[access-uk] Re: Panasonic Viera smart TV with Voice guidance
- From: "Barry Hill" <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:19:24 -0000
Thanks for that, Gary.
I?ve been singing the praises of these new Panasonic TV?s and I?m rather
disappointed to hear that they don?t speak the full menu.
Cheers
Barry
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Gary Robinson
Sent: 18 March 2012 5:13 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Panasonic Viera smart TV with Voice guidance
Hi all,
yesterday I had a chance to have a lookat the new Panasonic Viera smart TV
range which includes voice guidance and audio description as mentioned on
this list and on Insight radio last month.
On the plus side, you can choose male/female voice, set voice rate and
volume. The voice is good, it sounded better than my Goodmans Smart talk
box and more responsive.
IT speaks the channel, programme you are on and works within the programme
guide, but sadly doesn't work within the various settings menus.
Ironically therefore like audio description on DVDs you probably won't be
able to turn on the voice guidance without sighted help.
Sadly therefore and very frustratingly given the sheer amount of
functionality and connectivity these TVs have (Internet, wifi,DLNA,USB,SD
etc) most of the functionality will be wasted so far as a visually impaired
user is concerned.
There is a Viera remote control App for Apple devices, but i don't think
this will help in providing access to the multiplicity of set up menus which
controlmost of this very flexible TV's features.
The full price of the 32" model is around £499 though it will probably be
available cheaper if you look around.
whilst Panasonic are probably to be commended on including voice guidance as
standard across the range, it is nontheless very frustrating to be in effect
short changed by the limitations of what they have provided.
I am going to try to speak to someone in panasonic technical department and
see if there is any way of getting the set up screen information output to
an external device which might give a way of getting more access to these
otherwise very impressive TVs.
Gary
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