There's supposed to be a law through Congress to mandate described programs,
first in larger markets, then eventually everywhere!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Boyer" <bboyer...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Hi. From my experience tv tuners will carry this signal if it exists.
However, most cable providers and local networks don't carry the SAP feed
or if they do it's used for different languages and not description. Not
that there are many things described anymore.
bb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Harding" <br...@hostany.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network
programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many
digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be in
the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio, the
software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software side
is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do this
now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak just to
see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal on. Will
the included software with this thing, assuming any still work in XP, be
able to at least give me enough properties about the channel to verify
the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell if TVSpeak
will be a good investment for that purpose?
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary King" <w4...@bellsouth.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Vicky,
I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from
amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium
64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna. I
don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local channels
and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a little better
antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that are available
at the same distance.
Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which
worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and
Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single
programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would with
a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in Media
Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the Internet.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <vrvaug...@mailzone.com>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new
Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now I
will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I will be
having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be replacing my Set
Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month, just like I have done
on the Set Top Box.
What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using on
what computer?
Many thanks for any help! Vicky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary King" <w4...@bellsouth.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Mary,
In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience setting
up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance would
definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would suggest
that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for tackling the
setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes. the OCR in
JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but having to Use
OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to read the setup
screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to get it to speak
the necessary information.
Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the
Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in
the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to
change channels.
I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the
recording features next.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Otten" <maryot...@comcast.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it. Do
you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary?
Mary
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