You can easily change channels, volume, and much more with hot keys or through 
the menu, but the built-in guide that lets you set up recordings is not 
accessible.

On Dec 5, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Hank Smith wrote:

> On 12/5/2011 4:46 PM, Vaughn Bennison wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I use eyetv, which from what I can gather is the only software available.  I 
>> think there used to be another one, but I can't remember it's name, and 
>> can't find it anyway.  EyeTV is from Elgato systems, and is almost 
>> completely inaccessible.  You can watch live TV, and you can with some 
>> mucking around set up the preferences etc, but you can't use the guide, and 
>> therefore you can't record shows easily.  You can however use the EyeTV app 
>> for IOS, which connects to your mac, and record shows that way, but not a 
>> full series only individual episodes--very annoying!
>> 
>> We've used it here for a year or so, and it seems to be OK, if you can live 
>> with the limitations.  The good thing is that if you can record something, 
>> the files are playable from finder.  And furthermore if you "show package 
>> contents" on one of the files, you can have it export to .m4v and play it 
>> with iTunes, or vlc.
>> 
>> Vaughn.
>> On 06/12/2011, at 1:09 AM, Daniel Miller wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>>  
>>> Has anyone had any luck with connecting their mac to a satellite or cable 
>>> box to watch live TV from their provider? I’ve done this with Windows Media 
>>> Center with great success, but wondered if there’s any way to do it with 
>>> Macs. I know there are TV tuner cards that are compatible, but I’m not sure 
>>> of the accessibility of said software that’s included with the cards, and 
>>> don’t want to spend the money only to find out the software’s not 
>>> accessible with VoiceOver. 
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>  
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> it used to be voice over friendly.
> when did the non blind friendlyness change?
> you used to be able to change channels and everything.
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