Re: [AI] Windows Narrator Experience

[Mujtaba Merchant]

Dear Zujar, Thank you for sharing your experience with Windows Narrator. It's impressive to see how you've utilized its features, such as Read Window, Battery Status announcement, web page navigation, and AI-based Image description. Your ability to perform tasks like browsing, email management, and customization showcases the progress Microsoft has made in developing Narrator. I appreciate your feedback on the current version (around May 2025 release) and your enthusiasm for its potential to make Windows accessibility more widely available. Your experience with navigating the Windows environment using Narrator, despite initial limitations, highlights the advancements in accessibility technology. Thank you for sharing your insights and experiences. Sincerely,   Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore | INDIA Sent from my iPhone ® Help support my causes: NVDA | Billion Strong | EyeWay On 13 Jul 2025, at 3:35 PM, Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala <zujarbri...@gmail.com> wrote: I happened to experience Windows Narrator on an office laptop during the past week having my laptop’s hard disk crashed. I was browsing Outlook and Teams on my phone however, learnt about a spare laptop availability with my team. I got hold of it and thought of navigating it using Windows Narrator given JAWS download and installation restrictions due to the organization’s IT and security policy.   I found that Narrator has developed quite well with significant options like Read Window, Battery Status announcement, web page navigation, AI-based Image description, etc. I was able to successfully perform the following tasks independently: Turn Narrator On/Off using CTRL+WINDOWS+ENTER. Pair my Bluetooth headset Browse freedomscientific site to check if JAWS can be downloaded. The download was blocked by the organization’s IT policy. Customize Narrator settings like Auto Start on Windows Login screen, Narrator Speech Rate, Natural Voice, Typing Echo and so on. Sign in to Outlook365 through multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Google Chrome browser. Browse through mail folders and access mails Respond to mails with message text in body and attachments   While these tasks were fairly difficult using the older versions of Narrator, these could be performed easily with the current version (around May 2025 release). Looking forward to the day when Narrator is fully developed and dependency on third-party commercial/free software is reduced. This will potentially make Windows accessibility easily available to all sections of visually challenged users across the globe.   I urge you to try out the current version of Narrator and share your experiences and tips to extract more benefits from this in-built Speech software. ALL the Best!   Warm Regards, Zujar -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity;   2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..     Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/22DFD3A6-5E2E-480C-B21E-FE1067BBE0CF%40gmail.com.