Chris,
AMAZON.COM is using a graphical button to start the stream of a
Prime-Eligible movie or TV Show on the item's Product Detail page. I used
the email option in the Send Feedback section of the Instant Video page to
contact Customer Service about this accessibility issue. I suggested that
they use a "Watch Prime" link to start the stream. I also mentioned that
AUDIBLE.COM had recently made a similar correction for accessibility to
audio samples of their books. Other Amazon Prime members who want to watch
their free streaming content should give Amazon similar feedback!
Gary King
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hill" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: new smart led tvs.
Well, to bring this back somewhat to topic, why can't I start an amazon
instant video on my computer running window-eyes? We can't even see the
control to do it. Oh well, neither can jfw or NVDA.
On 10/7/2012 07:46, Kevin Barry wrote:
How is this related to GW-Micro?
Answer: it isn't and shows a singular lack of respect to GW.
At 02:04 AM 10/7/2012, Chris wrote:
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
Sales & Customer Service
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web: www.cdrdvdr.com <http://www.cdrdvdr.com>
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