How to turn voiceover off on apple tv

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Why is there a VoiceOver on my Apple TV?
How do I turn off VoiceOver?

Do you not have the original remote? If not, do you have an iPhone?

On your up to date iPhone, swipe down from the top right; there may be an AppleTV shaped icon in control center. If not, go to settings->control center->customize controls, enable the AppleTV remote there, then go back to the swipe down I began with.

From there, you can select your AppleTV, and then use your phone as the remote. Hold down the voice button, and say "turn off voiceover".

VoiceOver

VoiceOver lets you control Apple TV without seeing the screen. You use simple gestures on the Touch surface of the Siri Remote to move around the screen, and listen as VoiceOver speaks each item you highlight.

When you highlight an item, VoiceOver first speaks the item and any associated text. After a short delay, VoiceOver speaks any remaining text items on the screen, such as movie descriptions or actor listings.

Turn on VoiceOver. In Settings

, go to General > Accessibility > VoiceOver. Or, use the Accessibility Shortcut. See Accessibility Shortcut.

Ask Siri. “Turn VoiceOver on.”

Operate the VoiceOver rotor. Rotate two fingers around a point on the Touch surface to open the VoiceOver rotor, which contains additional controls. The available rotor controls vary depending on what you’re doing.

Explore. Drag your finger over the Touch surface. VoiceOver speaks each menu or text item you select.

Move your selection: Swipe up, down, left, or right.
Select the previous or next rotor control: Rotate two fingers left or right.
Adjust a rotor control: Swipe up or down. For example, to adjust speech rate, rotate two fingers until the VoiceOver speech rate rotor control is selected. Then swipe up or down to increase or decrease the speech rate.
Speak the current text item to the bottom of the screen: Swipe down with two fingers.
Speak the items on screen, starting at the top: Swipe up with two fingers, or press and hold the Play button.
Pause speaking: Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to resume, or select another item.

Perform a custom rotor action. Rotate two fingers until Custom Actions is selected in the rotor. Swipe up or down to hear each custom action, then press the Touch surface to perform an action.

Turn off VoiceOver. In Settings

, go to General > Accessibility > VoiceOver. Or, use the Accessibility Shortcut.

Ask Siri. “Turn VoiceOver off.”

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One thing that Apple has been excelling at for the last few years is Accessibility features. These have made their way to iPhones, iPads, and even the Apple TV. One such feature is VoiceOver which will allow your TV to talk back to you while navigating through different menus.

There are times, however, in which VoiceOver is turned on by accident. Today, we’re going to take a look at how you can turn this feature off on all applicable Apple TV devices.

VoiceOver made its way to the 2nd-generation Apple TV and turning the feature off is the most in-depth compared to newer Apple TV’s. Here are the steps you need to take to turn this feature off:

Apple TV 2nd Gen

Press Menu once. The top-left icon should be highlighted.
Press Right repeatedly until you hear a stop sound.
Press Down once. Settings should be highlighted. If you changed the layout of the main menu, you might not have Settings here. Use the arrow buttons on your remote to highlight Settings.
Press Up repeatedly until you hear the stop sound. You should be at the first menu item in the General menu.
Press Select.
Press Down repeatedly until you hear the stop sound.
Press Up four times. Accessibility should be highlighted.
Press Select twice. VoiceOver should turn on and begin reading the content on your Apple TV screen.
Repeat these steps to turn VoiceOver off.

Apple TV 3rd Gen

To return to the main menu, press the lower-left button (Menu) repeatedly until you hear a stop sound.
Press Down once.
To highlight Settings, press Right repeatedly until you hear a stop sound. If you changed the layout of the main menu, you might not have Settings here. Use the arrow buttons on your remote to highlight Settings.
Press Select twice.
Press Down repeatedly until you hear a stop sound.
Press Up four times. Accessibility should be highlighted.
Press Select twice. VoiceOver should turn on and begin reading the content on your Apple TV screen.
Repeat these steps to turn VoiceOver off.

Apple TV 4th Gen

Open ‘Settings’
Select ‘General’ > ‘Accessibility’
Select VoiceOver

With the latest Apple TV, there is actually a shortcut that can be used in order to toggle VoiceOver off or on. This can be enabled by following these steps:

Open ‘Settings’
Select ‘General’ > ‘Accessibility’
Select ‘Accessibility Shortcut’
Select ‘VoiceOver’

Once enabled, you will be able to simply press the Menu button on the Apple TV remote, three times. This will quickly toggle VoiceOver on or off without fiddling with the Settings menu.

If you are a proud owner of either the Apple TV 4 or Apple TV 4K, then there’s another way to disable VoiceOver. This is actually done with the new Siri remote. Simply press and hold the Siri button, state “Turn VoiceOver Off”, and the feature will then be turned off.

This is just one of the many different Accessibility features offered by Apple with its Apple TV devices. If you have run into any issues, be sure to let us know in the comments below and we’ll be sure to answer any questions you may have.

Andrew is a freelance writer based on the East Coast of the US.

He has written for a variety of sites over the years, including iMore, Android Central, Phandroid, and a few others. Now, he spends his days working for an HVAC company, while moonlighting as a freelance writer at night.

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Why is there a VoiceOver on my Apple TV?

VoiceOver lets you control the Apple TV app without seeing the screen. You use buttons on the smart TV or device remote to move around the screen, and listen as VoiceOver speaks each item you highlight. When you highlight an item, VoiceOver speaks the item and any associated text.