Did anyone else order one of these tuners? I got mine today, but I haven't
had a chance to install it yet. I certainly would like to have the key
layout for the remote. There are 24 buttons, almost half of which are the
number keys. Fortunately, the manual for the software that comes with the
USB tuner is on the CD in the box. When I get it going, I'll report on how
well it works. My antenna situation is not the greatest, so don't expect to
get many channels in my rural area.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Pattison" <s...@internode.on.net>
To: "Access L" <acces...@access-l.com>; "PC Audio" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:40 AM
Subject: Fwd: Another way to Watch TV
From: Baracco, Andrew W andrew.bara...@va.gov
To: blindt...@yahoogroups.com
This came from the Handiham newsletter.
This may be something we could use.
TV tuner works with screenreader
This comes to us from Luella, KE0RF, via Ken, KB3LLA. It was posted
on the AccessComp list at Yahoo Groups. This is great information
from Steven Clark of Kansas City.
Hi, I got a new toy delivered today. It is also the first item I
bought from www.woot.com, and doubt it will be the last. I got a
Sabrent USB 2.0 Digital HDTV Tuner. This thing is great from what
I've found so far. It turns your computer into a TV. It receives
those cool new HD channels that are out there floating around in
Kansas City and other cities as well.
It comes with a small HD antenna that screws onto the device. The
tuner plugs into a USB 2.0 port and will not work with USB 1.0. I've
found it to be very easy to use with Window-Eyes. After installing
the software and the USB hardware, it will ask to scan channels. From
what I understand it will work with digital cable but since we just
have standard cable, nothing to try out there. So I chose to have it
scan using the antenna for channels and it found 22.
A list of channels is presented in a grid format with the station
letters and channel in each grid entry. It was very simple to arrow
around through the channels and find the one I wanted. Once I was on
the channel I wanted to watch, I pressed the context key and then
enter on the first item which Window-Eyes told me is play.
I knew that Nova on KCPT is described and after it started playing
that channel, I pressed the context key again and went down to the
audio settings. The first selection was checked and I found another
audio choice below. I selected the second choice, pressed enter and I
heard the TV show and the described show in my left ear. Yeah, I'm
using headphones, but it sounds just as good through the built in
speakers on my netbook.
You can also set the audio to only be on the left or right for
anything you are watching.
It comes with a remote and the buttons are setup in a grid. Ruthie
made me an Excel spreadsheet with what each button does.
I'm very happy with this purchase and am happy to find everything so
accessible. I haven't tried recording anything yet, but I did find in
the options menu one can select to record both video and audio or
just audio. The options menu works fine with Window-Eyes as well.
I bought this great device for $29 from www.woot.com, and while
shopping around to get a second one for Ruthie, I've seen them
selling for about $39 or so plus shipping.
Editor's note: Woot.com sells items out quickly, so you probably
won't be lucky enough to locate one there, but your dedicated
Handiham staff searched and found them at TigerDirect for under $40:
http://tinyurl.com/mq3zps
Regards Steve
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