Hello Richard and thank you for the acknowledgement.

You are very gracious and I appreciate it a great deal.

I wanted to stay close to the developers of the TV Guide Mobile app for many
reasons, not the least of which being, that it is extremely important that
mainstream entertainment entities and their affiliates  need to be aware
that we, as blind and low vision people, are here and that we're watching
also.  

Although I applaud NFB for providing TV listings in a marvelously simple yet
comprehensive mobile interface, I am a huge fan of off-the-shelf solutions
which, very frequently, offer more features, in this case for example, such
as multi-device synchronization and reminder alerts.

The best thing of all is that, with regard to US television listings, we now
have viable choices.

Most Sincerely,

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Richard Turner
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 7:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: A Heads-Up On The Soon-To-Be-Released New Version of the TV
Guide App for iOS

Thanks for the heads-up.  I'll be looking for that update.  Thanks for
working with the developers to improve accessibility.

Richard
 

-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 7:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: A Heads-Up On The Soon-To-Be-Released New Version of the TV Guide
App for iOS

Hello Fellow Television Fans:

A new version of the TV Guide app should be released within the next couple
of either days or weeks.  

While the new version has a different look and feel, it includes several new
features and added functionality that I will let you discover for yourself.
The best part is that it is marvelously VoiceOver accessible.  In fact, TV
Guide has gone out of their way to make sure that we, as blind and low
vision users, can enjoy the same functionality as our sighted counterparts.


And for you pucker-butts, I am not violating any NDAs in posting to the
list.  

The reason I am posting is to:

1.
Inform you that the new version of the App is VoiceOver ready; including the
setup and settings areas.

2.
Let you know that the new app has a new look and feel that may take a little
getting used to but is well worth the effort.

3.
If you like reviewing programming via the Favorite channels list, don't
worry, it's still there but in a slightly different location but with added
functionality.  

4.
Thanks to the programmers, now VoiceOver users can double tap on any channel
number in the general listings grid, to see only the day's listings for that
one particular channel Without having to add the channel to the Favorites
list.

5.
Let you know that the new version of the app will now let you save your
Favorite channels, shows, etc in the Cloud so you can access them on all
your iOS devices and the TV Guide website.  That's right.  Select your
Favorite channels and/or television shows complete with alerts, and have
them synchronized across all your iOS devices. 

6.
Encourage you to, once you've familiarize yourself with the new app, and
assuming that you enjoy it, go to the App store and give the app a good
review so that the people at TV Guide will know that we appreciate their
efforts.

As the saying goes, Stay Tuned.

Mark

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