PURPOSE: To receive information of a character broadcast by the sense of hearing other than the sense of sight by providing a sound converting means which converts a character signal into an audio signal and enables expression in voice.

CONSTITUTION: The video signal outputted from a video converting circuit 3 which decodes the character signal extracted by a character signal separating circuit 2 in an operation state into the video signal is processed by a trailing- stage video signal processing circuit as specified and then supplied to the cathode side of an image receiving tube, and displayed as an image of characters, graphics, etc., on the image receiving tube while switched to a television image or at part of it. Further, the audio signal from a sound converting circuit 4 which decodes the character signal extracted by the character signal separating circuit 2 in the operation state into the audio signal is processed by a trailing- stage sound processing circuit as specified and then supplied to the speaker of a receiver, and outputted as a speech explaining the characters, graphics, etc., while switched to a television sound. When the character broadcast is received, one or both of the video converting circuit 3 and sound converting circuit 4 are placed in operation.