon Klug via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> Cc: Matthew Chao
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions
>>>>>
>>>>> To talk TO THE TV, you press and holde the top middle of three buttons
>>>>> aranged in sort of a semi-circle and speak the command.  Hope this
>>>>> helps.--Matthew Chao
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/26/2017 4:40 PM, Sharon Klug via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>>>> Where is the talk button on this tv?
>>>>>> Sharon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 26, 2017 2:39 PM, Matthew Chao via Electronics-Talk 
>>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, Merv.  Yes, the Samsung TVs do talk.  You hold down the Mute key
>>>>>>> (bottom-most key on remote, and rectangular in shape) until it 
>>>>>>> talks. I
>>>>>>> have the 40-inch, 4k TV (Model No. UN40MU6300F); (Model Code:
>>>>>>> UN40MU6300FXZA).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Was able to sync it up with Verizon FIOS cablebox and my sound 
>>>>>>> system.
>>>>>>> You can also change channels by holding down the Talk button and 
>>>>>>> saying,
>>>>>>> for example, "channel 631".  Or, you can go into Settings by holding
>>>>>>> down the Talk button and saying, "Settings".  Hope the above
>>>>>>> helps.--Matthew Chao
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/26/2017 2:38 PM, Merv Keck via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am looking at several 2017 models of Samsung televisions. I am 
>>>>>>>> not clear
>>>>>>>> on exactly what you need to do in order to make the television 
>>>>>>>> speak once
>>>>>>>> you turn it on. And I have not ascertained exactly which 2017 
>>>>>>>> models speak
>>>>>>>> for sure. I know this has been discussed several times in the past 
>>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>>> have contributed at least once. But that has been a while ago. The 
>>>>>>>> Samsung
>>>>>>>> model I have now is 2013 or 2014 which was like one year before 
>>>>>>>> they started
>>>>>>>> making the talking menus. So I'm not sure how to trigger the speech 
>>>>>>>> on the
>>>>>>>> newer models. Any information would be appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Merv
>>>>>>>>
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