Multi-language closed captioning system

Claim 1

A multi-language closed captioning system comprising, in combination: a television having a speaker for transmitting audio signals and a screen for depicting various images upon receipt of television signals and alphanumeric characters upon the receipt of a sub-carrier channel; a remote source of closed captioning adapted to deploy a plurality of sub-carrier channels each for transmitting a string of alphanumeric characters corresponding to the audio signals transmitted by the television with such alphanumeric characters representative of one of a plurality foreign languages; a selector unit having a rectilinear configuration with a top rectangular face, a bottom rectangular face, and a periphery formed therebetween defining an interior space, the periphery defined by a long rectangular front face, a long rectangular rear face, and a pair of short rectangular side faces, the selector unit connected to the television, the source of closed captioning, a digital source of television signals, a magnetic tape source of television signals, and a free space source of television signals; an array of language buttons situated on the top face of the selector unit and having indicia representative of one of the plurality foreign languages, each button adapted to allow the transmission of one of the sub-carrier channels to the television upon the depression thereof, whereby the language associated with the sub-carrier channel corresponds with the language represented by the indicia on the depressed button; and a display situated on the front face of the selector unit for depicting the indicia associated with the language button last depressed.