Accessibility Remote Control For The Visually Impaired

A system and method are disclosed to enable the visually impaired to easily access and control a remote. The system includes a remote control device with proximity or touch detecting sensors on the keys. When a user tries to access the remote, the sensors on the keys sense the user’s finger approaching a key. The system sends an announcement identifying the key which is likely to be pressed by the user. The user further proceeds to press the key if the selection is what they intended. Otherwise, the user proceeds to select another key. The system helps visually impaired users control appliances with ease

Dynamically Placing Closed Captioning Outside Rendered Video

A system and method are disclosed to dynamically place closed captioning (CC) outside of a rendered video. When the user plays a video with CC on the system, the system overrides the placement of captioning by the content provider and instead renders it within a letterbox on the display screen. The letterbox may be placed above, below, to the left or right of the active video. The active video may be moved from the center of the screen to accommodate a designated area in which closed captioning is placed. The advantage of the disclosed system is that the user may view video content with CC, without it interfering with the content of the video