Abstract: In a system for displaying text information obtained from a remote text data bank, which system includes a television receiver equipped for receiving and storing the text information and displaying the information on its screen, an operating device operatively associated with the receiver for effecting program selection and control of the television receiver functions, an accessory device which is connected with the television receiver by means of a line, which accessory device includes a modulator, a demodulator, a dialing device, a conventional telephone interface for connection to a telephone and an interface for connecting the accessory device to an outside telephone line, operating device is arranged to establish a connection with the remote text data bank via the line, the accessory device and the outside telephone line for permitting selected texts to be called up for display on the screen of the television receiver.