[NJTechDiv] Accessible cable TV

[Joseph Hudson]

Hi Tracy, I'm sorry that optimum has dropped their accessibility option. I am a happy YouTube subscriber. And I find using it through my phone or my computer, the best options. Or I'm possibly sure that you could use it quite comfortably on a smart TV as well. But I like using it on the options that I've mentioned above. It is just about like having cable vision. As you get more bang for your buck, if you know what I mean.
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On May 18, 2026, at 8:16 AM, Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

For a long time, we had software on our Optimum cable box that would announce the channel and what was playing, and I could also use it to access the DVR.
Optimum doesn’t support it anymore, and their new cable box doesn’t have any accessibility at all.
They think that maybe a smart TV would have it, but I don’t know.
If I buy a smart TV, and turn on Talkback or whatever it has, will it tell me what’s playing on a channel and have ways to access the DVR?
For instance, I was able to move through the shows on a channel until I found the one I wanted to record, then hit record.  Later, I could go into the DVR, scroll through the recordings, find the one I wanted, watch it, then go through the menu to either keep it or delete it.  Imagine that.  Can I get those same features on a smart TV?
I have 0 interest in using Alexa.

It’s extremely annoying that Optimum had accessibility, and then just ditched it completely.
Tracy

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