Change:
} const errorDetails = isPanelChat && response.errorDetails ? ` ${response.errorDetails.message}` : ''; const plainTextResponse = renderStringAsPlaintext(new MarkdownString(responseContent)); <del> if (this._configurationService.getValue(AccessibilityVoiceSettingId.AutoSynthesize) === 'on' && !isVoiceInput) { this._commandService.executeCommand('workbench.action.chat.readChatResponseAloud'); } else { </del> <ins> if (!isVoiceInput || this._configurationService.getValue(AccessibilityVoiceSettingId.AutoSynthesize) !== 'on') { </ins> status(plainTextResponse + errorDetails); } }

Discussion:
Type: <bBug</bCC Currently, auto synth read-aloud is used universally in Chat for both voice and manual query when screen reader mode is on whereas non-SR users hear the auto synth only when the voice query is used: Please disable auto synth read-aloud and use aria-live for manual query for SR users. This is because SR users may want to intentionally (and selectively) use the auto synth read-aloud just like sighted users. Non-SR users may easily think that the auto synth read-aloud and aria-live provide the same result; however, that's not the case. SR's TTS is a more customized speech output (e.g., rate; volume; voice color) while the auto synth read-aloud is a factory (less configurable) output. We have to carefully avoid any overgeneralization under a simple assumption that the two methods share the same audio modality. Based on my experience over the past couple of days, I feel like using aria-live for manual query and auto synth read-aloud for voice query has been more preferrable and offered a more pleasant experience. VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.94.0-insider (, 2024-09-19T05:04:09.996Z) OS version: WindowsNT x64 10.0. Modes: <details<summarySystem Info</summary </details<details<summaryExtensions (125)</summaryExtensionVersion ------ vscode-openapi4.28.1 zotenote1.0.1 android-dev-ext1.4.0 aiprm-lang0.0.2 Bookmarks13.5.0 openscad1.2.2 spellright3.0.136 mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting1.6.0 external-pdf1.2.0 doxdocgen1.4.0 vscode-markdownlint0.53.0 vscode-eslint3.0.10 vscode-quick-select0.2.9 vscode-deno3.40.0 gitlens14.6.1 EditorConfig0.16.4 prettier-vscode10.1.0 figma-vscode-extension0.3.5 vscode-firefox-debug2.9.10 shell-format7.2.5 vscode-google-translate1.4.13 codespaces1.17.3 copilot1.231.1112 copilot-chat0.21.

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I made this change because you suggested it Thanks for testing it out, I'll revert this.
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Can you please add some steps to verify this. Gave it a try but not sure what expected behavior is
Enable a screen reader, type chat input and hit enter, ensure you hear the response when it comes back.