[access-uk] Re: Sky not talking a lot?
- From: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 08:58:21 +0100
well i have put my order in for some humble pie and I am prepared to eat it. We
could all be pleasantly surprised and if it does read extra info a podcast of
it will be living proof :)
2 weeks tuesday and counting till launch ...
On Oct 7, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Damon Rose wrote:
> I love the use of the word 'some' in the following sentence from Sky's
> website: "For the first time Sky customers will be able to hear some of
> the on screen text"
>
> They could quite easily have used the phrase "a bit of text" or "less
> text than the rest of our customers experience for less money" in place
> of the word 'some' here.
>
> I think this is a crying shame. Sky have gone to what I'm sure is a big
> effort to get this home install program going. But why would I want a
> gizmo that tells me I've hit the rewind button after I've hit the rewind
> button? Or says the word 'play' all over the beginning of the program
> I'm about to watch. But seemingly there will be little point in me being
> told it's a play button if I can't play anything off the sky+ menu due
> to its continued inaccessibility anyway.
>
> But I'm still not convinced by what I've read even on the website due to
> the bad communication to date. I still wouldn't be at all surprised if
> it was able to read the EPG.
>
> Sighties would be starting a Facebook group about this round about now.
>
> ...Damon
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of william lomas
> Sent: 07 October 2010 08:05
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky not talking a lot?
>
> hi mike,
>
> NO. ON the sky accessibility site
>
>
> http://accessibility.sky.com/news/sky-talker
>
> says
>
> For the first time Sky customers will be able to hear some of the on
> screen text. It will vocalise the search and scan banner, programme
> synopsis information and Sky+ functionality such as play, pause and
> rewind - making navigation easier and quicker for blind and partially
> sighted customers.
> Almost 2 million people in the UK have sight problems, around 100 people
> every day begin to lose their sight and the number of people with sight
> problems is predicted to double by 2050.
> Sky Talker will integrate seamlessly with the Sky+ and Sky Digi boxes so
> customers can continue to use their existing service without having to
> learn a new User Interface.
> Sky Talker will be compatible with Sky+HD boxes, from summer 2011.
>
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