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Vision

Identify products with Alexa, watch your favorite Prime Video shows with audio description, and get more out of your devices with the VoiceView screen reader.

Customization

Customize your experience with features that help you browse the web, identify household items, and control your home with Alexa compatible smart devices.

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Shopping

Shop the way you want on the Amazon website, the Amazon shopping app, or via voice shopping with Alexa. Get your items delivered to your door, or to an accessible Amazon Hub Locker.

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Entertainment

Prime Video offers a wealth of accessible movies and shows, Audible immerses you in the story, and Kindle lets you lose yourself in a book just about anywhere.

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Customization

VoiceView screen reader

If you are blind, have low vision, or have trouble reading, the VoiceView screen reader can help you find your way around your Fire tablet, Fire TV, Echo Show, or Kindle by reading text aloud. Voice View on Fire tablet also supports reading, typing, and basic navigation in braille with compatible braille displays.

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Screen Magnifier

Screen Magnifier is designed for people with low vision. You can zoom in/out and pan to enlarge items on the screen for improved visibility. It’s built into Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo Show devices.

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Displays you can customize

Amazon Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Kindle devices have customizable display settings that allow you adjust things like font size, contrast, and color inversion to enhance visibility and legibility.

Helpful Routines

Set up routines, including having Alexa turn on the lights, read the news, and announce any appointments on the calendar for the day. You can use routines to manage multiple smart home devices simultaneously, making this a powerful tool for home automation.

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Identify items with Alexa

Use Alexa’s Show and Tell feature on your Echo Show to identify common products that may be difficult to distinguish by touch, such as canned or boxed foods.

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Notify When Nearby

Enable Notify When Nearby, and your Echo device will play an audible tone to alert you that you have unread notifications or messages when Alexa can detect that you’re near your Echo device.

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Alexa Smart Home setup

With Alexa running the show, you can connect and control smart home devices such as lights and plugs, and set timers—all with your voice.

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Amazon Smart Thermostat

You can set the temperature on your Amazon Smart Thermostat using your voice, and Alexa will tell you what temperature it is anytime you ask.

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Amazon Smart Plug

With Amazon Smart Plug, you can bring just about any device into the Alexa ecosystem. It works with Alexa to add voice control to any outlet, so you can turn on lamps, fans, and appliances from anywhere in your home, and even control them remotely when you’re away.

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Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor

Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor makes it easy to understand what’s in your indoor air. If Alexa detects poor air quality, you can get notifications on your phone or even announcements on Echo devices.

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Video doorbells and security cameras

Ring and Blink video doorbells and security cameras keep an eye on your home, providing you with alerts on visitors, package deliveries, and more. They can even identify familiar faces and use Alexa to announce them to you.

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Speak Selection

Use Speak Selection on Fire tablet to select specific items, or entire content of the screen, to be read aloud.

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Shopping

Shop with your voice

Use Alexa to browse top-rated products and order everyday items like groceries on Echo devices, the Alexa app, and the Amazon App.

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Organize your shopping with Alexa

Alexa can help you build your shopping list, share it with friends and family, and track your orders all the way to your doorstep.

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Amazon Hub Locker

Amazon Hub Locker offers blind or low-vision customers a secure, self-service kiosk with a high-contrast screen and a talking interface with spoken instructions.

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Shop with your screen reader

You can use your screen reader to shop on the Amazon app for iOS, Android, and Fire tablet, as well as through your desktop browser on the Amazon.com website.

Shop with your keyboard

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate efficiently through Amazon shopping pages. Jump quickly to search, reviews, your shopping cart, and more.

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Entertainment

Prime Video

Prime Video offers a wide range of movies and TV shows with audio description. Enjoy audio described video content on Fire TV, Fire tablets, iOS, and Android devices, select models of game consoles, and smart TVs.

Prime Video titles with audio description

Support for screen readers

Amazon offers screen reader support for the Amazon website, and apps for Amazon, Prime Video, Kindle, and more. Even the Kindle Direct Publishing website is optimized for screen readers.

Text Banner for Fire TV

Text Banner for Fire TV displays a rectangular box on the screen with the title of the currently-focused item and related text. This feature is especially helpful for customers with visual disabilities and a narrow field of vision.

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Listen with Audible or Alexa

Listen to audiobooks through the Audible app on Fire OS, iOS, and Android devices, plus on DAISY book players. And with the Kindle Assistive Reader you can ask Alexa to read any book you own.

Listen to books with screen readers

Use the VoiceView screen reader to listen to books on Fire tablets and Kindle devices, or 3rd party screen readers on Kindle applications for iOS, Android, and PC.

Find the best devices for you

With lots of accessible options to choose from, we want to make it easier to find the devices that are right for you.

Echo Dot

Alexa devices

With Alexa devices like the Echo, you can stream music, order a pizza, and control your smart home using your voice.

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Fire TV Stick and Alexa Voice Remote

Fire TV

Fire TV streaming devices and smart TVs make it easy to enjoy your favorite movies and shows with captions and audio description.

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Fire tablets

Fire tablets are as accessible as they are affordable. They’re designed to help you get more done, and have more fun.

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Kindle Paperwhite

Kindle devices

With Kindle devices you can take your stories with you and read easier with an e-ink display and built-in backlight.

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How can we help?

Getting help

We go the extra mile to assist you with Amazon devices, Alexa, and your shopping experience. If you would like help, please contact our dedicated accessibility customer support representatives.

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Help yourself

We offer self-service tools for device help and troubleshooting, as well as tips and tricks for using Alexa. For more information about accessibility features, visit our device customer support pages.

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We'd like to hear from you. Let us know how we can make your experience more accessible - and delightful! Email us at accessibility@amazon.com.