Create extension: announce variable value via screen reader

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Create extension: announce variable value via screen reader

Lukáš Vámoš 6

Hello,

I'm a blind developer and need to make debugging simpler and faster. So I want to make an extension that would look at a variable selected with the text cursor in text editor, acquire the current value of the selected variable and send it to a running screen reader via UIA. Can you give me a cue on how to do this?

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,201 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-02-14T07:55:57.157+00:00

Hi, which version of Visual Studio are you using? Could you describe your issue in details in order to investigate it further?
Lukáš Vámoš 6 Reputation points

2022-02-15T10:30:37.163+00:00

I'm using the Visual studio Community 2022. My goal is to make debugging with a screen reader faster especially inspecting variable values. I know about datatips but they aren't accessible with screen readers yet. As the first step I need to create a command that shows value of a variable selected with text cursor in the editor. Is there a method in Visual studio API that allows coppying current value of a variable?
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,201 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-02-18T10:04:50.82+00:00

Maybe you can check if the String.Copy(String) method can help you.