Accessible TV for Blind and VI People

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Post 1 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2006 0:17:48

Hi everyone! I had mentioned in another discussion how I found information on an accessible TV being developed. I just found and filled out a survey on that website. Actually, you would look for a link at mentions a questionaire, and there will be one for UK residents and another for non-UK residents. I would encourage blind and visually impaired people to fill it out, as although the official survey is over, I think they'd still be interested in our input. To read more on this, the website is: http://www.atv-survey.org.uk/. Thanks!

Post 2 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 08-Jun-2006 20:09:52

If you don't want to wait for a whole new tv, then just get a usb one.


Its like the size of a usb fumb drive, just slots into the port, the program works great with hal, there only like £40 and for that you get freeview, dunno if you have that in the usa.

BEN.

Post 3 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Thursday, 08-Jun-2006 20:43:51

Hmm. Sounds interesting. What's the name of it? And what is "freeview"?

Post 4 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 08-Jun-2006 21:26:18

Have a look on this froogle result for people in the usa btw:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=usb+tv&btnG=Search+Froogle&safe=vss&lmode=online&price1=&price2=175.00&lnk=prsugg

Post 5 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 08-Jun-2006 21:28:07

O freeview is something that we have in the uk that just gives you some other chanells other than the standard anerlog ones.
You pay £50 for the box, and then you dont have to pay anything monthly for it ever again.
BEN.

Post 6 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Thursday, 08-Jun-2006 21:39:54

Cool. Thanks. *smile* I'll look into that as well then. I wonder if any of the other screen-readers would work with it? I only have a full version of JAWS 7.0 and a demo version of WindowEyes. I also think I can get the demo of Hal back, but of course the demo is only 30 minutes at a time. But that does sound neat anyways.

Post 7 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Saturday, 10-Jun-2006 6:45:07

Well it shood work qwith jfw or what ever you have tbh.
I just said hal coz thats what i use.
BEN.

Post 8 by smudge (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Thursday, 29-Jun-2006 6:41:55

the software shipping with the nepbula USB master, is also accessable with jfw.

Post 9 by The SHU interpreter (I just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 20-Jan-2007 13:57:49

how does that work and where do you plugg that in. do u use that on the computer?

Post 10 by basketballfreakslive (Veteran Zoner) on Sunday, 21-Jan-2007 1:45:44

hmm interesting