[New-york-news] I was watching the Oscars last night and there was a commercial on the comcast cable box for the blind

[Sy Hoekstra]

A lot more of that is coming.  Those boxes and a lot of other
Cable/telecommunications devices will legally have to be accessible by the
end of next year.

 

Access World breaks it down:
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw160105

 

From: New-york-news [mailto:new-york-news-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Cheryl Echevarria via New-york-news
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:39 PM
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Subject: [New-york-news] I was watching the Oscars last night and there was
a commercial on the comcast cable box for the blind

 

Hello all:

 

Last night while watching the "Oscars" they had a commercial on TV, at first
would couldn't figure out what the commercial was for, they had a child who
was blind and had the music from the "Wizard of Oz", the little girl was
explaining what she thought the scarecrow, cowardly lion and tin man may of
looked like in her own mind.

 

Then the commercial revealed the new Comcast box for cable, that was for the
legally blind.

 

I wish, Optimum or Cablevision or whatever they are calling it now in NY
would get this.

 

We are so far behind the U.K. now getting this. They have had it there for
years, in fact, at one of the past National Conventions, one of the
presenters at the General Session was from England and was talking about
these things.

 

 

Cheryl Echevarria, President

National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division

A proud division of the 

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND - "Live the life you want"

www.nfbtravel.org

631-236-5138

cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com

 

 

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characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.

 

 

Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel
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and  has partnered with Braille Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her
braille needs.  Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama

 

 

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