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DaveWood's avatar
DaveWood
Binge Watcher
3 years ago

A female voice talks in the beginning of anything I watch. How do I shut it off?

I have this issue frequently when I am watching a series where it segues from one episode to another of the same series, (I.E, Bad Batch, Wednesday, Velma, Etc)  the select is not selected,  I have t...
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RokuKariza-D
Retired Moderator
3 years ago

Hi DaveWood 

Thanks for the post.

Does the issue only occur on a specific channel? If yes, please reply here with the channel name. We would also recommend making sure that the screen reader is turned off by pressing the star (*) button on your remote 4 times. Note that performing the same action will enable the screen reader. 

For more information, check out this link: How to enable the text-to-speech screen reader on your Roku® streaming device

Keep us updated!


All the best,
Kariza

  • DaveWood's avatar
    DaveWood
    Binge Watcher
    3 years ago

    I started to notice it on Disney +, then also on Free Vee, and Amazon, yesterday it happened on the Netflix channel app.

    • HDMIGuy's avatar
      HDMIGuy
      Roku Guru
      3 years ago

      DaveWood On the Roku device go to settings, accessibility, screen reader. and turn to off

       

       

      • jeepgirl's avatar
        jeepgirl
        Newbie
        2 years ago

        Oh my God! Thank you! That was so helpful because that was insanely annoying it started happening outta of no where!