[access-uk] Re: Audio Description
- From: Saqib Hussain <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:08:44 +0100
Hi. Unfortunately one feature the remote control is lacking is the
ability to change the AV screen. I have to ask the wife or children to
change this as I use Apple TV time to time. I wished I researched in
the first place but since I wasn't aware of touch pannels! I didn't
even give it a thought.
On 22/07/2012, Carol Pearson <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, that's why I ended up at Richer Sounds. At least I could see and
> listen to what I purchased.
>
> Carol P
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Saqib Hussain" <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 4:40 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description
>
>> What concerns me deeply about these modern sets is that
>> they have a touch control pannel at the front. I bought a
>> tv from Argos and it doesn't have any physical buttons.
>> It's pure madness. I was totally unaware of these touch
>> pannels as I hadn't purchased a tv in at least 3 years.
>>
>> On 22/07/2012, Eleanor Burke
>> <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Another suggestion could be if you want to download
>>> Webbie and watch those programmes on BBCTV at a later
>>> stage then you could download the audiodescribed ones.
>>> You can Google for Webbie for the blind. -----
>>> Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 2:50 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Audio Description
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Niamh.
>>>
>>> Not all tv's unfortunately can receive audio
>>> description. If it is available on your set, there may
>>> be a menu option for it in the audio language settings
>>> in the menu system or there may be a dedicated
>>> accessibility menu for settings of this nature. You
>>> need to refer to the instructions supplied with your TV
>>> set, upgrade the firmware of the set if an upgrade is
>>> available through the internet or connect a third party
>>> Freeview receiver like the TVonics which has been
>>> specifically designed to provide access to accessibility
>>> features.
>>>
>>> All the best and good luck, Ibrahim.
>>>
>>> From: Niamh
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 9:35 AM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Audio Description
>>>
>>> My television is smart, if you know what I mean, and
>>> connects directly to the internet.
>>> I can not find, with sighted help, a way of accessing
>>> audio description, am I being stupid?
>>> Niamh
>>
>>
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