Your Xumo Stream Box includes built-in accessibility features that make watching TV easier and more enjoyable for everyone. Whether you need help seeing or hearing what's on screen, these tools let you customize your viewing experience to match your needs.
What you'll learn:
- How to turn on closed captions and change their appearance
- How to enable audio descriptions that narrate what's happening on screen
- How to use voice guidance to hear menus and settings read aloud
- Where to find programs with accessibility features in the TV guide
- How to adjust contrast to make text easier to read
How to access accessibility settings
Go to Settings > Accessibility to find all your accessibility options. From here, you can turn features on or off and customize them to work best for you.
Available accessibility features
- Audio description (AD) that narrates supported programs with audio descriptions of key visuals, and can beep on channels that have audio descriptions
- Beep on Audio Description “beeps” if the channel you are on is showing an audio described program
- Closed captions that display dialogue on your TV during movies and shows, which can display your custom caption size, font, and other appearance settings
- Customized caption style changes the caption text size, font, background color and more
Watch the following video to see how to access and customize closed captions:
- Highlight Programs easily identifies programs in the TV guide which have closed caption and/or audio description
- High Contrast Toggle to make text easier to read
- Voice Guidance reads text on your TV screen including menus, guides, and settings
Watch the following video to see how to control and customize voice guidance:
Note: Voice commands only work if your Xumo Stream Box is connected to the Internet. Learn how to connect your Stream Box to the internet.