How to get Xbox TTS setting for UWP application

First of all, the UWP tag only handles questions about UWP development issues on desktop not on Xbox.

In terms of UWP desktop development only, currently there is no such API that you could use to directly control the Narrator like enable or disable it.

If you are running your app in desktop, you could try to simulate user input to press the shortcut of Narrator to turn off Narrator. Hope this will help.

At last, if you have questions about Xbox, please go to the Xbox forum here: https://support.xbox.com/en-US

Hi Roy,

Thank you for pointing me in the direction of the Xbox support board. I didn't realize there was a difference.

I was actually looking for an API just to get the system setting for whether the narrator was enabled/disabled rather than set it. But I will ask this over on the Xbox forum.

Thanks

Hi Roy,

As a followup, I didn't see a section on the Xbox forum for app developer questions. It looks more like its meant for end-users. Would you be able to point me in the direction of the UWP Xbox developer forum?

Thanks

I can't answer the where-to-post-Xbox-questions question, but I strongly doubt that you'll be able to detect Narrator settings in a sandboxed environment. It's not something apps generally should worry about - they should provide a11y information regardless of the state of Narrator (in a desktop there may be other accessibility aids than Narrator - I'm not sure on XBox) and let the screen reader (or other aid) use it as needed.