[gui-talk] New Group to Discuss Accessibility of Internet-Based Services and Apps

[David Goldfield]

Like many blind people, I grew up enjoying television along with my 
sighted peers and watched/listened to TV programs on a daily basis along 
with audio drama and the radio in general. I had lots of shows I looked 
forward to, even if they were sometimes so visual that I had no clue as 
to what was happening in some scenes.
With Internet-based TV, we are now able to enjoy many of today's TV 
shows not only on our TV but on our accessible devices, such as an 
iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac, etc. In many cases, we are not limited to just 
today's programs but we can also enjoy many of the classic shows we grew 
up with, such as I Love Lucy, Lost in Space and, last but most certainly 
not least, Star Trek, along with many others. This new freedom comes 
with various accessibility challenges, as some apps are more of a 
challenge to use than others. To that end, I have set up a mailing list 
for the purpose of discussing accessibility issues with Internet-based 
TV services. I'm not so much interested in discussing specific shows and 
so I'd prefer to not have messages talking about how a specific Trek 
episode was so much better than some other episode. However, I would 
like this list to facilitate discussion with questions, answers, tips 
and tricks for using your favorite Internet TV service with speech, 
Braille or low vision solutions.
In the event that we find apps and services to be less than accessible 
or usable, I would also like this list to facilitate some advocacy 
whereby we can contact the developers of these services to alert them of 
accessibility issues or relevant bugs.
To subscribe, send an email message to
blind-internet-tv-request at freelists.org
In the subject field of the message, type the word
subscribe
and then send the message. I look forward to your participation.


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                  David Goldfield,
         Assistive Technology Specialist