LOSING A REMOTE CONTROL to change channels might soon be less of a problem with the development of British technology that enables your TV to talk to you.

Ocean Blue Software has developed low cost text-to-speech technology called 'Talk TV', which is being built into set top boxes from Korean company Arion Technology and branded by retailers from August.

Aimed particularly at blind or partially-sighted owners, it can use speech technology to tell them what's on and when it's on. The speed and verbosity of the voice can be adapted, while a different kind of remote control will be provided.