Auditory EPG that provides navigational messages for the user

An apparatus and method for receiving a signal including operational information for the apparatus which relates to the content of the signal, the apparatus including a message database for providing predetermined messages for a user, a user interface response to input by the user, a decoder for receiving operational information and providing the operational information as auditory information, a controller responsive to the user interface for causing selective portions of the operational information to be provided as auditory information with one or more of said predetermined messages as appropriate so the user is able to navigate the operational information. Preferably the signal is a television signal and the operational information relates to an auditory EPG. The predetermined messages may include 'press select to watch'.