Among the different functions of modern televisions that we can find on the market, we find some aimed at facilitating accessibility in a that people with some type of difficulty or disability can access on equal terms.
Some of these functions are incorporated, as we have already seen among the settings of our television, but orafter are possible thanks to interactive television or what is the same, to the HbbTV system that we have already talked about. One of these options is to use sign language in the broadcast of some programs, something that you can use by following these steps.
In the first place, it is the public corporation, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) that allows you to see in real time, part of your programming in sign language. An interesting option for people who have hearing problems and who also have knowledge to use this language.
It is a system that not many know and that offers on one side of the screen, a small window with an interpreter who transmits everything that is narrated at that moment. And the key is in the use of the green button.
Just as we already know about the existence of the red button on RTVE, now it’s time to talk about the green button. With the need to have Internet connection on TVby cable or Wi-Fi, when a program with a sign language interpreter is available on RTVE, we will see how an information banner appears on the left.
The same as references to the red, yellow or blue button appear, after these a small blank window appears with the image of an interpreter warning of this possibility if we press the green button on the remote control.
Yes, in addition to needing an active Internet connection, sign language It is not available in all RTVE programs or news. It will be the notice with the banner that will indicate its availability.
If it appears, all you have to do is press and hold the green button on the remote control a few seconds and a small window with a sign language interpreter will appear at the bottom right.
Among the programs available There are some newscasts, which can be followed in sign language, also on the 24-Hour Channel as well as programs on the Clan channel, cultural programs every morning on La 2, Corazón Corazón, Informe Semanal or España Directo. In addition, RTVE has a specific program, “En Lengua de Signos”, to follow all the news.
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