Keyboard Control - BT Youview User Manual

There are lots of things you can change to make your YouView box even easier to use.
Subtitles, Audio Description (AD) and Sign Language
If provided by the broadcaster, these features are available on live TV and
On Demand.
Use and
AD
For sign language settings, go to Settings and then Subtitles & Accessibility.
Remove the TV screen from the YouView Guide
The mini screen TV picture shown in the top right hand corner of the
YouView menus and Guide can be hidden. This can be useful for
To remove this mini screen, press on your remote control then go
to Settings then Subtitles & Accessibility then Mini TV Screen.
When pressing on this setting, move left and right to turn the
mini screen 'ON' or 'OFF'.
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High contrast colour scheme
contrast colour scheme is available. This uses white text on black and menu
options don't blend in with the background.
Settings, choosing Subtitles &
Accessibility and then Colour Scheme.
'Zooming' the screen
Simply press on your remote control when using the YouView menus
again and you'll be able to use the arrow
buttons on your remote control to move around the screen. Press for
the third time to go back to the normal view.
Grid 2 compatibility
Grid 2 is software for Windows computers, which can be used to control
your YouView box without a remote control or keyboard. It accepts input
from a wide range of devices including switches, head pointers and eye
gaze systems.
support.youview.com
and sensorysoftware.com

Keyboard control

alongside the remote control or instead of it. There's a USB connection on
the back and the left hand side of the box.
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• Certain keys are mapped to replicate the buttons on the remote control.
• The standard alphabet keys can be used for text entry.
• The '1' key also cycles through punctuation.
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A number of keyboard layouts are supported including Jumbo, Clevy and
multimedia. You can read more about this and print out keyboard overlays
at support.youview.com
Accessibility features in the YouView app
If you're visually impaired, you can use the YouView app with Apple and
YouView has optimised areas, like the Guide, to navigate and read out menu
description and when it's on. You can also use search for channels and
devices will show near the bottom left of the keypad. Press tto use
the voice entry feature then, when asked, say the name of a channel or
programme. You'll then get the search results as normal.
For more about accessibility, go to bt.com/help/tvaccessibility
or youview.com/features/accessibility-features
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