Hi all,
I am a real home theater nut and a bit of a low budget audiophile.
I've been saving up and am getting close to upgrading my A/V
reciever. I've had the model all picked out for over a year and then
Pioneer went and announced their new models and they contain
something intrigueing, PC control. This has been around for a bit in
several companies' models, but mostly the high end super expensive
lines. Now, it is popping up in the more affordable levels. As new as
all of this is, I don't expect a lot of folks to have tried this out,
but I am curious to find if anyone on the list has or has tried out
any of the new networked media gear like music streaming set top
boxes that come with interfaces that allow you to control the device
via your PC. If the interfaces might be compatible with Window Eyes,
the potential is vast. I would take a small hit in sound quality to
abandon the Harman Kardon model I was looking at for the Pioneer, but
I think it would be worth it to be able to control settings and such
that I have to get sighted help to change on my current equipment.
I know that experiences with other gear would not have any real
bearing on the chances of this device being screen reader compatible,
but I am curious to find out any experiences with networked A/V gear
and what others think of the odds that such an interface might be
screen reader friendly. I've been saying for a while that the big
trend towards making everything network ready could benefit blind
users, from PC control to control apps for the IPhone, iPod Touch and
iPad, and am hopeful that this might be the beginning of something good.
Chris
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