Abstract: A device used with a conventional television set that permits both hearing impaired and non hearing impaired individuals to view television audio voice signals in a text format on the television screen without the requirement of a closed/open caption broadcast signal or a closed/open caption enabled television. The device also can utilize an FM audio input, an audio line input, and a microphone or impedance input for conversion into a text format. The system may use on-board or remote displays, wireless or wired, for also providing the text format representative of human speech. The system includes audio filters for filtering a television audio signal and filtering out human speech audio signals for processing and conversion by a speech-to-text converter.