An editing system has a video store for storing a video sequence and a text store
for storing a sequence of text associated with the video sequence. Displays and
are provided for displaying the video and the text on the text display. The current
text position is indicated by a cursor 10 or by another marker. The frames
of the video sequence have time codes associated therewith. Corresponding time
codes are associated with the text using the time codes and the rate n of reading words:-
The current position in the text is controllable in dependence on the time code
of the video frames; and the video frame currently displayed is controllable in
dependence upon the current position in the text.