How do I turn OFF Windows Narrator?

Solution 1:

If you want to quickly exit Narrator, press Caps Lock+Esc.

Source: Windows 8 Narrator page

Solution 2:

Caps Lock + Esc didn't work for me, but Windows Logo + Enter did:

Exiting Narrator

There are also different ways to exit Narrator. These are the two shortcuts many people prefer:

On a keyboard, press the Windows logo key Windows logo key +Enter. On a tablet, press the Windows logo button Windows logo key and Volume Up button together.

Solution 3:

Ctrl + Alt + Delete, click Task Manager, Scroll down to background tasks, click Screen Reader, click End Task. This is the only thing that worked on my computer so I am posting this.

Solution 4:

As of Windows 10, you need to include the Ctrl key, which means that Windows + Enter is not enough: it needs to be Windiws + Ctrl + Enter.

Without the Ctrl key, you can also use Narrator + Esc, which depends on the configured Narrator key (Both the Caps lock and Insert keys serve as your Narrator key by default).

See Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures - Windows Help for a full table with commands and explanation about the Narrator key.

Note that

• [WayBack] currently pages at support.microsoft.com cannot be saved in the WayBack machine, so I have not included an archived link.
• Caps Lock + Esc does not work on an RDP connection originating from a Mac