Narrator

Reads on-screen text, dialog boxes, menus, and buttons aloud if speakers or a sound output device is installed.

Reference:

• Search Microsoft Support: Narrator

In XPlite Free Trial you can find Narrator under the group titled  Accessibility Options.

Install Narrator:

If you install Narrator to your system using XPlite Free Trial you will also be required to install the following components that Narrator requires:

•  Microsoft Speech API

Uninstall Narrator:

Narrator is not required by other system components in XPlite Free Trial. You can safely uninstall Narrator without compromising other XPlite Free Trial components.

BUT PLEASE NOTE: You may have other software installed that does require Narrator. If you encounter any compatibility issues with other software you can quickly and easily reinstall Narrator using XPlite Free Trial.

Compatibility:

XPlite Free Trial can completely uninstall Narrator and reinstall to repair Narrator on:

• Windows XP Professional: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows XP Home: orig, SP1, SP2
• Windows 2000 Professional: orig, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4
• Windows 2003 Server: orig, SP1, SP2(coming!)

User Removal Statistics for Narrator

XPlite:
Of 1305 sampled Windows XP users, 124 left Narrator installed and 1181 people uninstalled Narrator from their system.

2000lite:
Of 393 sampled Windows 2000 users, 8 left Narrator installed and 168 people uninstalled it from their system. No data for another 217 users (advanced features hidden or incomplete log data).

Pro Users can help us collect these removal statistics.

1. In XPlite or 2000lite press to access preferences.
2. Ensure logging is on.
3. Check "Send component state data when checking for upgrades" on the Preferences tab.
4. Using the Check for Upgrades button on the About tab.

The information sent is the last block only of component installation state data - you can see this in the log as "option=1" or "option=0". No personal information is conveyed.