Make Android TV more accessible

You can use the built-in screen reader, closed captions and more to make your Android TV experience more accessible.

Important: The features and options that you find on your device may differ depending on the Android version and TV model that you use.

Use a screen reader

When you use a screen reader, you can hear what's happening on your TV or monitor.

Important: You need sighted assistance to turn on the screen reader.

On your Android TV, go to the device settings .
Under 'Device Preferences', select Accessibility TalkBack Configuration.
Choose your preferred settings for:
- Speech volume
- Verbosity
  - Keyboard echo
  - Usage hints
- Spoken passwords

Tip: To find more options and settings for TalkBack, such as speech rate and intonation, in the accessibility menu, select Text to speech.

Important: The font size setting doesn't apply to the Google Chrome app, which has its own font size settings.

To make your font size smaller or larger:

Tip: Learn more about Switch Access for Android.

Accessibility shortcuts are a quick way to turn on accessibility features.

Important: To use accessibility shortcuts, you first need to turn them on.

On your Android TV, go to the device settings .
Under 'Device Preferences', select Accessibility .
Select Enable accessibility shortcut.
- By default, the shortcut turns on TalkBack.
To change the shortcut you want to include, select Shortcut service.
Choose a shortcut you want to include.
Select OK.

To use the shortcut, on your remote, press and hold the back arrow and down buttons at the same time for three seconds.