Tiny Text Messages on TV

[Jogie]

Evening all

I'm getting increasingly frustrated by having to rewind my TV programme and reposition myself 3 cm from the TV to read the text messages used in programmes. Two things:

1. Is there an accessibility hack for this?

2. Is anyone aware of a campaign for more accessible text messages (like the ones used in Sherlock)?

Many thanks,

Frustrated in York

[Caradog29]

I assume you mean closed caption texts or subtitles. In which case most tvs or streaming platforms will have a function which will allow you to do it.

How you achieve that will be dependent on the tv and/or streaming platforms but will be buried somewhere in settings.

[GavinM in reply to Caradog29]

I think Jogie means SMS and that is what they do so well on Sherlock.

[Emelinep]

I share your pain. It’s quite ridiculous especially when the messages are often integral to the plot

[doubleorbust]

I think you may be referring to the text messages on an actor's portable phone.

I have been very frustrated myself. Sometimes I think I will catch up with the meaning of the text without reading it, only to realise it was crucial. Otherwise I leap out of my chair to approach the TV closely but I'm usually too late. Could be funny only it's not. At least on replay you can rewind as you say.

I'm encouraged to have seen more than one programme put a larger image of the text on the screen but I can't tell you where I saw it. That seems to indicate that there is an awareness of the problem. Apart from that I haven't heard of any campaigns on the matter.

[tallyho]

have you tried Max tv specs which are glasses you wear when watching tv? Just wondered.