[access-uk] Re: Sky Talker - a little bit more info

Its starting to sound fairly useless if that's the case!!

Trace

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: william lomas 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 1:14 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky Talker - a little bit more info


  I don't hitnk it can read the programs you ahve recorded i.e. if you go to 
planner don't think it can read them, oh well a month to go 


  It has not even been publicised or tested by anyone in the blind community so 
probably a complete disaster but who know


  On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:12 PM, spring.flower wrote:


    OK, what does this tell us? its ok for an ordinary sky plus box? and the 
speechcomes through the speakers?

    Why isn't it suitable for sky plus hd and is there a work around for this? 
will they be upgrading it for sky plus hd?

    Sorry for all of the questions but I'm not very clever in this sort of 
thing.

    Trace

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Damon Rose
      To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:41 PM
      Subject: [access-uk] Sky Talker - a little bit more info


      Hi. I mailed sky accessibel customer services last night for more detail. 
This moves the story on a tiny bit as it gives some explanation of the HDTV 
situation.

      TEXT BEGINS

      Thank you for your email. 

      I can confirm that as of the 26th October the Sky Talker box will be 
available for sale. 

      Sky Talker is a device that will attach to the back of a Sky+ box or STB 
and will give an audio description of the programme information through the 
television

      speakers. It is not recommended for use with Sky+ HD unless the customer 
is not connecting through HDMI. 

      Kind Regards 

      Laura Adam

      Accessible Services  

      TEXT ENDS

      Gotta love their usage of the phrase 'audio description' here in the 
wrong context. Or at least, I think it's the wrong context. I hope this does 
actually speak the EPG.

      Has anyone ascertained how much this box is going to cost?

      …Damon







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