Accessibility features on Max

You can use accessibility features to get around Max and stream shows and movies. Max supports the following:

• Closed captions
• Audio description
• Screen readers
• Keyboard navigation
• Alexa voice commands
• Photosensitivity warnings

Closed captions

Some shows and movies on Max can be watched with closed captions. Some closed captions are only available in English. During playback, you can turn closed captions on or off by choosing the Audio and Captions button in the video player.

For more info, go to Subtitles, captions, and audio.

Audio Description (Narration)

Audio description is an alternate audio track that describes what's happening on screen in between dialogue (for example, a detailed narration of the scene or action that's taking place).

Audio description may only be available in English. Shows and movies with Audio Description will have an Audio Description indicator on the details page.

Turn Audio description on or off

You can turn on Audio Description for select shows and movies. When you turn on Audio Description, it plays as the default audio track for other shows and movies you watch (if available). Here's how:

1. Start playing a show or movie, then bring up the player controls.
2. Choose the Audio and Subtitles menu .
3. In the Audio section, choose English - Audio Description (if available), then select the close subtitles and audio popup button (X) to close.

To turn off audio descriptions, re-open Audio and Subtitles menu and choose any other language in the Audio section.

Roku: Play a show or movie, then press the Star button (*) on your Roku remote to bring up the Accessibility and Captions options.

Screen readers

You can use screen readers to help you find and play titles. Max supports the following screen readers:

• Android phone or tablet, Android TV: TalkBack
• Apple iPad, iPhone, Apple TV: VoiceOver
• Fire TV (Brazil and Mexico only): VoiceView *
• Hisense VIDAA TV: Text-to-Speech
• PlayStation 5: Screen Reader **
• Samsung: Voice Guide ***
• Web: NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack
• Xbox: Narrator

*Fire TV's VoiceView does not support Dolby Audio in playback. You may need to disable Dolby Audio on your Fire TV device to control playback with VoiceView.

**Support for PlayStation 4 is coming soon. Please check back for updates.

***If you use a Samsung Android device and you use the Samsung Voice Assistant, you may need to install TalkBack to get full support for the screen reader.

You can also stream using AirPlay or Chromecast and use the screen reader on your phone or tablet to control playback.

Keyboard navigation

You can use an external (hardware) keyboard to get around Max and control playback on the web, phone or tablet. Here's how:

Get around Max

• Press Tab or the Arrow keys to move between items.
• Press Spacebar to choose the selected item.
• Press Enter to activate links.
• Press Esc to close the menus and overlays.

Are you using a Keyboard on a Connected TV or Gaming Console?

• Use the Arrow keys to navigate and the Enter key to select.
• Keyboard shortcuts are not available at this time.

Alexa voice commands (Brazil and Mexico only)

You can use Alexa voice commands to find and play Max shows and movies, as well as control video playback. For example, you can say commands like "Alexa, find dramas on Max" or "Alexa, play House of the Dragon."

What you need:

• Amazon Fire TV device
• Alexa enabled device, Alexa voice remote, or a paired Echo device

You can use the following Alexa commands with Max. If you're using an Alexa Voice Remote, press and hold the Voice button and then talk to Alexa.

To open Max, use open or launch. For example, say "Alexa, open Max." Then, choose a profile and start streaming.

To search for a show or movie, use find. For example, say "Alexa, find The Last of Us."

Playback controls

To play a movie or the next episode in a series, use play or watch. For example, say "Alexa, play The White Lotus."

To play a specific episode in a season, specify the season and episode. For example, say "Alexa, play Game of Thrones Season 1 Episode 2."

To pause playback, use pause. For example, say "Alexa, pause."

To resume playback, use resume, play, watch, or unpause. For example, say "Alexa, resume."

To stop playback, use stop. For example, say "Alexa, stop."

To skip ahead 30 seconds, use fast forward. For example, say "Alexa, fast forward."

To skip back 30 seconds, use rewind. For example, say "Alexa, rewind."

Photosensitivity warnings

Some shows and movies with intense flash patterns have a photosensitivity warning on the title details screen and in the video player when you first start watching. The photosensitivity warning in the video player appears in the top-left corner after the ratings.