Hello Everyone, At approximately 6:18 PM, while eating dinner, the video output of my beloved off-brand 42-inch television gave up the ghost. That's right, it just died. The sound was fine, however. It was 12 years and 2 months old. May it rest in piece. (smile).
I went over to my local Best Buy and was amazed to discover the number of big screen televisions available for less than $200. Interestingly, all of them were off-bands and offered the bare minimum hardware connectivity options. It took me less than 15 minutes to decide on a Sony X85K Smart TV for several reasons not the least of which being that it has an ethernet port which allows one to instantly connect to the web without having to configure and disclose one's WIfI information. This means that one can instantly disconnect the set from the web by merely disconnecting the cable. A great many things have changed in accessible television technology since I last purchased a television. So you can imagine how delighted I was to discover that this unit offers both Google Talkback and the Google TTS Screen Reader, as separate options, that make the set 100% accessible. Without needing to first connect the set to the web, I was able to enable the unit's Google screen reader and configure the seemingly endless OS options. I quickly connected my beloved Apple TV to the new set and I can enjoy both the Google TTS and VoiceOver without having to disable either. Just as with Apple TV, the Google screen reader has a shortcut key button so one can quickly enable and disable the Android OS accessibility feature of choice. The cost of the set was approximately $600. Once the screen reader has been enabled, the set is wonderfully accessible to the blind and low vision. However, in my opinion, sighted assistance is definitely needed to enable the screen reader, out of the box. Apple VoiceOver and Google TalkBack Screen Reader on the Same television, Not bad; not Bad at all. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003301d8f6ae%24b5fd7a20%2421f86e60%24%40ucla.edu.
