What Hearing Accessibility Options are Available for Echo Devices?

Adjust your Echo device to help with hearing disabilities.

Echo Device Speaker

  • Pair your Echo device with supported Bluetooth speakers (sold separately).
  • Ask Alexa to speak slower or faster.
  • Adjust volume for timers, alarms, and media playback on compatible Alexa devices.
  • Use the Alexa app to control music playback for your device (not available for all products).

Echo Devices with a Screen

  • Closed Captioning converts the audio content of a video broadcast into text. You can customize text on supported video content.
  • Alexa Captions displays captions for Alexa's responses.
  • Calling and Messaging Without Speech shows contacts and transcripts of messages with a touch screen feature.

Related Help Topics