Mar 14, 2023 · According to the user documentation on Accessibility, this setting is for toggling Screen Reader Mode. The opposite direction (when VS Code prompts asking if you are using a screen reader) is also confusing to some people. There's a chance the maintainers will improve the description text for that.

You can control whether VS Code uses screen reader mode with the Editor: Accessibility Support setting (editor.accessibilitySupport) and the values are on, off, or the default auto that automatically detects a screen reader through querying the platform.

Screen reader mode. VS Code’s screen reader mode changes the way that the editor is displayed on the screen. In screen reader mode, the editor is displayed in a single column, and the text is larger and easier to read. Screen reader mode also makes it …

Jun 2, 2017 · I opened VS Code this morning and also had the "Screen Reader Detected" green badge and it also was missing the Line Number and Character location. I closed VS Code and reopened it and now look at it:

Jul 19, 2017 · First of all, code folding doesn't work when a screen reader is detected. Secondly, a screen reader is detected when there are none. I solved the issue simply by turning accessibility support off.

May 31, 2017 · Your problem appears to be that Electron/Chromium enters accessibility mode even when not using a Screen Reader. Let's continue the investigation into your problem in #27893. This is an upstream issue (possibly within Chromium), and there are no known workarounds that we could implement on our side.

Mar 5, 2019 · Configure Visual Studio Code to enable screen reader support. Press alt plus f to move to the file menu. Press p for preferences. Expand this menu. Press enter on Settings. Press the letter e to jump to the settings search edit field. Type screen. Tab over until you hear Editor Accessibility support. Expand this with alt and down. Arrow down to ...

Jun 21, 2020 · VS Code supports screen readers in the editor using a strategy based on paging the text. We have tested using the NVDA screen reader, VoiceOver on macOS and Orca on Linux.

Apr 23, 2020 · I believe I've heard/read somewhere that some time ago folding was disabled when screenreader was detected. I am not sure whether this is true because even enabled folding doesn't autofold without extensions it seems.

Apr 3, 2024 · If you don't need a screen reader but are curious what the experience is like in VS Code when one is enabled, you can try your OS's default screen reader. On Windows you can search for "Narrator" and on Mac you can enable VoiceOver. There's also the free NVDA screen reader for Windows.