Yes the AppleTV will do Amazon Instant Video. They added support for that
and for Hulu plus a couple of months ago. I do not own one, so can't comment
on how well VoiceOver works with the box, but have read posts from quite a
few people who are more than satisfied. Support for Hulu plus and Amazon
Instant Video, in that order, were actually the reason I had not yet
purchased an AppleTV. So now I am just waiting to find out how well the
support has been implemented and what bonuses and bugs have come along with
the intro of iOS 6.
Also, the ITv app, one that is mainly for getting schedules comes with a
remote control function for Roku products. I do not know if this
functionality is accessible, nobody on Applevis has posted any reviews after
using the app's remote function, but the other elements are said to be quite
accessible. I guess nobody, including me wants to spend the money on a Roku
player and then find that the remote functions are not accessible.
It may be possible, at least for US consumers, to get accessible smart TVs
in the near future. I am not sure when the deadline is for manufacturers to
come into compliance, often they get quite a long grace period for things
like this, but there is a law on the books that will require all electronic
devices from communication devices to consumer electronics and appliances to
be made fully accessible by the time the law is fully in effect, but I don't
think the first provisions even start to go into effect until 2013 or 2014
and anyone who has watched legislation on equal access go into effect knows
that it always takes longer than it should and often requires the Justice
Department to file suits against some who take their time getting into
compliance. The truly sad part in this particular case is that the
industries involved have already had something like two years to be working
on the problem and there are already examples of corporations that started
seriously working on accessibility before there was any law in place to
force them and they seem to have managed to accomplish a lot without massive
extra work and expense.
Regards,
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hill
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 12:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: new smart led tvs.
Not likely. These are probably running some form of linux, which may be
quite difficult to change. If you want smart tv options, I understand
the apple tv may be of interest. It has its own speec. As far as I
know, it won't do Amazon instant video, so I've not tried one.
On 10/5/2012 21:50, Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com wrote:
hello everyone, with the release of the new smart tvs that have online
access and web brousing, and core 2 processors and usb ports, will it be
possible for wineyes to work on those tvs to read the screen menus?
using a external hd for wineyes?
maybe this might be something for gw. to investigate. thanks les
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