I was just writing to Comcast to see if they would consider adding
speech to their cable boxes. I never even thought of a network
connection. What a great idea.
Rick
On 4/3/2010 3:32 PM, Chris Tekell wrote:
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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