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Accessibility Options
Describes what you touch and interact with on the screen (for example, the title of a book in
the carousel). Peeking is disabled when the Screen Reader is turned on.
Tip: Tap Reading Speed to adjust the reading speed of the Screen Reader.
Navigate your phone with gestures to explore the screen by touch. Your phone recognizes
five accessibility shortcuts that help you quickly navigate to home, go back, and access the
Quick Actions panel, accessibility settings, or the local context menu. When the Screen
Reader is turned on, Explore by Touch turns on automatically.
Use gestures to magnify the screen.
Press the Power button to end calls.
When Low Motion Mode is enabled, the tilt, swivel, peek, and dynamic perspective features
are turned off. The way you look at and hold your phone will not automatically launch any
actions or panels. You will need to tap and swipe with your fingers to navigate.
Your phone will read aloud the contact name or phone number for incoming calls.
Disable stereo sound and play all audio through a single channel.
Optimize your phone for use with hearing aids.
Connect your phone to a Teletypewriter device.
Show captions for movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video and web videos in the
Silk Browser (when available for the title).
Connect a supported braille display to your device using Bluetooth on Fire phone. Screen
content will be presented on the braille display and you’ll be able to navigate and interact with
your device using the keypad on the display.
To use BrailleBack, go to the Amazon Appstore on your Fire phone to download and install
BrailleBack (Fire OS Edition). After you install the app, swipe down from the top of the screen
to open the Quick Actions panel, and then tap Settings > Device > Manage accessibility,
and then scroll to the bottom of the page to view BrailleBack and configure its settings.
Note: Other accessibility services may be available in the Amazon Appstore.
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