[Electronics-Talk] Altice One cable box

[Gerald Levy]

Who is your cable provider?


Gerald



On 12/24/2018 11:33 AM, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> We were supposed to get a new cable box, with a remote that you can talk to,
> and, much more important, "voice guidance" that guides a blind person
> through the menus.
>
> The cable company website says:
>
> Altice One: Audible UI
>
> Altice One offers an audible UI (User Interface) that enables customers with
> visual disabilities to interact with the platform to discover and enjoy
> content.
>
> How Voice Guidance Works
>
> Voice Guidance "speaks" what's on the screen and includes details such as
> program descriptions and navigational instructions to help customers
> navigate the user interface decide what to watch.
>
> Using your Altice One remote, you have the ability to independently change
> channels, search for shows, enable closed captioning and more by using voice
> commands.
>
>   
>
> But all the tech people know about is talking to the remote.  They all
> insist that nothing will talk to me.
>
> Do other people have some similar cable box, possibly with a different name?
> Can anyone advise me? Are the tech people just ignorant, or is this yet
> another accessibility lie?
>
>   
>
> I was all excited to finally have something that actually is usable, but no.
> I'm so disappointed.  My cable company's "accessibility" is a bad joke, and
> I'm not laughing.
>
> Tracy
>
>   
>
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