[Electronics-Talk] Question Regarding Fully Accessible Televisions

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I have a vizio. My brother set it up for me. It has something like voice over. And Alexa has just announced they are compatible 

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> On Jan 16, 2023, at 12:19 AM, Aaron Spears via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi.
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> 
> I don't know if the Amazon smart tvs have ota, but if they don't you can get it through another Amazon device, the tv tunor thingy. It lets you record ota tv and play it later and such.
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> Cheers:
> Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com
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>> On 1/15/2023 11:34 PM, Humberto Avila via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>> thanks, Jary.
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>> i am wondering if you know by chance if the Amazon TV has a built-in antenna tuner? Or, the ability to scan for locally available over the air channels readily out of the box, without having to subscribe to streaming or watching services? I do want the ability to watch local news, for instance, but don't want to pay for cable or other stuff.
>> 
>> that's something I forgot to mention in my post.
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>>> On 1/15/2023 8:22 PM, Sherry Gomes via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>> I bought an amazon TV, think it's omen, and if you use the echo devices, it has that built in, plus their screen reader called voice view. I did have my brother-in-law set it up for me, so I'm not sure if it was accessible to set up, but once I turned on voice view, with that and Alexa, I can do everything. I have some trouble with my hands, so had my brother in law sign me in to my streaming services to save time and pain. I could have done all that myself though. Now I can look for shows or movie, purchase something if I want and anything else.
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>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Question Regarding Fully Accessible Televisions
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>>> Dear Electronics-Talk Pepes,
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>>> I hope the new year has rung in with great expectations and goals, as well as good weather, good health and resolve.
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>>> I'm having, yet again, to build up my resources, slowly but surely, for my new apartment. I am not a very good fan of the TV, but I'd love to have sighted guests / friends / family over for dinner or whatever. I also like to get into accessible video gaming. So, if anyone would recommend a good, cheap, reasonably awesome, reasonably visually appealing, and of course, fully accessible television that works well off the shelf, I would deeply appreciate it.
>>> I was looking into the Samsung Glass Chrystal AU8000 Series from 2021 and later on Amazon.com, as my local NFB affiliate did a raffle recently and someone got away with a brand new TV of those models. Inthe descriptions / documentation they said that this model of TVS is fully accessible out of the box. So anyone's got one of those, or a similar one, what is your experience? Do they step up to their claims, and can you use all functions of the remote and / or apparatus fully and independently? What other brands, models and kinds of TVs should I be looking at that are truly accessible? (of course, besides the AppleTV, which I know works, but is currently unfriendly to my budget, frowning face).
>>> 
>>> Muchas gracias!!
>>> Humberto
>>> 
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