Hi Donna, It's an app, but it requires hardware as well. I'm currently looking into a solution with Eye TV, but am on the fence currently. As far as watching TV on my actual TV, I loved having a somewhat accessible guide with windows Media center, which is why I wanted to find a similar solution on the mac.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Goodin, Donna Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:21 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. Hi all, Though mostly I agree with Ricardo that I'd rather watch TV on my TV, I hate how inaccessible Charter is. So an thinking that EyeTV might be an interesting option, at least when I'm watching TV by myself. But I'm confused about one thing. Is this an app, or does it also involve hardware? Cheers, Donna On Dec 6, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Jim Fettgather wrote: > I really enjoy using the Eye TV app with the iPhone because of the > good accessibility in IOS 5, but I will sure be happy in encouraging > El Gato Systems to consider accessibility in an upcoming release. > > On 12/6/11, Mr. L. Alexander <turningbyto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> a thought on this. >> >> If anyone is going to contact the developers, point them to mac >> access and if anything, compile a list of names of those who grant >> their permissions to support your contact to the developer. this >> would give extra weight to the case. they can contact each person if >> they wish for feedback or join in on this list to learn from us. >> >> just a thought. it's what I'd do. >> >> lew >> >> >> On 6 Dec 2011, at 17:47, Daniel Miller wrote: >> >>> I'm contacting them about it now, actually. Is the iPhone app just >>> as inaccessible? Or is that more accessible than the mac software. >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stegall >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 11:43 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. >>> >>> I use eye tv everyday and I do think that if more of us talked with >>> them about accessibility and show that there is demand for it Elgato >>> might be interested and even motivated enough to do something about >>> vo accessibility >>> >>> Randy Stegall >>> kc4...@aol.com >>> Sent from my Mac Mini. >>> >>> On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> >>> >>> Awesome. I wonder if Elgato would be open to accessibility >>> suggestions? Or would you say minus the guide, the app is accessible >>> enough to use it on a regular basis. >>> I really want to get rid of this Winblows box and completely switch >>> to the mac, but watching TV was my last hurdle to jump over. >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stegall >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:45 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. >>> >>> Command r starts recording. >>> >>> Randy Stegall >>> kc4...@aol.com >>> Sent from my Mac Mini. >>> >>> On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for all the input, guys. So the only thing that's' not >>> accessible is the guide, yet you can set up smart guides with some >>> effort? Is there a hotkey to record whatever you're watching at any given moment? >>> >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:35 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Watching live TV on a Mac. >>> >>> Eye TV comes with a remote control which lets you do some functions >>> that way. No feedback from VO to let you know what channel you're on >>> but I guess that's no different than most cable boxes. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 12/6/11 9:15 AM, Randy Stegall wrote: >>> You can set smart guides so eye tv is not a total loss as one may >>> believe at first. It takes just a bit of effort. I have 22 smart guides set up. >>> You have to interact with the unknowns but it is doable. Is ity perfect? >>> No, but it can work. >>> >>> Randy Stegall >>> kc4...@aol.com >>> Sent from my Mac Mini. >>> >>> On Dec 6, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Larry Skutchan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> it used to be voice over friendly. >>> when did the non blind friendlyness change? 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