[access-uk] Re: youview

Deaf people shout loudly about it 
 

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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of william lomas
Sent: 04 April 2011 09:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: youview

I would as why should we be left out in the cold. how about they turn
off subtitles for the deaf for a year see how they like it?
nothing against the deaf and people with other disabilities but we are
not treated equal

On 4 Apr 2011, at 09:07, Damon Rose wrote:

> The Goodman's box, though welcome, is a little late on the market. 
> It's only now giving access to the basic EPG for really the first
time.
> Sighted users have had this access since the late 90s and now things 
> are moving on. YouView is the advanced FreeView platform.
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> The answer is ... If you want access to the video on demand and 
> recordability features that YouView will bring, and you want it from 
> your box, then you need to shout about it. You need to tell the RNIB, 
> who wil be very pleased to take your correspondence, and you need to 
> tell manufacturers of these boxes as well as Ofcom or maybe the 
> Department of Culture Media and Sport.
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> To be effective, a campaign would need to start. Does anyone care 
> enough? If you knew who to write to, would you do it?
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> ...Damon
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of william lomas
> Sent: 04 April 2011 08:59
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: youview
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> they should be there at launch really if they are going to implement 
> other features.
> Why would I want to use my laptop to brose an EPG when the RNIB does 
> it all for me
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> On 4 Apr 2011, at 08:43, Damon Rose wrote:
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>> The YouView accessibility hooks, or API, are not planned to be there 
>> at launch in spring 2012. It could be a year later, spring 2013, 
>> before you get access.
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>> And, yes, that access will come, not from the set top box itself - 
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>> via a website or app on a separate laptop, iPhone or mobile phone.
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>> As yet it's unclear as to who will create that computer or app. We 
>> expect that all boxes will somehow have an automatic over the air 
>> upgrade, or an internet pull upgrade, so that I believe at this stage

>> every box wil be able to have that API on board.
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>> And once it is, you'll be able to view on demand video as well as 
>> record programmes locally on your hard disk.
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>> Some visually impaired people will prefer it being on a separate 
>> interface as it means they don't have to get off the sofa and stick 
>> their noses up against the TV to find the program they want. They 
>> will
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>> simply lift their mobile phone to their eyes and stay nice and cosy 
>> on
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>> the sofa. So we should perhaps shift away from the idea that a 
>> talking
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>> box is the ultimate in access because there may be other ways ... If 
>> they work seemlessly, easily and without fault.
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>> Whether older less techie people can achieve this kind of access 
>> though is one that I assume will be tested.
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>> ...Damon
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of william lomas
>> Sent: 04 April 2011 07:17
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] youview
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>> hi youview iwll be perfect for me on launch, but it seems from 
>> reading
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>> about the API we need laptops connected to the box it won't like the 
>> RNIB box, have its own voice built in?
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