Thanks Terrie for finding this one. This Interview with the Panasonic Rep is really amazing! They say you can access the user guide and schedule events with the text to speech that is built into the TV, but the best part is that all you need to turn it into a DVR is to hook up any USB hard drive to save the recordings. Bye bye Tevo. These new TVs will be out in March, with 30 different models. Very exciting! And they say it won't significantly increase the costs of the televisions. The fascinating thing to me was that they specifically sighted Apple in the interview for showing the way in this area. It's another huge company putting a foot forward for universal design, which will encourage other companies to do the same thing. In the interviews I'm listening too they act like this is out of the blue for Panasonic, but they have always at least attempted to showcase accessibility by putting physical second channel audio switches for DVS on their older VCRs, and by being the first cordless phones with talking caller ID. So I would argue that they have a proven track record of caring about access, but these new TVs are really a huge break through. . I would encourage everyone to support Panasonic in these efforts. -----Original Message----- From: message from my IPHONE Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 8:49 AM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Adaptive and support. technology information ; first-steps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Missouri List ; blind-chit-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Fwd: [acb-l] Fw: You have uploaded a file (Description: We thank John Gassman for these two files on the accessible panasonic tv. They have 30 models for u) Terrie l.arnold Begin forwarded message: From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: February 25, 2012 10:18:11 AM CST To: <acb-l@xxxxxxx> Subject: [acb-l] Fw: You have uploaded a file (Description: We thank John Gassman for these two files on the accessible panasonic tv. They have 30 models for u) ----- Original Message ----- From: sendspace To: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:16 AM Subject: You have uploaded a file (Description: We thank John Gassman for these two files on the accessible panasonic tv. They have 30 models for u) Sendspace File Upload Confirmation for boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx You have successfully uploaded a file called 2012-02-24_ee-rnib_tech_slot.zip (11.4 MB) to sendspace. Description: We thank John Gassman for these two files on the accessible panasonic tv. They have 30 models for u Use the following link to retrieve your file: http://www.sendspace.com/file/gg8waz Use the following link to delete your file: http://www.sendspace.com/delete/gg8waz/2612d2c4a8b53a6be1232561cddb19ca Also, a notification containing the download link was sent to: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx As a free user your files may be available for a limited time only. Thank you for using sendspace. If you have any questions please reach out to us via the 'Contact Us' link at http://www.sendspace.com. sendspace.com - The best free file sharing service. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this email. This auto-mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. _______________________________________________ acb-l mailing list acb-l@xxxxxxx http://www.acb.org/mailman/listinfo/acb-l To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes