Beware the mystery touch/swipe/who knows combot to activate accesibility/ready

[Billscarnage]

Not sure how i activated it - was trying to take a screenshot - but it's a royal pita to get out of if you don't know the mystery combo that activated it to begin with.

Basically nothing is scrollable and a blue highlight box surrounds anything you touch.

[Phases]

Shut off and on?

[Billscarnage]

After I realized what it was, I went to the settings to try to turn it off. That was still a challenge because the buttons just kept highlighting when tapping to turn it off. Eventually I got it, but a mouse might have been easier.

[Rob]

I ran into this exact same problem I wanted to know what the button was when first turning on my Surface and clicked the icon. From that point forward, for the life of me, I could NOT shut down the voice assistance. Even when choosing to close things the voice assistance would just say out loud that this button was to close the dialogue instead of actually closing it.

The funny thing is, I tried to recreate the problem afterwards on video, so I could illustrate how I got out of the nagging problem and I couldn't! I was somehow able to close it by opening up the dialogue and pressing the red x in the upper right.

Really weird. If someone has a fool proof warning/solution, might be good to share!

[Billscarnage]

Ah, think i found it... Window button + vol up... Very similar to screenshot, which probably explains how i found it.

Same combo to disable. Odd that it can't be disabled in settings either.

[Ashley K.]

Ah, think i found it... Window button + vol up... Very similar to screenshot, which probably explains how i found it.

Same combo to disable. Odd that it can't be disabled in settings either.

It seems odd that Microsoft would make a combo so similar to a vital function that can literally shut down your productivity.