Teletext Decoder
Teletext is a cost-free TV-centric information service and has become a very important feature for CE devices in the European and Asian market. For many years TARA Systems has been developing applications and tools for VBI data broadcasting and has supported and consulted many CE manufacturers regarding Teletext integration.
TARA Systems offers a Teletext software decoder that provides high performance at low resource needs. It was developed as a reference decoder for the European market and supports the full level 1.5 and 2.5 specification. Because of TARA Systems long-term experience with Teletext, the software can work with all European TTX standards.
Features
- Level 1.5 and 2.5 Teletext
- TOP and FLOF - Navigation
- Sub page bar and direct sub page selection
- Scalable database from 10 pages up to 4000 pages
- Support of various languages (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic)
- Subtitle and newsflash display
- Standard Teletext features (Hold, Mix, Zoom, Clock)
- ACI (automatic channel installation)
- Page Catching
- Teletext True Type font available.
Optional 'Binding Classes' for TARA's GUI Tool Embedded Wizard facilitate the integration of the Teletext Decoder's graphics output into the user interface, developed with Embedded Wizard. Furthermore, this enables full UI prototyping on PC.
Teletext True Type Font
In addition to its Teletext decoder, TARA Systems offers a Teletext True Type Font to display the Teletext data. The font also containes Level 2.5 block graphics, as well as Arabic, Cyrillic, Farsi, Greek, Hebrew and other characters.
DiVi Teletext Generator for Test Purpose
After integrating the Teletext Decoder into own DVB software applications, developers need to verify their products, to guarantee a high quality and stability. For that purpose, TARA offers its DiVi Software Tools - especially the DiVi Teletext Generator. The flexible DiVi Software Tools enable developers to create their own DVB transport streams with customer specific data, e.g. Teletext data, ready to broadcast into the receiver product. TARA also uses the DiVi Software Tools as part of its sophisticated automated test scenarios during the development of the Teletext Decoder and other DVB software.
To test Teletext Decoder integrations in analogue TV applications, TARA offers its well-known Geditor and VBI-Recorder.
Teletext L2.5 Broadcasters
Teletext Level 2.5 is currently broadcasted by 3Sat, ZDF, BR, BR alpha, SWR and PHOENIX in Germany and by NED1, NED2 and NED3 in the Netherlands.
Services & Consulting
Based on its long-term experiences in VBI and DVB data broadcasting TARA Systems offers porting and integration of its Teletext Decoder to several hardware platforms as well as support and consulting for Teletext integration.
TARA Systems also offers cost-effective test tools for data broadcasting, e.g. the "DiVi Tools" for DVB (digital) and the "Geditor" and "VBI-Recorder" for VBI (analogue). TARA 's tools enable developers, to create, modify and play out custom test data in order to verify their decoder software in factories, laboratories and field tests.
The Teletext decoder was developed as a level 1.5 and 2.5 reference decoder and can furthermore be used by CE manufacturer to check and certify their own Teletext implementations.