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stevesa
Newbie
3 years ago
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Mechanical female voice when changing channels

I normally watch Spectrum cable through Roku to watch television. A few days ago, I must have entered some button sequence on my Roku remote and am now getting a strange behavior. When I power up, I get a mechanical woman’s voice reading my network selection to me. Then, when I change channels, she comes on and says “Loading” then proceeds to tell me about the program coming on and other information relating to it. I looked for a way to cancel her but have come up short. Help!

  • Hi stevesa,

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. No worries; we're here to help.

    You may have enabled the screen reader feature via a remote shortcut button. Tap the star * button on your Roku remote four times to turn the Screen Reader off. You can also customize your screen reader experience by going to Settings, then Accessibility, and select Screen Reader.

    We hope this helps!

    Regards,
    Janadee

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  • RokuJanadeeK's avatar
    RokuJanadeeK
    Retired Moderator

    Hi stevesa,

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. No worries; we're here to help.

    You may have enabled the screen reader feature via a remote shortcut button. Tap the star * button on your Roku remote four times to turn the Screen Reader off. You can also customize your screen reader experience by going to Settings, then Accessibility, and select Screen Reader.

    We hope this helps!

    Regards,
    Janadee

    • hepcop's avatar
      hepcop
      Newbie

      Thank you, I had the same problem. It was driving me crazy. lol

      • RokuJharra-Q's avatar
        RokuJharra-Q
        Retired Moderator

        Hi hepcop,

        Welcome to the Roku community!

        If you're still experiencing issues with the Screen Reader feature, please let us know whether the troubleshooting tips we provided were effective. If you're still encountering difficulties, we're here to offer further assistance!

        Thanks,
        Jharra