Windows 10: Turn On or Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup in Windows 10


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

When you turn on Narrator, a Heads up! Narrator keyboard changes message will show by default at the startup of Narrator. This "Heads up" message lets you know about any Narrator keyboard layout changes.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing the Heads up! Narrator keyboard changes message at the startup of Narrator for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup using a REG file

EXAMPLE: "Heads up! Narrator keyboard changes" message








OPTION ONE [/i] Turn Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup
1. Turn on Narrator.

2. In the "Heads up! Narrator keyboard changes" message, check the Don't show again box, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)









OPTION TWO [/i] Turn On or Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup 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

KeyboardLayoutMigrationState DWORD

1 = On
2 = Off


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


2. To Turn On Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup
*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_ON_Narrator_KeyboardLayoutMigrationState.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off Showing Narrator Keyboard Changes at Narrator Startup
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_Narrator_KeyboardLayoutMigrationState.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.

 

How to turn off the Narrator and on-screen keyboard when you turn on the computer to sign-in Windows 10

Dear Microsoft Team Member,

Many thanks for sending some instructions on how to resolve my problem with logging in on Start Up.

Also, I really appreciate the time you took to follow-up with a further email to see whether or not my problem had been resolved.

Unfortunately, the first two steps didn't work at all.

Then, when attempting Step 2 which was to update the Keyboard manually
from the Device Manager, when I tried to expand Keyboards
and then Update this software option, there was no option to update the software. The only option was to
Scan for Hardware changes - which I clicked on, but nothing happened.

The rest of the instructions given after this step I just couldn't understand at all.

So, sadly, my problem still exists.

Thanks anyway,

kind regards,

 

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.

 

keyboard will not work normally when narrator is turned on

keyboard will not work normally when narrator is turned on. have turned off all narrator options. still will not type. using windows 10.

Original title; narattor

 

How to turn off the Narrator and on-screen keyboard when you turn on the computer to sign-in Windows 10

Hi Lindy,

I understands that you are experiencing issues with narrator while sign in to your account.

A quick question before we proceed:

In which user account are you facing this issue?

I suggest you to sign out from the current user account, restart the pc and login to the Admin account or the Microsoft account to test if that helps with this issue.

Turn off on screen keyboard
and check if it helps.

• 
  Open Start menu, type Settings in search bar and click on Settings.
  
• 
  Click on Ease of access and select keyboard.
  
• 
  Turn off the on screen keyboard.
  

I also suggest you to install any pending Windows updates on the pc to check if that helps. Updates are additions to software that can help prevent or fix problems, improve how your computer works, or enhance your computing experience.

I suggest you to turn off narrator and verify the result. You may follow the article below and check if it helps:

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

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.