[Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions

[Chris G]

Siri isn't a requirement to use the 4th generation Apple TV, neither is 
using Alexa on the Amazon Fire Stick/Fire TV.

As a matter of fact you need to allow them.  The Amazon Echo products is 
a different story as they are speakers and it is assumed you want to 
talk to them.  However you can turn off the always listening feature.

The assistants only listen for their trigger word, when they hear it 
that is when they start listening to you.

Personally I'm all in on the voice assistance.

When you can tell Alexa on the Fire products to play (movie) on Netflix 
and it loads that movie for you it is just a convenience.

The speech recognition on Alexa and Google assistant is quite good, 
perfect, no.

Just my thoughts.



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*From:* Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk
*Sent:* Monday, Oct 30, 2017 11:20 AM EST
*To:* Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
*Cc:* Jenny Keller
*Subject:* [Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions

> People were surprised that I got the generation of Apple TV that I did. The new one was Siri had just come out, but I opted to get the one without it. I feel the same way, I can do everything be a menu, and I got mine $100 cheaper.
>
>
> Jenny
>
>> On Oct 29, 2017, at 5:01 PM, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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"
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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