verney12 said on 2012/10/27 at 2:46 pm
i have had a chance to find out a little about panasonic talking tv's. plasma and l e d are the brands with this facility the female voice is synthetic but not to bad they also have A D option in the menu the anouncments will read the tv guide and the menu's the prices go fron 4 hundred pounds up to about 4 thousand
DJP_1996 said on 27/10/2012 at 2:46 pm
I heard about the talking TV however they cost a lot of money, I'm using the Smart Talk freeview digital box and despite it having it's moments I find it very helpful, and I wouldn't pay over £400 to get a talking TV. And also there is a new freeview box on the market which now also allows you to record it costs more than Smart Talk but then it has more possibilities. So I think that the talking TV is not necessary the best option on the market, and it isn't the cheapest too. But then that's only my opinion.
Hubert.
Aliciaprice said on 26/09/2012 at 4:17 pm
Many thanks for your information about the talking pc set up Stewart Millward! It all seems a bit complicated for me but I'm sure that someone more technically capable than me will be able to use to help clients that i assist. Its a very cost effective method compared to the very expensive tvs!
Alicia
Stewart Millward said on 15/09/2012 at 10:54 am
Talking TVs are overrated, I've set up a voice enabled PC for my parents that works perfectly for as a TV and all for about £400 it allows them to do the following.. All by voice commands
Navigate the TV channels
Browse the TV guide
Set up recordings
Play music
Record DVDs and Blurays to watch later
Browse recorded TV and TV series
Download music
Stream the TV over radio to use it in any room of the house
Watch YouTube videos
And by the way this all works flawlessly without error
Here is a short demo... Sorry it stops half way I was interrupted by the post man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRdwPuw1lk
What's needed?
Dual core windows 7 PC with HDMI out £180
2 channel satellite TV Tuner card £85
Amulet Microphone Remote (import only) £120
that's it then your ready to go. My parents (both fully blind) have used this flawlessly everyday for about a year and a half. The only downside is that its freeway tv only as it can't decode encrypted sky channels but instead of the tv tuner you can get a different setup that relays commands to a skybox instead.
Javad said on 09/06/2012 at 9:11 pm
Hello
That's perfect to know talking TVs are available now, but we usually don't find it hard to do regular daily works with TV. I would very much like to find a spoken PVR or satellite receiver, since I can't find my required channel in the list. Anyone has ever happened to notice such thing?
Thank you