I'm sorry that everyone doesn't have this. I'm wondering if there could be
a solution using the IPhone or IPad, and your cable provider. Just a
thought.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Harding" <br...@hostany.net>
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Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
I heard about that, but it might be a long time before it gets down to
Wisconsin, unless some of the stations here already pass it and don't
really know it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Wood" <k8...@att.net>
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Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
There's supposed to be a law through Congress to mandate described
programs, first in larger markets, then eventually everywhere!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Boyer" <bboyer...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Hi. From my experience tv tuners will carry this signal if it exists.
However, most cable providers and local networks don't carry the SAP
feed or if they do it's used for different languages and not
description. Not that there are many things described anymore.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Harding" <br...@hostany.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Can this thing receive the audio description found on some network
programming? I know this stuff still exists today even though many
digital setups can't tune it in. I don't know if something needs to be
in the hardware of that USB tuner stick to receive the described audio,
the software, or both. I know TVSpeak from Codefactory on the software
side is said to do it with some of these PC tuners, but can they all do
this now? Also, I really don't want to put that much money on TVSpeak
just to see if the local affiliates even send that part of the signal
on. Will the included software with this thing, assuming any still work
in XP, be able to at least give me enough properties about the channel
to verify the presence or lack of the description track so I can tell
if TVSpeak will be a good investment for that purpose?
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary King" <w4...@bellsouth.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Vicky,
I am using an AVerTV Hybrid Volar MAX TV Tuner Kit that I ordered from
amazon.com. It is a USB tuner that I use on my Windows 7 Home Premium
64-bit computer to receive free over-the-air signals with an antenna.
I don't have access to cable TV here. I can get all of my local
channels and one channel from about 70 miles away. If I can get a
little better antenna, I should be able to get the other channels that
are available at the same distance.
Once I got Media Center set up using the NVDA screen reader, which
worked the best but not perfectly with the setup, both JAWS and
Window-Eyes work well with it. I can schedule recordings of single
programs or of series. I can also rewind live TV just like I would
with a DVR. It's also nice to be able to read the Program Guide in
Media Center rather than having to look up TV listings on the
Internet.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <vrvaug...@mailzone.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Gary, This is Vicky. I had thought to work with a TV tuner in my new
Windows 7 computer with Jaws 13, but no go. My ISP, Comcast, says now
I will only be able to work this with one of their cards, which I
will be having installed on Wednesday January 4. This will be
replacing my Set Top Box, so I'll be paying rent on it each month,
just like I have done on the Set Top Box.
What ISP provider do you have? What card are you successfully using
on what computer?
Many thanks for any help! Vicky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary King" <w4...@bellsouth.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Mary,
In my previous post, I said that I didn't have any experience
setting up Media Center in Windows 7; now I do. Sighted assistance
would definitely be preferred, but if none is available, I would
suggest that the NVDA screen reader would be the best choice for
tackling the setup screens. I didn't get anything with Window-Eyes.
the OCR in JAWS for Windows 13 did give me some usable text, but
having to Use OCR on every screen gets rather tedious. NVDA seems to
read the setup screens pretty well, but you do need to know how to
get it to speak the necessary information.
Once set up, you can use your screen reader of choice to access the
Program Guide. I just press Spacebar to get a particular channel in
the Guide to play or pause. Page Up and Page Down can be used to
change channels.
I'm enjoying having TV on my computer. I'll have to check out the
recording features next.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Otten" <maryot...@comcast.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: over the air tv on a win 7 machine?
Oh, there is no way I'm paying that much for a tv app. Forget it.
Do
you have experience with the Win media set up under win 7, Gary?
Mary
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