Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-30 Thread George Abraham
19:10 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Prashant and all, Sorry for responding so late. I would like a proper note on this. I have an idea-it may take some time but I think it will work. Of course

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-30 Thread kanchan Pamnani
disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Well I have engaged with the CEO of Tata Sky. They are working on a voice guided settop box. They expect to have their system in place in the next couple of years

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-30 Thread kanchan Pamnani
for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Dear George, I am also very concerned with inaccessibility in this arena. Technology-wise, the only solution is to have

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2015-07-13 Thread Zoher
? - Original Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Would you know people

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2015-07-13 Thread Tilakprasad Joshi
Message - From: George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Would you know people at positions

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2015-07-13 Thread sampath raj rao
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Would you know people at positions of influence at any of the service providers? -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant Verma

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-13 Thread Prashant Verma
for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Dear George Sir, Great point you have shared! I would like to share a suggestion. With the growing demand for the DTH services, the remote controls can have a couple of extra buttons

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-13 Thread George Abraham
concerning the disabled.' Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Technically this is possible only when the settop box has built-in TTS. Service providers are now a days selling boxes of diferent types e.g. with HD quality, with recording etc. All they have to do is to introduce the set-top

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-12 Thread Mahesh Narasimhan
Dear George Sir, Great point you have shared! I would like to share a suggestion. With the growing demand for the DTH services, the remote controls can have a couple of extra buttons on it which would be integrated with the whole system. One button can be used to switch over the interactive voice

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-12 Thread Tilakprasad Joshi
Could any of you provide contact details of Tata Sky where I can directly reach them? On 7/12/15, Bhavya shah bhavya.shah...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Could someone describe the status and level and quality of audio description for TV shows and movies in developed countries like the United

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2015-07-12 Thread Mahesh Narasimhan
Tata Sky toll free number: 18605006633. -- Good friendship is like the relationship between eye hand! If the hand is hurt, the eye will cry! when the eye cries, the hand will wipe the tears With best regards, Mahesh Narasimhan Mobile: +91-9899353960 E-mail: maheshde...@gmail.com Skype:

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2015-07-12 Thread Vikas Kapoor
for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.' Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 1:11 PM Subject: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Hi Folks, I use Tata Ski at home. With each new set top box, I have been finding it more and more difficult to navigate the menus

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2015-07-12 Thread Nirmal Verma
and issues concerning the disabled.' Subject: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Hi Folks, I use Tata Ski at home. With each new set top box, I have been finding it more and more difficult to navigate the menus. Not sure if the Tata Ski promoters consider us blind people as stakeholders. When

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2015-07-12 Thread sampath raj rao
I feel as an immediate and temporary relief, service providers can atleast make the channel number and channel name be announced in voice along with the display of the same on screen as it appears on screen for a few seconds normally. Hope this is not a tedious job for the service providers as it

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-12 Thread George Abraham
concerning the disabled.' Subject: Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Dear George, I am also very concerned with inaccessibility in this arena. Technology-wise, the only solution is to have set-top boxes with talking features. Such products exists and our operators just need to adopt them

[AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-12 Thread George Abraham
Hi Folks, I use Tata Ski at home. With each new set top box, I have been finding it more and more difficult to navigate the menus. Not sure if the Tata Ski promoters consider us blind people as stakeholders. When I started with Tata Ski, I could get to the channels I wanted easily thanks to

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2015-07-12 Thread Prashant Verma
: [AI] DTH entertainment services! Hi Folks, I use Tata Ski at home. With each new set top box, I have been finding it more and more difficult to navigate the menus. Not sure if the Tata Ski promoters consider us blind people as stakeholders. When I started with Tata Ski, I could get

Re: [AI] DTH entertainment services!

2015-07-12 Thread Bhavya shah
Hi, Could someone describe the status and level and quality of audio description for TV shows and movies in developed countries like the United Kingdom? I know that there is widespread audio description in UK and something with Netblink in this field itself also transpired a while ago. I would