Very good post. I was very happy When i herd about this on Twitter. Lets make sure we let Sony know how much we like this direction, and I will be putting some cash aside to eventually get me a pS4. I still use my PS3 very much.

Wow I'm liking the responses this thread has gotten already. I also commented on the PS blog page as well thanking them for this upcoming feature.

if this thread continues to build, I'm going to tweet it to the official Playstation twitter so they can see how hype and greatful we are for this breakthrough in mainstream gaming.

***The following post is entirely subjective.  Apologies if anyone feels if I am being too generic here and making too broad a statement.***

I believe a lot of people have jumped the gun and been swayed by this almost idilic vision of the PS4's new TTS concept, forgetting a few important things.

1. Both consoles would currently for blind individuals, according to several separate people I know who own different consoles (and through limited personal experiences with both, be about as accessible as each other, with the Xbox One winning slightly due to the Kinect's wider ranging functionality that according to a fair amount of revieweres seems to work better than its PS4 rival, the Playstation Camera.

2. The TTS itself, according to rumours, currently reads only party chat.  Whilst this has not been confirmed, it basically means that you go in and even if the features are available, it will not do what you're wishing it did.

3.  Microsoft should be encouraged to work on similar features, as their console is lagging in this particular area at the moment.  Whilst encouraging Sony is a great idea, I believe that Microsoft should also be given a fair chance.  I'm not saying spam the heck out of Microsoft's access email address (that would be the worst possible scenario IMHO), just encourage the growth of accessibility features.

If you do want to contact Microsoft about this, I'd recommend you use:
xaccess at microsoft.com

I discovered this address whilst looking through their support pages on accessibility for the Xbox One.

I do hope that Sony actually do well at this, very much so.  However, I am, being an Xbox player, of the opinion that Microsoft will make a vast improvement over whatever Sony does given what they can already do with things like Windows 8.1 narrator.

@Sightless Kombat:
Yeah I'm glad you said that. While its good to remain optimistic, its already going to be sort of a slap in the face if it does turn out to be chat only.

Wow, dude. Really? How much can you do from the IOS app? I'm really interested to hear more regarding to this, because I live alone, and I can't just ask someone to come and help me with all this stuff.

I was never intending to start any kind of console war, just say that both companies (Sony and Microsoft), should be given a fair chance.

Thanks for the information about Share Play, that's helpful.  You're also right about it being a step in the right direction, I acknowledged that fact from the very beginning.

But steering it away from that small bump as it were (an ironic turn of phrase as this will bump this thread back up to near the top):

@assault, your right on the points about the controller and I understand your region free position.  However, What I've tried of an Xbox One controller I liked but as you say, it's all down to personal preference.
I look forward to seeing how the beta improves and hopefully this'll be microsoft's wake-up call.

Yep. Even if this TTS stuff totally falls through, I'm almost certainly going to get a ps4 at some point. I personally prefer the ps4 controler largely because of the D-pad. I feel its easier to slide with and doesn't get stuck.
@Exodus
That's awesome that you were able to use the app and KNFB though, least we know it can be done.

I'd like to point out that you can access Sony's store from a web browser by going to store.playstation.com. you can also create a PSN account and manage various options from the web as well. you can buy anything from the store, and queue it up online to your PS3, PS Vita, and/or PS4, You can even download to PSP, but that console's a little older so it takes some extra effort. which reminds me, there are lots of games that are 3-way cross buy. means if you buy the game and/or DLC on one console, it's available, free of charge, on the other two consoles. another strong reason to go with Sony. but as stated above, it all comes down to personall preference. Personally, KI alone isn't a strong enough reason to warrant a purchase right now, which actually hurts to say this as I've been playing KI as long as I've been playing MK and SF, and that's a looooong time. hahaha. I wanna play it sooo bad, but paying hundreds for the privilage, is a little steep. Clement, any particular site you use for buying games and PSN cards from different regions, and are the prices reasonable?

Man oh man, you guys are teaching me so much. I don't know if I've ever told you guys this, but I've been an avid video gamer since the age of 4 years old, but my knolledge of video games pretty much stopped with the Nintendo 64, but I've got every gaming console that's out there today, and can play them, but I'm not really up to par as to what games are accessible and which ones aren't, so this forum and others like it are extremely helpful as it helps me put together better Christmas lists for mom. Lol. I've got a PS4, I've also got my new TV so I can hook up my new PS4 and waited with bated breath for the text to speech feature to come about, and let's be honest guys, even if it does only work for chatting features, we can still help Sony with improving it I'm sure of that, and they'll build it out. This is huge, and even if it's not exactly what we're needing right now, trust me, if they've built it into this latest version of firmware, they won't let it go. Have a wonderful day and I will deffinitly be talking to you soon. Incidentally, the games I also enjoy playing are the simulation games like the Sims, and theme park and amusement park simulators. Are there any of those that are accessible? thanks a lot my friends and I'm learning so very much.