Windows 10: Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key 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.

You can personalize Narrator's voice to adjust the speaking rate, pitch, and volume as well as install some third-party text-to-speech voices.

You can now choose what modifier key you want to use in Narrator key by default. You can use either of these keys in any command that uses the Narrator key. The Narrator key is referred to as simply Narrator in commands.

*note If you’re using a Japanese 106 keyboard, Insert and NonConvert are your default Narrator keys.

If you like, you can Narrator key (Caps lock or Insert) to enter a command. For example, to read the next word, press L instead of Narrator + L.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to lock the Narrator key for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key using Keyboard Shortcut
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key in Settings
• Option Three: Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key using a REG file

OPTION ONE [/i] Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key using Keyboard Shortcut
1. While Narrator + Z[/b] keys to toggle on or off (default) lock the Narrator key for what you want.





OPTION TWO [/i] Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key 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) Lock the Narrator key so I don't have to press it for each command 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 THREE [/i] Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key 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

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

Turn_ON_Lock_the_Narrator_key.reg

Download

3. To Turn On or Off Lock the Narrator Key
*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_Lock_the_Narrator_key.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 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.

 

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.

 

Are there any other voices for Narrator in the Ease of Access in Windows 10?

Hello Brenda,

I would suggest you to refer to the below steps to turn off narrator.

• 
  Type ease of access in the search bar and press enter
  
• 
  Click on Narrator and turn off
  

Reference:

Hear text read aloud with Narrator

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-hear-text-read-aloud

Hope this information is helpful. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

 

locked out of phone after turning on narrator

I have recently updated my Lumia 640 to window 10. I turned on the narrator and now it has locked me out of my phone. when I enter the pin code, it doesn't unlock at all. I am stuck on how to turn this narrator off if I can't access settings.

 

How do I redefine the Narrator key

I am an occasional user of Windows Narrator.

How can I redefine the Narrator key? This key defaults to Caps Lock? I have Caps Lock disabled on my keyboard because I was frequently turning it on by mistake resulting in annoying results at best and terrible results at worst. I REALLY do not want to
re-enable the Caps Lock key merely for my occasional use of Narrator, yet I'd like to use the keyboard shortcuts for Narrator. Many Narrator keyboard shortcuts require the use of the "Narrator key" (which is, by default, Caps Lock).

Is there a way that I can tell Narrator to use a different key as the "Narrator Key" for the purpose of it's keyboard shortcuts?

Thank you for your time, consideration and any insight you can provide.