[access-uk] Re: Sky not talking a lot?
- From: "Damon Rose" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:34:38 +0100
I believe there's a separate list for sarcasm :)
Seriously ... I still maintain it's not gonna be as bad as we think. Or
that they'll upgrade it or something.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mike Moore
Sent: 07 October 2010 09:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky not talking a lot?
Damon,
"You have lifted the remote control"
"Switching television on!"
"volume is set to 10"
"You are currently watching the Sky channel one, zero, one, this is BBC,
one. Now showing is the national and regional news and weather forecast;
start time 22:00 end time 22:40.
Following this programme is then.......... oops, have I babbled all over
it?"
Out of the nearly 2 million blind individuals, how many suffer mental
stress due to the lack of understanding and sheer frustration of
inaccessible accessible equipment?
Have a nice day!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "william lomas" <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 8:58 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky not talking a lot?
> well i have put my order in for some humble pie and I am
> prepared to eat it. We could all be pleasantly surprised
> and if it does read extra info a podcast of it will be
> living proof :)
> 2 weeks tuesday and counting till launch ...
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Damon Rose wrote:
>
>> I love the use of the word 'some' in the following
>> sentence from Sky's
>> website: "For the first time Sky customers will be able
>> to hear some of
>> the on screen text"
>>
>> They could quite easily have used the phrase "a bit of
>> text" or "less
>> text than the rest of our customers experience for less
>> money" in place
>> of the word 'some' here.
>>
>> I think this is a crying shame. Sky have gone to what I'm
>> sure is a big
>> effort to get this home install program going. But why
>> would I want a
>> gizmo that tells me I've hit the rewind button after I've
>> hit the rewind
>> button? Or says the word 'play' all over the beginning of
>> the program
>> I'm about to watch. But seemingly there will be little
>> point in me being
>> told it's a play button if I can't play anything off the
>> sky+ menu due
>> to its continued inaccessibility anyway.
>>
>> But I'm still not convinced by what I've read even on the
>> website due to
>> the bad communication to date. I still wouldn't be at all
>> surprised if
>> it was able to read the EPG.
>>
>> Sighties would be starting a Facebook group about this
>> round about now.
>>
>> ...Damon
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of william lomas
>> Sent: 07 October 2010 08:05
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky not talking a lot?
>>
>> hi mike,
>>
>> NO. ON the sky accessibility site
>>
>>
>> http://accessibility.sky.com/news/sky-talker
>>
>> says
>>
>> For the first time Sky customers will be able to hear
>> some of the on
>> screen text. It will vocalise the search and scan banner,
>> programme
>> synopsis information and Sky+ functionality such as play,
>> pause and
>> rewind - making navigation easier and quicker for blind
>> and partially
>> sighted customers.
>> Almost 2 million people in the UK have sight problems,
>> around 100 people
>> every day begin to lose their sight and the number of
>> people with sight
>> problems is predicted to double by 2050.
>> Sky Talker will integrate seamlessly with the Sky+ and
>> Sky Digi boxes so
>> customers can continue to use their existing service
>> without having to
>> learn a new User Interface.
>> Sky Talker will be compatible with Sky+HD boxes, from
>> summer 2011.
>>
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