Make Google TV more accessible
You can use a screen reader, closed captions, Switch Access, and more to make your Google TV device more accessible.
Use a screen reader
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Under "Services," select TalkBack 👁 and then
Enable 👁 and then
OK.
Change screen reader settings
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Under "Services," select TalkBack 👁 and then
Configuration. - Change settings for speech volume, verbosity (such as keyboard echo and usage hints), and 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.
Turn on closed captions
Important: Your caption preferences might not apply to certain apps.
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility 👁 and then
Captions. - To show captions, turn on Display.
- Choose your options.
Turn on high contrast text
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Turn on High contrast text (Experimental).
Turn on Switch Access
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Under "Services," select Switch Access 👁 and then
Enable 👁 and then
OK.
Tip: Learn more about using Switch Access for Android.
Turn on Time to take action
You can change the amount of time messages display on your device.
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Select Time to take action.
- Set how long you want to show temporary messages that ask you to take action.
Turn on Bounce Keys
Important: To access this feature, your device must run Android version 16 or newer.
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Turn on Bounce Keys.
- This is to ignore repeated presses of the same button.
- To ignore the repeated key presses, select the required timing.
Turn on Key repeat delay
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Select Key repeat delay.
- This is to adjust the delay before the key repeats.
- Configure the delay before repeated characters appear when a key is held down.
Use accessibility shortcuts
Important: Accessibility shortcuts are a quick way to turn on accessibility features. To use accessibility shortcuts, you first need to turn them on.
To turn on accessibility shortcuts:
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings 👁 Settings
👁 and then
Accessibility. - Select Enable accessibility shortcut.
- By default, the shortcut turns on TalkBack.
- To change what's included in the shortcut, select Shortcut service.
- Choose an option.
- Select OK.
Find content with audio descriptions
Ask Google to find movies with audio descriptions.
- To get started, press the Google Assistant button 👁 Assistant
on your remote. - Say “Find movies with audio descriptions.”
- Select any movie from the recommendations that appear on your screen.
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