Amazon is expanding accessibility by providing a more comfortable streaming experience on Prime Video for all customers. It’s been officially announced that 18 more Prime Original movies will have signed versions available for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing individuals.
Currently, Prime Video has a few Prime Original movies which offer American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL) viewing options. It’s now been revealed that an additional 18 movies are going to have signed versions made available for streaming. Customers will be able to locate signed content by visiting PrimeVideo.com/signlanguage, or by searching for titles using terms like “ASL,” “BSL,” and “Sign Language.” In the U.S., users can find them by scrolling to the “Accessible Movies and TV” collection on Prime Video.
ASL and BSL Movies Are Available on Prime Video
“When viewing a title with sign language interpretation, an on-screen interpreter captures the story’s tone and emotion with facial expressions and body language, providing a deeper, more immersive viewing experience than with traditional captions alone,” Amazon says of the feature. “Interpretations are completed in partnership with the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing community. The Prime Video teams collaborate with Deaf interpreters and DASLs (director of artistic sign language) on the end-to-end signing performance creation.”
The full list of new films which have this viewing option can be seen below.
- Oh, What. Fun.
- Merv
- Red One
- Candy Cane Lane
- Trap House
- Red, White & Royal Blue
- Road House
- Heads of State
- Holland
- You’re Cordially Invited
- Killer Heat
- Jackpot!
- The Idea of You
- Hedda
- Another Simple Favor
- G20
- After the Hunt
- Play Dirty
Other Titles With ASL Are Available
The service also includes kids shows with ASL for PBS KIDS subscribers, featuring titles like Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Work It Out Wombats!, Arthur, Donkey Hodie, Alma’s Way, and Pinkalicious & Peteriffic. For subscribers with the HBO Max add-on, the TV series The Last of Us is also available with the ASL option. People can also purchase HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry and Britbox’s Code of Silence, with both of those titles also including ASL versions available to watch.
Additionally, Prime Video also features the largest library of titles with audio description, a feature that describes movies for visually impaired people. Another feature is the Dialogue Boost, an AI-assisted enhancement for hard-to-hear dialogue. Initially, this feature was only for English, but can now be used for additional languages, including French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi.
Amazon has consistently worked with and for people with disabilities for over a decade, including advocation for accessible design throughout the company. This is because 16% of all people experience a significant disability, according to the World Health Organization. The company continues to work on enhancements for accessibility across all products beyond streaming, including how devices and services like Alexa are designed.
Stream the ASL and BSL versions of Prime Originals on Prime Video.