Windows 10: Turn On Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator

How to: Turn On Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator

How to Turn On or Off Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator 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 youre 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.

When in an editing area (ex: text box) while typing by touch, a touch keyboard will appear in the lower part of the screen and Narrator will play a sound to indicate that a keyboard has appeared. To enter text, double-tap the characters you want to enter.

To enter text more quickly, you can turn on the On the touch keyboard, activate keys when I lift my finger Narrator setting to enter characters as soon as you lift your finger off the character on the touch keyboard.

See also:

• Chapter 7: Customizing Narrator | Windows Support
• Chapter 6: Using Narrator with touch | Windows Support
• Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures | Windows Support

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off activate keys on the touch keyboard when you lift your finger for Narrator for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn On or Off Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator in Settings
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator using a REG file

OPTION ONE [/i] Turn On or Off Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

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

2. Click/tap on Narrator on the left side, and turn on or off (default) On the touch keyboard, activate keys when I lift my finger for what you want on the right side under Choose keyboard settings. (see screenshot below)

3. You can now close Settings if you like.









OPTION TWO [/i] Turn On or Off Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator using a REG file
*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Narrator

FastKeyEntryEnabled DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On


1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Turn On Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_activate_keys_when_lift_finger_on_touch_keyboards_for_Narrator.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off Activate Keys on Touch Keyboard when Lift Finger for Narrator
*note 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_activate_keys_when_lift_finger_on_touch_keyboards_for_Narrator.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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• How to Turn On or Off Narrator in Windows 10
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How to turn off the narrator on Windows 10?

Hello Lee,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• When you say “Navigater”, are you referring to narrator?
• Did you try to turn the “Navigater” off from the settings page?

If you are referring to the narrator settings, I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type Narrator settings and select the top most search result.
• Slide the Narrator option bar to Off status under
  Hear text and controls on the screen.
• Close the window and check if the changes are effective.

Write to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance on the query. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Narrator Keyboard Shortcuts to turn On/Off not working


Hi, first, the hotkeys are disabled if you have ever ticked the checkbox & No in the initial pop-up dialogue when Narrator starts.

This says these can be enabled again in Narrator's general settings. I've not found that yet.





Second, you can set Narrator to launch automatically in Settings:




Third, you could turn Narrator on like this:
Type
Narra in Cortana's search box.

Click
Narrator
(first find at top in Cortana's window).

Fourth, you could do this to start it:
Windows key + R, type
Narrator
<return key>

 

NArrator won't turn off

If Narrator only activates in Minecraft, it is not Windows Narrator. There is a setting in Minecraft that activates a voice and sounds. Look at the help files for turning it off. Or check at the Gaming Forum as suggested..

 

Upgraded to Winndows 10 and cannot turn narrator off

Hi Ken,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am sorry to know that you are facing issues with Windows 10.

I do appreciate your efforts and time, and will assist you with the issue.

Method 1

I suggest you to try enabling narrator from keyboard and disable it and check if it helps.

• 
  On a keyboard, press Windows logo key + Enter key.(This will enable the narrator)
  
• 
  Press Caps lock + F1 key after you open narrator.
  
• 
  Select exit narrator.
  
• 
  Now click on the narrator task running on the task bar.
  
• 
  Select exit.
  

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

How to keep laptop screen off while working with a screen-reader?

Hi Mr. Ooon,

In order to use your computer without using a display, you need to customize Narrator to work as you desired. You can set it using the following Navigation settings:

Read and interact with the screen using the mouse

Activate keys on the touch keyboard when you lift your finger

Narrator cursor follows keyboard focus

Enable the text insertion point to follow the Narrator cursor

Select the Narrator cursor movement mode.

For the detailed information about using and customizing narrator, please see the following links:

• Customizing Narrator
• Get started with Narrator

Please let me know how it goes so I can assist you further.

Regards.