How to Turn On or Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Info about Controls in Windows 10


Narrator is a screen-reading app built into Windows 10.

Narrator lets you use your PC without a display or mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.

Specific commands let you navigate Windows, the web, and apps, as well as get info about the area of the PC you're in. Navigation is available using headings, links, landmarks, and more. You can read text (including punctuation) by page, paragraph, line, word, and character as well as determine characteristics like font and text color. Efficiently review tables with row and column navigation.

Narrator also has a navigation and reading mode called Scan Mode. Use it to get around Windows 10 using just the up and down arrows on your keyboard. You can also use a braille display to navigate your PC and read text.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18282, Microsoft has made some Narrator verbosity improvements. Microsoft is improving the amount of information you hear while interacting in Windows and you will see these changes filter in throughout future builds. In the current release there is a new Narrator Setting entitled “Hear advanced information about controls when navigating”. When this feature is off you will not hear the advanced information previously spoken on controls. In addition, Tooltips will not be read by default. Use the Narrator Advanced Information command (Narrator + 0) to read a tooltip on a given item. In addition, you will notice that some control information will now begin to speak in a more consistent manner. Checkboxes and radio buttons will be the first controls with this new behavior.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off having Narrator auto read advanced information about controls when navigating for your account in Windows 10.


 CONTENTS:

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Information about Controls when Navigating in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Information about Controls when Navigating using a REG file





OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Information about Controls when Navigating in Settings


1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

You can press the Win+Ctrl+N keys to directly open to Narrator settings.

2. Click/tap on Narrator on the left side, and turn on or off (default) Hear advanced details, like help text, on buttons and other controls for what you want under the Change what you hear when reading and interacting section on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. You can now close Settings if you like.

Turn On or Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Info in Windows 10-narrator_auto_read_advanced_information_about_controls_when_navigating.jpg






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Information about Controls when Navigating using a REG file



The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Narrator

AutoreadAdvancedInfo DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On


1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you want.


 2. To Turn On Narrator Auto Read Advanced Information about Controls when Navigating

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_Narrator_auto_read_advanced_information_about_controls_when_navigating.reg

Download


 3. To Turn Off Narrator Auto Read Advanced Information about Controls when Navigating

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_Narrator_auto_read_advanced_information_about_controls_when_navigating.reg

Download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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