[Electronics-Talk] Accessibility of Live Television Services

Mon Jan 1 04:19:17 UTC 2018

I'm just using the remote from the TV. Actually, as far as Roku's app goes, 
going to specific channels and doing much controlling from the phone isn't 
so hot on the accessibility front at least on an iPhone. The channels 
section has 3 channels grouped on each control or element you flick by. 
Trying to do the explore by touch thing isn't seeming any better. Some of 
the buttons on the remote tab are unlabeled also, so you can only do a few 
things like volume, mute, power, and then rewind or fastforward, but I don't 
believe the spectrum app supports that. As for where Spectrum's channel 
falls a little bit short, and I think it is partially on their content 
partners for on demand, there seems to be no description track available for 
on demand. I tested on two shows, Gotham and Bluebloods, which I know to 
usually air with description with no luck in on demand. I wonder if they 
will have accessible DVR control for those areas like mine that came from 
TWC where Roku is the best accessibility there will be for awhile until or 
if they merge the differing systems into one? I would also want DVR for 
programs that just aren't on demand, such as most sports or local programs, 
or those that expire very quickly. I could be wrong on the whole TWC vs 
Charter thing in that Charter may have started work on the talking box, 
where TWC wasn't going to before the merger was conceived, and because they 
likely use incompatible systems, they just don't have one for the TWC side 
of the fence, so to speak. My buddy in another part of Wisconsin has the 
box, but his area was Charter territory before the merger.

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> Great. Keep us updated on yur findings as I plan to check all of this out
> soon. So are you using your phone as the remote to navihgate or are you
> using the talking remote?
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> Behalf Of Brent Harding via Electronics-Talk
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> I just got a new Sharp Roku TV for Christmas also. I wasn't certain if it
> would have the audio guide on it, but it does. Dad and I just got it set 
> up
> last night, and I got Netflix on there and got the Spectrum app 
> downloaded.
> The descriptions played right away with Netflix, although I'm not sure if
> the Spectrum app has that feature, even though it does and I've had it
> working on iOS before. One thing I can appear to do that you probably 
> can't
> accessibly with the phone app is to rewind and fastforward, which I always
> thought was disallowed on on demand, but it does seem to work. I found a
> couple of the music channels and so on that give you the nothing treatment
> suggesting accessibility isn't supported though.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sherri Brun via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 9:20 PM
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>
>> The Spectrum TV ap with Roku, in my opinion, does not offer much.  Yes,
>> you
>> can listen to the guide, you can change channels and no where you are, 
>> but
>> you cannot record or play back programs--at least to my knowledge.
>>
>> Sherri
>>
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>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Kolby Garrison via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 7:40 PM
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>> Cc: Kolby Garrison <kolby12091988 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Accessibility of Live Television Services
>>
>> Hello, Everyone,
>> I received a Roku Streaming Stick for Christmas, thus eliminating the 
>> need
>> of an inaccessible cable set top box. The Spectrum TV app is accessible
>> using the Roku, but I like knowing what all of my options are for
>> accessing
>> live television. Live television is something that I want to have access
>> to.
>> Are any additional live television services such as Sling TV; HuLu Live
>> TV;
>> Direct TV Now; et cetera; accessible?
>> Thank you,
>> Kolby
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