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ReadAloudEnabled

Enable Read Aloud feature in Microsoft Edge

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 113 or later

Description

Enables the Read Aloud feature within Microsoft Edge. Using this feature, users can listen to the content on the web page. This enables users to multi-task or improve their reading comprehension by hearing content at their own pace.

If you enable this policy or don't configure it, the Read Aloud option shows up in the address bar, right click context menu, more menu, on the PDF toolbar, and within Immersive Reader. If you disable this policy, users can't access the Read Aloud feature from the address bar, right click context menu, more menu, on the PDF toolbar, and within Immersive Reader.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: ReadAloudEnabled
  • GP name: Enable Read Aloud feature in Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: ReadAloudEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: ReadAloudEnabled
  • Example value:
<true/>

See also