2. A method of presenting text identified in a presented video image of a media content event, the method comprising: receiving a complete video frame that is associated with a presented video image of a captured scene of a video content event, wherein the presented video image includes text that has been captured in the scene; finding the text in the complete video frame based on a text search region of the presented video image, wherein a location of the text search region is user specified based on a received signal from a remote control that initiates presentation of a pointer icon, wherein a location of the pointer icon defines a location of the text search region on the presented video image; using an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm to translate the found text and presenting the translated text.
2. A method of presenting text identified in a presented video image of a media content event, the method comprising: receiving a complete video frame that is associated with a presented video image of a captured scene of a video content event, wherein the presented video image includes text that has been captured in the scene; finding the text in the complete video frame based on a text search region of the presented video image, wherein a location of the text search region is user specified based on a received signal from a remote control that initiates presentation of a pointer icon, wherein a location of the pointer icon defines a location of the text search region on the presented video image; using an optical character recognition (OCR) algorithm to translate the found text and presenting the translated text. 7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the remote control that initiates presentation of the pointer icon is a laser-based pointer device, and further comprising: receiving a signal from the laser-based pointer device that emits a laser beam, wherein a point of the laser beam on the presented video image identifies the location of the text search region.