Tving, a major Korean streaming service, announced Wednesday that it has improved accessibility features in its app.
The company enhanced overall user convenience to reduce difficulties faced by visually impaired and elderly users during viewing. When users activate accessibility options in the Tving app, all on-screen text including genre tab menus and content descriptions is provided through voice guidance. This enables users to browse content, check detailed information, and play videos without directly viewing the screen.
The app update was carried out in partnership with the Korea Creative Content Agency's "OTT Library Enhancement Support Project."
Voice guidance features are also available in smart TV environments.
Tving introduced barrier-free subtitles in 2022. The service currently offers subtitles for approximately 260 titles and 2,700 episodes. The company has also built an English barrier-free environment so overseas users can enjoy content without language or disability barriers. Tving plans to expand coverage to include recent original series such as "Study Group," "A Week Before I Die," and "Dear X," as well as content from major production companies.
"Beyond providing content, we aim to create an OTT that can be used without seeing or hearing across the app and viewing environment, and we will continue improving accessibility," a Tving official said.
Meanwhile, Tving also revamped its News Home section to enhance convenience based on analysis of user news viewing patterns. The company added a shortcut to "Real-time Popular News" on the news screen and placed the most-watched live news at the top.