Opening Narrator

Narrator is a text-to-speech utility for people who are blind or have low vision. Narrator reads what is displayed on the screen—the contents of the active window, menu options, or text that has been typed. This tutorial tells you how to turn on and use Narrator.

Note:  Narrator is designed to work with Notepad, WordPad, Control Panel programs, Internet Explorer, the Windows desktop, and some parts of Windows Setup. Narrator may not read words aloud correctly in other programs. Narrator has a number of options that allow you to customize the way screen elements are read.

Using Narrator

• Starting Narrator Automatically When Windows Starts
• Setting Up Narrator to Announce Events on the Screen
• Setting Up Narrator to Read Typed Keys Aloud
• Setting Up the Mouse Pointer to Move to Active Items
• Starting Narrator Minimized
• Setting Narrator Voice Options