[Electronics-Talk] Insignia TVS

[Elizabeth Campbell]

Dave, thanks for this information. I wasn't aware that everything is in the
cloud.

Liz

On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 12:32 PM David Andrews via Electronics-Talk <
electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Most of these kinds of things are slow because they are in the cloud not
> on your local device. So if you press a key, that goes up to the
> application, is processed, then the voice response is sent back down to
> your device.  All processing, and speech is done in the cloud, not on your
> local device.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Misty Bradley via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 12:06 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances <
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> Cc: mistydbradley at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Insignia TVS
>
> I agree that voice view is sluggish on the insignia. I am wondering if it
> is because of memory. Maybe it has less memory for it to run on or
> something. I use it on my Wi-Fi from spectrum which is really fast, and it
> is still sluggish.
>
> Misty Bradley
> MistyDBradley at gmail.com
> https://www.JourneyingThroughHealing.com
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 17, 2022, at 10:58 AM, Elizabeth Campbell via Electronics-Talk <
> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I had an early model of the Samsung tv dating back to about 2015, I
> think.
> > Earlier this year, I had a power outage, and when the electricity came
> > back on, something happened to the tv where it turned off randomly. I
> > called Samsung tech support, and was told it was likely a power surge.
> > I decided to replace it with an Insignia fire tv. I found a great deal
> > on a 32-inch model for $149, and Amazon apparently has a partnership
> > with BestBuy because it was ready for pickup within two hours.
> > In general, I like the Insignia, but VoiceView is sluggish at times. I
> > don't know if this is due to my 5G Internet from T-Mobile or if there
> > is truly an issue with Voice View.
> > It reads the prompts pretty well but I noticed it doesn't read
> > everything that is on the screen.
> > For instance, pairing the tv with my Echo dot which is in my kitchen
> > is tricky because you have to press the menu button twice to unpair
> > and then presss the select button to confirm. Voice View does not
> > provide those prompts.
> > Since I am used to the Fire TV layout, I will continue with the
> > Insignia, but when it's time to replace it, I would probably go back to
> Samsung.
> >
> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 8:26 AM David Hertweck via Electronics-Talk <
> >> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> We have three insignia TVs all have been working 2 to 3 years perfectly.
> >> Love the accessibility
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Sep 16, 2022, at 11:30 AM, Holly via Electronics-Talk <
> >> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Peter:
> >>>
> >>> I forgot to mention that I have the TV on from morning til night.  I
> >>> use
> >> it as a computer monitor also.  It has enough HDMI ports to make this
> >> a great option for me.
> >>>
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Elizabeth Campbell