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HBO is up to its promise to make its Max streaming service more accessible and will be releasing audio-narrated content this week. After a termination last October, in which the company agreed to make its content more accessible to the blind and visually impaired, HBO is meeting its target date for launch so far.
This week's GAME SANOOK changes include "Nearly 1,500 hours of audio-visual content available on the web and mobile platforms," according to a press release from the Disability Rights Advocacy Group (DRA) and the American Council of the Blind (ACB), the content includes HBO originals, Max originals, Warner Bros. movies. Some of these titles include His Dark Materials, Dunkirk, Euphoria, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Genera + ion.
HBO plans to bring audio descriptions to all connected TVs, and is creating audio descriptions for all new Original and Max Original shows, according to the release.The company promises that 3,000 hours of described content will be available by the end of March. And at least 6,000 items by March 2023. Additionally, a new audio description section will be added to the navigation menu to make search accessible. Easier content There is also an update. "In the coming months" for low-vision users who are having trouble setting up an account using a screen reader.
Audio descriptions are separate tracks that you can switch to and use. Based on a question submitted to Roku's support forums in January, it appears that HBO has been testing to make this feature work, at least since then. Since then, this has confused some users when enabling the audio track that describes the visual elements on the screen.With this release, HBO joins Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video, and Hulu in a list of video streaming providers offering audio descriptive tracks for their content.
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