It's the interface they're talking about, not the OS, I think.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:51 PM
Subject: RE: Beyond TV


> Hi. I don't own a media center PC but I know of a few people who are
> using them who are blind, and they use JAWS professional.  I can't
> speak for Window-eyes since I've never had experience with that,
> however, whoever said that Media center was "inaccessible" was
> mistaken.  See, there's that word again, "accessible", which is very
> subjective.  There is a huge difference between a program that simply
> will not speak with a screenreader no matter how many scripts or set
> files you throw at it,  and a program that seems unusable, until you
> learn how to navigate around it.
> There's always a chance that something can be changed in the program
> to make it more screenreader friendly, which could help.  But in the
> meantime, I'm drifting off topic here.
> What I said above could count for any program, audio or otherwise.
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> At 04:18 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote:
>>I use Beyond TV all the time.  When you open it from the task tray, press 
>>f6
>>to start the TV.  Press the numbers of the channel to go to and press 
>>enter
>>after entering them.
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>>The hotkeys for the program are listed on the vendor's site
>>http:/www.snapstream.com.
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>>HTH
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: VICTORIA VAUGHAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:10 PM
>>To: PC audio discussion list.
>>Subject: Beyond TV
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>>Hi There, Has anyone on this list used Beyond TV or any of the Beyond 
>>Media
>>products?
>>I had bought a media Center Edition computer and an Adaptec Duel Tuner 
>>card.
>>All this to let me control my TV and record programs via the computer
>>keyboard.
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>>However, neither regular JAWS or Professional JAWS can work with Media
>>Center.
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>>Freedom Scientific says that Microsoft will not let FS have access to this
>>program.  This means that Microsoft's Media Center is intentionally
>>inaccessible!
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>>Beyond TV, should let me independently record programs.  Are any of you
>>already using Beyond TV?
>>If this doesn't work out, then I'll try the Swingbox I would really
>>appreciate any input on this.
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>>Thanks in advance, Vicky
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