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Narrator is a screen reader that reads text on the screen aloud

Narrator is a screen reader that reads text on the screen aloud and describes events like error messages so you can use your PC without a display.

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How to make a screen-reader go through a without any stopping

I have this span element: Select the START
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Use Windows Narrator through .NET

Is there a way to use text-to-speech capabilities of Windows Narrator in .NET applications? I want to use it or a similar service to read out loud strings from my C# application. Would that be possible?
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How do I make Vista's Narrator read my Swing components back to me?

I'm trying to implement a very, very simple accessibility test for Swing so I can get a handle on how big a piece of work it will be to provide accessibility support for our already established Swing application. I have the most simple Swing…
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Screen reader(Narrator) not reading the button text on chrome browser

I have question regarding screen reader (windows narrator) in chrome browser. I have a button tag that will get focus on tab key press. I am expecting a screen reader to read what button it is but it says "no item in view" when it focused. I have…
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Narrator reads hidden elements in scan mode

I have WPF code, where the narrator reads a hidden toggle button. It reads 'expand/collapse button'. I even set it to collapsed. And set the focusable property to false. None of this works. Is there some property that I can use?
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How to detect that narrator tool is running?

I have a custom control. i like to provide the support for System screen reading support. Is there any logic to find that the narrator or coded UI tool is enabled in our machine.??
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Narrator not detecting international voices

Apologies for asking a question that will more than likely have a simple answer but this is truly my last resort. My problem, so far, is that narrator is only detecting English voices, even though i have installed additional voices in other…
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Windows Narrator reads the names of all the controls in the window (even hidden ones)

I need to make my application visually impaired friendly... and I am facing this problem: Windows Narrator reads all the controls names in the window despite that some of them are hidden. I have another app that I used WinForms to write it, and…
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winforms - Can't get windows narrator to read message box content

I have a simple message box: MessageBox.Show(this, "bla bla bla", "banana man", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Warning, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1, options); And for some reason I don't manage to get the windows narrator to read…
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Screen reader not reading TextBlock content in WPF application

I am writing a WPF (.net 5) application which should support accessibility specifically windows narrator to read out the screen text. I am using few TextBlocks and expect that as soon as window is shown narrator will start reading all the text…
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ListView/GridView and narrator WPF

I have a question to following issue: I have a ListView that includes a GridView. …
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Narrator does not read the text in a TextBlock as expected. Only in the selected TextBox

I have a Visual Studio 2019 solution that contains two projects: a Class Library (Universal Windows) that contains a login Page and a Blank App (Universal Windows) that simply navigates to said login Page. One of my requirements is that the overall…
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Narrator reading empty document for text-only informative modal popup

I am developing a webpage which shows a text-only modal popup upon clicking a button on the webpage. The issue is: Narrator is saying aria-label for the popup followed by "empty document", but the popup contains a paragraph of information and an…
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Accessing XBOX Narrator Settings from web driven XBOX App

I am working on an XBOX app that is UWP javascript driven. I need to access the systems narrator settings, but have not found any options. Does anybody know of a way to access this information, or are there any manifest option capabilities to gain…
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The Narrator ignores AutomationProperties.Name when it is in scan mode

In my UWP app I have TextBlock: The Narrator reads only the Text properties in the scan mode ignoring AutomationProperties.Name. AutomationProperties.LabeledBy aslo doesn't…
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