[Njtechdiv] Wireless connect doodad

[Eileen Scrivani]

Tracy,

I have Verizon Fios, and about 2 years back they finally, finally came out with a text to speach feature which I think they and all providers were/are now obligated to offer customers. When I got it I think I remember having to upgrade the boxes, but even with that its not enough to get it up and working. In my system, there is an option under the menu under something like general & accessibility. Enabling that allows the TV to announce the channel number & name, program that’s airing and the time it starts & ends. The tech person that came to set it up for me really didn’t know what he was doing so I did have to insist that he keep looking for it. As for the Audio description feature, I still have to enable spanish under languages to get the AD. With the text to speach ability I can at least turn audio description on and off so if I choose to watch a movie that doesn’t have AD I can watch it in english.

It may well be that the Optimum tech guy just didn’t know what it was or how it should work. If you could have someone look through the options on the tv screen, you might find something that will turn ontext to speach. I think my sister has Optimum, I’ll try to pick my brother-in-laws brain tonight and see if he’s come across it in there set up.

Eileen

From: Tracy Carcione via Njtechdiv 
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 11:10 AM
To: 'New Jersey Technology Division List' 
Cc: Tracy Carcione 
Subject: Re: [Njtechdiv] Wireless connect doodad

The Optimum guy just came, and he says the new box doesn’t talk at all, even though the website says it does.  I’m so disappointed.  I thought at last I would have something accessible from these jokers, but no.  Unless the tech they sent doesn’t have a clue.

But I don’t need to rewire my connections, which is something.

I hate Optimum.

Tracy

 

 

From: Njtechdiv [mailto:njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jane Degenshein via Njtechdiv
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 10:54 AM
To: New Jersey Technology Division List
Cc: Jane Degenshein
Subject: Re: [Njtechdiv] Wireless connect doodad

 

I wish all a happy holiday season too

woo hoo

I also agree with the adaptor idea

Good luck and keep us posted my friend

 

 

From: Andy via Njtechdiv 

Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 10:43 AM

To: New Jersey Technology Division List 

Cc: Andy 

Subject: Re: [Njtechdiv] Wireless connect doodad

 

If what you're looking to do is add wireless connectivity to your desktop, a USB to WiFi adapter would do the job.  You can get them pretty cheaply.  Picking something arbitrarily, something like this.

 

 

 





On Dec 24, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Tracy Carcione via Njtechdiv <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 

Happy holidays to everyone!

Cablevision is giving me a Christmas present of a new, accessible cable box!  Hope it works like the website says it does.  It’s supposed to talk for everything.

But it means I have to switch my old desktop from Ethernet to wireless, and the old PC doesn’t seem to have a way to access wireless.  I only see LAN on the network connections page.

Do I need a doodad to make it able to connect wirelessly?  If so, what’s the doodad called, so I can look for it on Amazon?

Thanks.

Tracy

 

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