If you find your Roku talking to you — specifically, reading the interface aloud as you navigate and make selections with the remote control — it means you've enabled the Audio Guide. The Audio Guide is an accessibility feature for users who need audible assistance using the navigation system.
Press the Home button on the remote to access the Roku home screen. Use the arrows to highlight the Settings menu. Enter the Settings menu and select the Display type option. Use the arrows to select the desired resolution.
on your Roku remote. Scroll up or down and select Settings. Select System. Select Advanced system settings.
on your Roku TV remote to go to the main screen. Scroll up or down and select Settings. Select TV inputs. Choose the device or the HDMI input under Inputs being used.
From the Roku home screen, go into the Settings menu. Now enter the "System" menu. Choose Power, and then Power On. Choose the input you want to be the default when the TV turns on.
To disable Video Description, enter your TV Settings by pressing MENU on your remote control, then select Accessibility, then Video Description. You can set this option to On or Off. You can find more information in the TV User Guide. This is the most annoying default feature on a TV ever!
Use the Up-Down buttons on the remote control to reach the Picture Size option in the Advanced Picture Settings menu. Then, use the Left-Right buttons on the remote to choose your options for the picture size.
Activate your Roku streaming device. Launch The Roku Channel from The Roku Channel mobile app or Roku mobile app, both available for free on iOS® and Android™ devices. Open a browser and watch The Roku Channel on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Launch The Roku Channel on your Samsung Smart TV.
Background. Audio Guide is a text-to-speech screen reader that assists Roku users with navigation of the Roku® user interface and on-screen menus. When activated, Audio Guide will read out text, menu items and other on-screen items.
To turn off Voice Guide, navigate to Home > Settings > General > Accessibility > Voice Guide Settings > Voice Guide.
Quick Look: The Texting channel on Roku allows subscribers the ability to send text messages to any U.S. based cellular number in the United States, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, MetroPCS, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular.
Viewers can turn audio description on or off:
- Start playback of a movie or TV show with Audio Descriptions available.
- Select the Audio Languages option in your playback controls.
- Select the audio track with the [Audio Description] tag or the desired audio language without the tag.
If you have accidentally turned on a selection labelled as SAP, Secondary Audio Program, Described Video, Descriptive Video, Audio Description, or something similar, you'll hear DV on the programs that feature it. To stop it, turn the feature off and/or select normal audio or stereo in your audio settings.
Open Netflix on a device, and begin playing a show that you know has audio-description. 2. Pause the video, and move the scrubber bar to zero. Make sure audio-description is turned on for your preferred language, and closed-captions are turned off.
Audio Description is an optional narration that describes what is happening on screen, including physical actions, facial expressions, costumes, settings, and scene changes. Some TV shows may not have Audio Descriptions available for all Seasons or Episodes.
During playback, click the icon in the upper righthand corner of the screen, and look for the subtitles options. Try turning this 'Off'.
Turn Voice Input On / Off - Android™
- From a Home screen, navigate: Apps icon > Settings then tap "Language & input" or "Language & keyboard".
- From the On-screen keyboard, tap Google Keyboard/Gboard.
- Tap Preferences.
- Tap the Voice input key switch to turn on or off .
Roku just introduced Auto Sign Out Mode, which lets people sign onto your device and get logged out automatically. The Auto Sign Out Mode is rolling out today through a software update to select Roku devices in the US and Latin America.
The good news about resetting a Roku to factory settings is that it's easy, and you won't lose much, since all of your apps are stored in the cloud. The bad news is that you'll still need to sign into all of your accounts again, but no guide in the world can help you alleviate that kind of tedium.
To help troubleshoot the issue further, try logging into my.roku.com and updating the payment method on your Roku account to ensure it is current. Once you update your payment method, try restarting your Roku device from Settings>System>System restart (or from Settings>System>Power>System restart on a Roku TV).
