If you are getting a TV and primarily don't have sighted people around to watch it may not make such a big difference, but if you do then an OLED TFV like the LG OLED series, there is a "B", C" and "G" series, are considered among the best. Sony has a new OLED offering this year which also gets very good reviews. The LG "B" series (I think of "B" as budget) is less expensive than the "C" series and the most expensive is the "G" or gaming series. All LG TV's use WebOS as their operating system and they do have voice guidance. We have the original LG 55-inch C-series from 2020, last year the C1 (Gen 1) was released as an upgrade and this year the C2 (Gen 2) came out and these TV's are available I think as small as 42 inch, there is definitely a 48-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch and 75-inch. Another consideration is you have a soundbar like the Sonos Arc which support Dolby Atmos is to make sure the TV you are buying as an "eARC" HDMI port, this stands for "enhanced audio return channel" and unless you connect your Dolby Atmos capable soundbar to your TV on that port you will not get the full Atmos experience. I am sure the Sony OLED TV's are very nice, I really like the LG we bought because it is so very thin and even when it's been running for hours it is cool to the touch which means it obviously does not use very much electricity since anything which gets warm means it is not very efficient. I must admit that I can't say too much about how user friendly the WebOS screenreader is because when we watch TV my wife who is sighted usually does all the navigating, but there is an LG app which allows me to do things likek Play/Pause, change the volume and so on, of course since we have this connected to a Sonos system I can also use the Sonos digital assistant and ask it to turn the volume up or down. I think there is a fair bit of voice input capability as well and the LG remote has a button you push so you can talk to it, but I haven't played around with this yet.
Best regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 8:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: vipho...@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple VoiceOver and Google TalkBack Screen Reader on the Same Television, Not Bad; Not Bad at All Thanks for the timely post Mark. I'm getting a Sony TV on Thursday. I was debating between that, a Samsung and an LG. I did some checking and they all seem to be accessible, but it's still reassuring to get your confirmation! -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2022 9:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: vipho...@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple VoiceOver and Google TalkBack Screen Reader on the Same Television, Not Bad; Not Bad at All 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. 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