4K LCD / OLED TV BRAVIA®

BRAVIA®'s accessibility features (user support features) continue to evolve in response to feedback from users who want to use their TVs more independently.
Some 2026 models newly include a color correction feature designed to accommodate different perceptions of color and a text resizing function that allows users to change the size of on-screen text. We have also redesigned the TV's power button and the slide switch for the built-in microphone to make them easier to identify by touch.
Beyond that, we have added mono audio output that mixes the left and right stereo audio channels so that the same audio can be heard through both ears.

• POINTS
  • Voice guidance explains how to enable the TalkBack screen reader during initial setup.
  • Color correction allows on-screen color tones to be adjusted.
  • Text resizing enables the size of the text in menus, on the home screen, and elsewhere to be changed.

BRAVIA 9II

Menu of user support features (partial)

• Tips Video | BRAVIA New Accessibility Features(Fall 2023)(with Audio Description) | Sony Official (youtube.com)

• TV accessibility functions

Soundbar BRAVIA Theatre

These soundbars and home theater systems enhance the immersiveness and clarity of TV sound. At Sony, alongside our efforts with BRAVIA TVs, we are committed to improving accessibility through our audio products, focusing on ease of installation and connection, daily usability, and voice clarity in our soundbars. In recent years, we have also launched the "BRAVIA Connect" smartphone app. This app allows users with visual disabilities to operate compatible TVs and soundbars using screen reader functionality, leveraging smartphones as vital accessibility infrastructure.

• POINTS
  • Unified control of compatible TVs and soundbars through the BRAVIA Connect app, which supports VoiceOver/TalkBack/Dark mode.
  • Improved distinguishability of ports and connection ease thanks to tactile dots on both TV and soundbar ports, coupled with audio guidance for ports and dots via the BRAVIA Connect app.
  • "Voice Zoom 3," a feature that makes compatible TVs and soundbars work together using AI processing to enhance the clarity of voices within content.

BRAVIA and BRAVIA Theatre Bar

BRAVIA Theatre Bar

BRAVIA Connect app allows users to operate BRAVIA and BRAVIA Theatre Bar via VoiceOver/TalkBack

Distinguishability of HDMI ports on both the TV and
soundbar improved by adding tactile dots

Wireless Headphones

The WH-1000XM6 are wireless headphones that we developed in collaboration with sound engineers working in music production with the aim of faithfully delivering the sounds intended by artists. These headphones offer top-class¹ noise-canceling performance that suppresses surrounding noise and delivers a more comfortable sound environment—whether in cafes, offices, or on the move. Furthermore, Ambient Sound Mode allows you to enjoy music while naturally taking in the sounds around you.

In Japan, you can listen to voice guidance coming from the actual direction of your destination or nearby facilities with the Eye Navi walking support application for people with visual disabilities by using the Head Tracking feature².

LinkBuds Clip was designed in an ear-cuff style using 3D ear-shape data from a wide range of users and repeated wearability tests to achieve a comfortable fit that curbs fatigue even during long listening sessions. You can link the headphones' tap controls to voice guidance with the Eye Navi walking support application for people with visual disabilities^{2, 3}.

• POINTS
  • Supports voice-guided navigation in conjunction with the Eye Navi walking support application for people with visual disabilities².
  • Achieves a comfortable fit that curbs fatigue even when worn for a long time.
  • Delivers a listening experience that allows you to enjoy music while hearing the sounds around you.

• 1As of March 1, 2025, in the headband-style noise-canceling headphone market. According to research by Sony Corporation, measured using International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards.
• 2Eye Navi is only available in Japan.
• 3The Head Tracking feature is not supported.

WH-1000XM6

LinkBuds Clip

• Sound product accessibility functions
• WH-1000XM6 product page
• LinkBuds Clip product page
• Eye Navi (Computer Science Institute Co., Ltd.)

Alpha™ Full-Frame Interchangeable-lens Camera

We want as many users as possible to take advantages of the functions that are standard with Alpha and express themselves through high-quality imagery. With this goal in mind, we had several discussions with employees who are blind and love cameras when developing Screen Reader function to help us decide on the best sequence for items to be read out when taking photos, such as F-number and shutter speeds. Other than Screen Reader, with its carefully selected accessibility features such as Enlarge Screen function, Alpha will continue to support creators by serving as a trustworthy companion regardless of age or disability.

• POINTS
  • Check menus and operation vocally instead of visually.
  • Enlarge menus and operation displays.
  • AI subject recognition capability enables quick detection of a wide range of subjects and adjusts focus automatically.
  • Auto Framing automatically tracks the subject and adjusts the composition.
  • Mode Dial Control Setting allows settings to be changed via the menu instead of using the dial.
  • Lens mount index enables the lens to be attached quickly and accurately by touch.

• *Available features differ by model

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ZV-E10 II

Enlarge Screen function

Lens mount index

• Accessibility Features(with Audio Description)

• Camera accessibility functions

Smartphone Xperia™

Each series of smartphones Xperia™ installed with the Android OS is equipped with accessibility functions to assist with vision, hearing, and operation, such as TalkBack^* and improved operation screen visibility. Since 2021, the software team has played a leading role in improving certain applications by engaging in dialogue with employees with disabilities at Sony/Taiyo Corporation. With the addition of new accessibility functions created from this initiative, you can experience the operability of accessible smartphones Xperia™ at the venue. Discover Xperia Intelligence, including a new AI Camera Assistant and other features.

• *TalkBack is a screen reader on Android devices.

• POINTS
  • AI recognizes scenes and subjects and suggests four different shooting styles according to the situation.
  • Auto Framing automatically tracks the subject while filming video without the user having to focus attention on the screen.
  • Sunlight Vision increases screen brightness in backlit environments using a rear light sensor, improving visibility.
  • Level Meter notifies users of tilt on the photo shooting screen through sound and vibration even when the screen reader function is turned off.

Xperia 1 VIII

• Xperia accessibility functions

Guide for QR: Guiding Users to Information via Touch

We have developed Guide for QR, a design that guides users to the positions of QR Codes via touch with the aim of ensuring that everyone, regardless of whether or not they have a visual disability, can smoothly access product information. We are implementing this design on the packages of our audio products. Optimizing the size and contrast of QR Codes enables designs that can be used easily by people with visual disabilities via both touch and sight.

• Detailed information on Guide for QR available here

• *QR Code is a trademark of Denso Wave Inc.

Scanning a QR Code to access a website

• Guide for QR (with Audio description)