[access-uk] Re: ocean tv talking set top box
- From: "martin wilsher" <m.wilsher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:07:17 -0000
Ah Damon, but please remember this, blind people always have friends that
can help them access this kind of info. Hmm, what I could say to that
attitude, still prevalent in some access desks set up for disabled people by
companies is unprintable! Until companies get to the idea that their
products need to give access to the disabled person, rather than relying on
the disabled person's family to give them access, will we truly get access
for all.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Damon Rose
Sent: 15 January 2010 13:56
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ocean tv talking set top box
I'd say that the VI community were still around 12 years behind the curve
when it comes to accessing EPG and set top boxes. Sky Digital came online in
1998 as did the more impressive looking electronic programme guides which
are still pretty similar to what we have today.
We should surely have a raft of solutions by now which stick. Further, Ofcom
should be laying down the law on this stuff more effectively.
And we're on the brink of a huge explosion in accessing video on demand via
your set-top box. A much nicer sit back experience rather than the sit
forward interactive experience of using your computer. Yet still we're
talking about accessing the plain old EPG as far as I can tell. I forsee us
being another decade away from being able to use iPlayer and other click and
watch TV shows on the telly if we're not careful.
The government and the EU are talking a good talk about increasing broadband
bandwidth to 100 or 250 megabits a second. It's high speed and will enable
media services to all sorts of set-top gizmos and household or portable
goods. Broadband will be so much more than just giving access to the web.
It's being touted as part of a new exciting expanding digital economy. I do
hope inclusion, in its widest sense, becomes more of a serious concern in
2010. We've no idea what we're on the brink of and what important services
we will miss out on. Set-top boxes are set to give us remote access to the
NHS and video conferencing with our doctor, for instance. There's a good
article about the new Manchester digital corridor today on the BBC outlining
this. There's a real societal need for a future proof solution with legal
backup. The technical access is a breeze, I'ts nothing special at all - it's
just about the will and the politics.
I keep hearing about all these solutions that are on the brink of possibly
happening. I worry that they will allow us to play catchup a little and hope
that they also have an eye to the digital future. Anyone know anything more
about this? But in the context of Sonus digital radio players not being
recomission and Wayfinder disappearing as a product ... I wonder exactly
where we are and how VI people can possibly safeguard our accessible digital
future when commercial- tie-ups seemingly don't work well. New insentives,
new ways of working, new government intervention are surely necessary.
...Damon
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Adrian Higginbotham
Sent: 15 January 2010 12:56
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ocean tv talking set top box
Looks as if the ocean blue is the product developed alongside RNIB:
http://www.oceanbluesoftware.co.uk/chatterbox.shtml
no mention of of when it is expected to come to market though?
Adrian Higginbotham
Manager, leading edge research.
DD: 02476797333
E: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
W: www.Becta.org.uk
A: Becta, Millburnhill Road, Science park, Coventry CV4 7JJ.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
John Gallagher
Sent: 15 January 2010 12:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] ocean tv talking set top box
Hi all Just been on the
www.blindbargains.com
website and looked at the blue ocean talking set top box.
does anyone know when this will be available for sale.? thanks.
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