Hello all,
I have a Panasonic smart TV, now over 5 years old and was thinking
about replacing it if the accessibility of newer models have improved
significantly.
My old TV can do the following;-
audio Description - pretty much universal these days i think.
talking programme guide - adequate but not as comprehensive as say the
TVonics one.
Talking system menus - very limited.
TV Apps - totally unusable, no accessability at all.
Web browsing/mail - Technically it could speak the browser screen but
only line by line and no cognisance of controls or layout.
My understanding of the current state of smart TV accessability is as
follows;-
Audio description - pretty much the same.
Talking programme guide - again pretty much the same, do any sets enable
access to previous programmes? My old set could move backwards to allow
access to last weeks programmes (IPTV) but the talking programme guide
wouldn't voice it so it was in effect unusable.
Talking system menus - I believe that both samsung and LG permit pretty
good access to all their internal menus via speech these days and even
enable you to make recordings on USB stick or hard drive.
TV apps - again still not accessable, if you want to use these apps then
you need a third party device such as an Amazon Firestick or Apple
TV(which I use)..
Web browsing/mail - Some of the new TVs use a proprietary flavour of
Android OS but does the screen reader work any better to enable the use
of basic web apps such as the browser or e mail?
I would be glad to hear from anyone with one of the newer smart TVs who
can provide more evidence on what they can or still can't do.
Gary
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