Yes Andy, you are so right. LOL! I think that is why the man on the phone sounded so shocked, when I mentioned I was blind. So many people say I listen to tv. That really gets to me.
Terri On 11/12/2016 7:25 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > Well, don't you know that sighted folks don't think that blind folks > watch TV? LOL! > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- From: Terri Stimmel > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 4:44 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Sling tv > > Hello everyone, > > > I have heard that Sling tv is not accessible. I have heard this more > than once. But I was curious to try it out, because they offer a 7 day > trial. > > > I had a little bit of a problem getting my account set up on the > website, so I called the phone number. The man I talked to was nice, but > he really did seem rather shocked, when I told him I was totally blind. > > I informed him that I tried to sign up on the site, but that it wouldn't > let me submit my information. He told me that this can happen, because > their site gets over-loaded right now, with people trying to sign up. He > said for some reason, it had accepted my password. That was interesting! > > > So I got all set up, and I went and installed Sling on my Apple tv. I > was hoping it would work, though I had my doubts. > > > It doesn't work! > > I could easily sign in. But once I was signed in, I didn't get any sort > of feedback. So I touched the gesture area, and that got a response. > Sadly, I could see the menu. But anything I tried to enter on, would not > come up. > > > I really think, and feel that if they would just put some effert in to > this product, it wouldn't be too difficult to make it more accessible. I > mean, I know nothing about making a product accessible. But you can read > the menu. > > So how hard can it be? > > > I decided to install the App for my computer. That experience was worse > than my Apple tv. When I open the program, it's as though there is > nothing there at all. There isn't even a way to sign in. > > > I just thought I would share my thoughts, and experiences with you all. > Even if many of you already knew all this. > > > Thank you, > > > Terri > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
