[Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonicconcerningaccessibility

[Matt Roberts]

This is great if you live in the UK. I wonder when this technology will be available here.

Matt Roberts
n9gmr at me.com

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On Feb 26, 2012, at 7:15 PM, "Patricia A. Lipovsky" <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Cheryl,
> 
> I think it would be awesome if the Easter bunny brought you a TV, but I think you should probably write him or her a letter to specify that you would rather a tv than chocolate candy.
> 
> Just putting in my two cents.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonicconcerningaccessibility
> 
> 
>> Hi Sherrill,
>> 
>> Just to give everyone some idea of how exciting this is we bought a brand new Panasonic 42 inch plasma TV just less than two years ago.  I believe based on what I know about the new sets that we will be selling our existing set and buying one of the new ones.  I really applaud Panasonic for thaking this step.
>> 
>> Please keep in mind that you won't be able to browse the internet with it or anything like that.  At this time it is dedicated to accessing basically what you would do on your cable set top box with a DVR.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Sherrill O'Brien
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 3:13 PM
>> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonic concerningaccessibility
>> 
>> Oh Jim, this is awesome news!! For so long now, NFB has been working to
>> convince major companies to build accessibility into their products, and of
>> course Bill Gates really got the ball rolling, and now other companies are
>> beginning to realize that there's truly a market out here eagerly waiting
>> for these simple but far-reaching improvements. I'm hoping Panasonic will be
>> invited to send a speaker to this year's national convention.
>> 
>> Anyway, thanks so much for getting out the good word. And, let's see, our TV
>> in the bedroom is maybe 25 years old. What a great excuse to replace it. Do
>> you suppose the Easter Bunny could manage that?
>> Sherrill
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
>> Behalf Of Jim Ellsworth
>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:47 PM
>> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonic
>> concerningaccessibility
>> 
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I will just summarize here but please click the link below and listen to the
>> interview with a Panasonic representative about their new, coming in March
>> 2012 complete line of accessible TV sets.  We have waited for what seems
>> like forever for this to happen.
>> 
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10753092/2012-02-24_panasonic_tx.mp3
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jim Ellsworth
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