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News - Netflix Rolls Out New Accessibility Options

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Netflix Rolls Out New Accessibility Options

<p>For Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Netflix is continuing its expansive push to make its content more accessible. In a new video and <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/celebrating-global-accessibility-awareness-day">article</a> published by the streaming service, Netflix’s director of product accessibility discusses the company’s efforts.</p><p dir="ltr">Netflix is spotlighting this work in Celebrating Disability with Dimension, a new content collection highlighting stories focused on people living with disabilities. These titles feature closed captioning and subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) viewers, though particular extra attention has been paid to audio descriptions in these collected titles.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJNnghJpfrM" data-width="100%" data-height="100%"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RJNnghJpfrM" height="100%" width="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Speaking with </span><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/19/netflix-continues-accessibility-push-with-badges-for-audio-and-subtitle-descriptions/">TechCrunch</a><span>, Netflix’s director of accessibility Heather Dowdy emphasized Netflix's continued focus on “intentionality” in audio descriptions to go beyond barebones narration of settings. “I recommend you turn it on on Bridgerton,” said Dowdy. “It’s very steamy.”</span></p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/netflix-rolls-out-new-accessibility-options/1100-6503665/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>

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