[access-uk] Re: Sky Talker and HD (was RE: Re: Sky Talker: much more info
- From: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:24:05 +0100
It appauling how no one at this late stage of supposed production and near
release how no-one knows what this box truely in quotes can do. Sighted people
would expect propper ifnormation by now surely
On Sep 25, 2010, at 11:22 AM, spring.flower wrote:
> I like it and it makes a lot of sense actually!!
>
> Trace
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon Rose" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 5:31 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Sky Talker and HD (was RE: Re: Sky Talker: much more info
>
>
>> The messages are mixed on HD.
>>
>> So far we've heard:
>>
>> * It doesn't work on HD
>> * It does work on HD but only through a scart not through the HDMI cable
>>
>> * If you have HD, you need separate speakers.
>>
>> Lets go through these rumours and pull them together.
>>
>> Reading between the lines I think that it's likely it will work on an HD
>> box but only if you choose to hook up your HD box to your telly using an
>> old fashioned scart lead rather than a high quality HDMI cable.
>>
>> I'm thinking that some people at accessible customer services and
>> elsewhere might just be saying that it doesn't work on HD because you
>> won't be able to receive an HD picture if you're connecting your box to
>> the TV with a scart lead. What they haven't done is think like a blind
>> person. Most blind people won't care that they can't get an HD picture
>> on their TV and would happily switch back to a scart lead in order to be
>> able to use the talking device. I bought an HD box for the extra disk
>> space it has on it, not for the picture quality, for instance. It has
>> four times more disk space.
>>
>> Lastly, we've heard that it will only work on HD if you have speakers
>> attached. OK so I'm beginning to think that the box also has some kind
>> of headphone jack or line out. What it may mean is that you can continue
>> to have an HD tv picture for your family to enjoy via their HDMI cable.
>> But if you plug in headphones or a set of speakers directly into the
>> device, then you can have the best of both worlds: HD and also speech.
>>
>> Who likes my theory? This is beginning to feel like one of those Apple
>> Fan Boy websites.
>>
>>
>> ...Damon
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Mark Magennis
>> Sent: 24 September 2010 17:06
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky Talker: much more info
>>
>> Damon wrote: "If they don't integrate accessibility into their boxes,
>> many of us have said "well can't someone create a plug in module that we
>> can opt in to paying for". ".
>>
>> A blind colleague recently derided the whole idea of add-on
>> text-to-speech boxes, describing them as just another example of "the
>> forgotten grey box in the corner for the helpless". It brings to mind an
>> image of a pile of special adaptation devices that are created as second
>> best alternatives and quickly become obsolete. The fact (sorry, rumour
>> at this stage) that this new Sky Talker doesn't even work with the
>> current state of the art HD boxes, which are quickly becoming the norm,
>> makes me wonder about its shelf life.
>>
>> Mark
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