A touch language to be used by handicapped persons, such as deaf people,
blind people, and deafblind people, is provided by the present invention.
A method for communicating visual images, such as those of a television
program, to a handicapped person comprises the steps of providing at
least one device for physically transmitting information about the visual
images to the handicapped person and delivering a key word describing a
portion of the visual images to the handicapped person using the at least
one device.