[nabs-l] Questions About Accessing/Watching Television

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi all,

This is a great question, and one I've been wondering about myself
since my roommates last semester would regularly watch shows like Once
Upon a Time, Dr. Who, and Sherlock together on their computers.  I
have a few shows I'd like to start watching (primarily the Big Bang
Theory), and it would be nice if I could access them on my phone or
Android tablet with an app, since I know the Netflix app and web site
can be cumbersome for jaws to handle.  My family has Time Warner Are
there any apps for TWC that are similar to the ones offered by
Comcast?

On 4/13/14, ichoosechrist2 at gmail.com <ichoosechrist2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 12, 2014, at 11:03 AM, <frandi.galindo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Good morning keri
>> There is an app for the iPhone called whats on wich was created by
>> comcast. With this app you are able to look at the tv guide for any
>> indevidual channel comcast offers, change your channel with the tap of a
>> button, set reminders for your favorite shows, and many other things.  As
>> for the on demand thing, there is another app by comcast called tv go.
>> You can watch movies, tv shows, and many other things.  Unfortunately you
>> must have the network on your package that your show has.  For example, if
>> you wanted to watch Sex and the City, you would have to have
>> HPO, and if you wanted to watch American idol, you would have to have fox.
>> You must have an account with comcast, and an online ID and password from
>> them.Both of these apps I find to be completely accessible.  There are
>> other tv guide apps out their, but they are not as good.  Some shows are
>> discriptive like CSI and criminal minds.  Unfortunatly, I am not sure how
>> to activate such features.  Each telivision is different.  Hope this
>> helps.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Kerri Kosten
>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:14 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Questions About Accessing/Watching Television
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>> Hi All:
>>
>> When I was younger, (many years ago) I used to watch TV all the time.
>> I loved and primarily watched shows on channels such as ABC Family,
>> MTV, and the CW (formerly the WB) so they had a lot of talking in them
>> so I could follow along with what was going on pretty well just by
>> listening to the context clues.
>> I would like to get back into watching television.
>> First, are popular television shows described? Could I go to a certain
>> setting or something on my TV and access an audio described version of
>> the shows?
>> For those of you who love and regularly watch TV, do you just listen
>> and try to use context clues to figure out what is going on or how do
>> you keep yourself interested in the show when there is usually so much
>> action and shows are very visual?
>> Also, being that I likely won't be home when the shows I want to watch
>> air, is there any way to access on demand through Exfinity/Comcast (my
>> cable provider)? I know sighted people can access on demand through
>> the menus on the remote control but of course neither my remote nor
>> Television have speech so I can't access the menus or anything like
>> that. For those of you who watch tv regularly, how do you get around
>> this?
>> Is there an app I could download on the Iphone or something to maybe
>> somehow control my TV using the Iphone to access the on demand menus?
>> I know these questions may sound weird, but I haven't really watched
>> TV in so long the times have sort of changed. Television seems to be a
>> huge thing for sighted people and I'd like to get back into watching
>> popular TV shows again. I know I can access TV listings through NFB
>> Newsline.
>> Thanks,
>> Kerri
>>
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>> I don't like TV shows you there that are described. I find that the
>> descriptions drown out the regular audio talking.
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Kaiti