Speech accessibility user settings

Players configure speech accessibility settings via the Ease of access menu. Your title should retrieve and respect these settings.

Where users configure settings

Settings → Ease of access → check Speech-to-text on, Text-to-speech on, Text-to-speech voice, Let games read to me.

Install XBOX Game Bar → open the app (Win+G) → Settings → Gaming features.

Call GetAccessibilitySettings from the XBOX Live Helper Library.

With the default game_chat_speech_to_text_conversion_mode::automatic, Game Chat 2 is automatically tied to the user’s STT/TTS settings.

XAccessibility API reference — closed captions, high-contrast, speech-to-text overlay, STT hypothesis and finalization
XSpeechSynthesizer reference — TTS output engine
Chat (Game Chat 2) API reference — STT/TTS transcription state changes
PlayFab Party — voice + STT/TTS on Party
XGameRuntime features — feature availability probes