JAWS or windows narrator not working for label and tooltip for c# wpf application

Hi,@Ajay Gera. Welcome to Microsoft Q&A. 

You could try the following method to let Narrator read the text content in Label.

You need to bind AutomationProperties.Name to Label.Context, and focus it manually (Label is not like button, which automatically focuses when clicked).

For the ToolTip in Label, it cannot be read by AutomationProperties.HelpText like Button.

You could directly read the content of ToolTip through System.Speech.Synthesis without going through Narrator.

System.Speech.Synthesis requires the installation of the corresponding library. In the .Net environment, you could install System.Speech through NuGet; in the .Net Framework environment, you could go to References->Right click->Add Reference...->Assemblies->Framework->Find System.Speech and reference it.

<Grid>

            <Label x:Name="MyLabel" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Content="This is a Label" AutomationProperties.Name="{Binding Path=Content,ElementName=MyLabel}"

                   Focusable="True" MouseEnter="MyLabel_MouseEnter"  ToolTip="This is a ToolTip" ToolTipOpening="MyLabel_ToolTipOpening">

            </Label>

</Grid>

using System.Speech.Synthesis;

 

        private void MyLabel_MouseEnter(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)

        {

            MyLabel.Focus();

        }

 

        private void MyLabel_ToolTipOpening(object sender, ToolTipEventArgs e)

        {

            string text = MyLabel.ToolTip.ToString();

            using (SpeechSynthesizer synthesizer = new SpeechSynthesizer())

            {

                synthesizer.Speak(text);

            }

        }

Run the WPF project and open Narrator by pressing Win+Ctrl+Enter. When you move the mouse to the Label, you could hear the content of the Label.Content. After a while, when the ToolTip is opening, you could hear the content of the ToolTip. I use ToolTipOpening here. You could adjust the time according to your needs.

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