[Electronics-Talk] Samsung talking Televisions

Tue Oct 31 02:48:03 UTC 2017

I didn’t know about the third-party apps either. Guess we learn something every day :-) I’m sure the price has gone down on them quite a bit. So, next time :-)

Jenny

> On Oct 30, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Chris G via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> There is more to the 4th gen Apple TV then just Siri.
> You can install third party apps etc.
> If the 3rd gen is working great for you that's cool.
> Just didn't want people to think the only advantage between third and
> fourth generation Apple TVs is Siri and that Siri was a requirement.
> 
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> On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:47:40 -0500
> Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> No, it’s not a necessity to you Siri. But at that time, and even now if I had to replace it, I would get the farthest generation back but could be updated, for me, I don’t need to have to pay more money to have accessibility was Siri. Just me though.
>> 
>> 
>> Jenny
>> 
>>> On Oct 30, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Chris G via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *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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