Using audio description

A YouView Box FAQ

Audio description helps our YouView box users who are visually impaired.

Here's a look at how to enable and use the Audio Description feature on your YouView Box.

Depending on your box model, you can turn Audio Description on either by using the AD button on your remote or through the on-screen accessibility menu.

If you have the AD button on your remote, you can toggle audio description on or off. Alternatively, you can turn off audio description from the settings menu.

  1. Bring up the menu with your remote
  2. Select Settings*
  3. Scroll down to the Accessibility & Language area and select Audio Description
  4. Select Audio Description
  5. Select your preferred setting
  6. Select Done

If you don’t have the AD button on your remote, you can use the supportSiteInlineImage button to access the Accessibility Menu. Here you can turn Audio Description on and off.

Not all programmes have audio description available. Look out for the [AD] icon on the programme information screen of a TV programme or On Demand programme.

*Settings can be found via the cog in the top right corner of the Menu. You can get to the cog by pressing Up and right after opening the Menu.

We also let you adjust the volume of your audio description in the settings menu.

  1. Bring up the menu with your remote
  2. Select Settings*
  3. Scroll down to the Accessibility & Language area and select Audio Description
  4. Select Volume
  5. Select your preferred setting
  6. Select Done

*Settings can be found via the cog in the top right corner of the Menu. You can get to the cog by pressing Up and right after opening the Menu.