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Screen Reader detection on Windows #157504

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We have changed how we detect screen readers on Windows. Everything should work as before, but we removed an outdated approach.

I have verified the following:

  • mac behaves as before ✅
  • NVDA on windows gets nicely detected ✅
  • narrator, jaws and zoomtext on Windows do not get auto detected, but they also did not get auto detected with our VS Code stable. So it seems nothing changed here.

@zersiax @LeonarddeR @Menelion @Neurrone If you have time to try out VS Code insiders with "editor.accessibilitySupport" set to "auto" and let us know the experience it would be really great.

Also, in general we are open to ideas on how to improve this "first detection" experience for use.

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accessibilityKeyboard, mouse, ARIA, vision, screen readers (non-specific) issuesunder-discussionIssue is under discussion for relevance, priority, approachwindowsVS Code on Windows issues

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