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Lou Kline <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:01:13 -0400
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Hi.

I'm sorry to say that I think the next great accessibility hurdle that we 
as blind people are going to have to fight is the lack of accessibility in 
menu driven consumer electronics and appliances.  I think the two big 
blindness organizations will have to pull together if they expect to win 
this one.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 12:10 AM 8/23/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Best advice Robert is to look at them hands-on.  Most of the stereos now are
>menu-driven.  Some are multi-layered menus that are a bitch, excuse my 
>French,
>to operate.  I had a Sony STR1000 that I borrowed while my Yamaha was being
>repaired.  I could not reliably set the stupid presents.
>
>In looking at another store, the Yamaha RX659 I think it was, seemed to 
>have a
>bit more predictability in the menu system than the Sony.  Only in the
>lowest-end models can you avoid a lot of the menu garbage.
>
>Steve, K8SP
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:50 PM
>Subject: OT Stereo systems
>
>
>     Yeah I am still looking for one.  ;)  Was browsing the BestBuy web site.
>Some systems are satellite ready.  Is this XM radio?  Is it worth it?  And
>some have bluetooth connectivity.  Is this a good thing to have?
>
>     Basic things I want is presets that are easy to access once set up.
>Line outs.  CD player/changer.  I really want to pull in local stations.
>
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>Robert & Dreamer Doll  ke7nwn
>Newport, Oregon
>N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup
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Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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