Universal Access - Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 14-40 User Manual

Universal access

Universal access – introduction
For hearing and visually impaired, the television can describe audible and visual
elements by means of sound and subtitles when provided by the broadcaster.
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Universal access
Activate or deactivate the accessibility features.
When Universal access is switched on, the option is added in the Options menu brought
up when you press LIST and select Options.
Hearing impaired
Some digital TV channels broadcast special audio and subtitles adapted for the hearing
impaired. With Hearing impaired switched on, the television automatically switches to
the adapted audio and subtitles, if available. Before you can enable Hearing impaired,
you have to enable Universal access.
When Universal access is enabled and you are watching a TV channel, you can also press
LIST and select Options to bring up an on-screen menu where you can select Universal
access and bring up and enable the Hearing impaired function.
Audio description
Digital TV channels can broadcast special audio commentary describing what happens
on-screen. To be able to set the visually impaired audio and effects, you have to switch
on Audio description first.
Before you can enable Audio description, you have to enable Universal access. With
Audio description, a narrator's commentary is added to the normal audio.
When Universal access is enabled and you are watching a TV channel, you can also
press LIST and select Options to bring up an on-screen menu where you can
select Universal access and bring up and enable the Audio description function.
Available audio commentary are also shown in Audio languages found under Options
in LIST.
Mixed volume: If you enable the Audio description function, you can mix the
volume of the normal audio with the audio commentary in the Mixed volume
menu. Mixed volume is also available in Universal access brought up via Options
in the LIST.
Audio effects: Some audio commentary can hold extra audio effects, like stereo
or fading sound. Enable this function in the Audio effects menu.
Speech: The audio commentary can also hold subtitles for the words which are
spoken. In the Speech menu, you can select between Descriptive and Subtitles.
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