Annoying Sound with GitHub Copilot When making in-line suggetions in Visual Studio Code

Question

Problem Statement

For the last couple of days, I have been noticing that GitHub Copilot has been making a sound each time it makes a code snippet suggestion. At first, I thought there was something wrong with my computer and was worried that maybe one of the keys on the keyboard had jammed. It took me two days to figure it out that the sound was actually coming from GitHub Copilot.

The other problem is that I had checked the extension's settings and found nothing to do with disabling the sound that it has been producing, and there was no update for the plugin to any later version.

Request

How do I make this sound go away, because it has been actually annoying me each and every time a code suggestion has been made?

Answer 1

I suggested you disable the fairly new setting

Audio Cues: Line has Inline Suggestion

As of vscode 1.87 this will be:

Accesibility > Signals: Line has Inline Suggestion

If that hadn't worked there is a setting that would effectively disable all audio cues:

Audio Cues: Volume   // set to 0

and as of vscode v1.87:

Accesibilty > Signals > Sounds: Volume

Answer 2

I encountered an issue with unexpected audio feedback in Visual Studio Code, which seemed to be triggered by a change in the accessibility settings. Initially, my VS Code user settings had the editor.accessibilitySupport set to auto. This setting controls whether the UI optimizes for screen readers:

// Controls if the UI should run in a mode where it is optimized for screen readers.
//  - auto: Use platform APIs to detect when a Screen Reader is attached.
//  - on: Optimize for usage with a Screen Reader.
//  - off: Assume a screen reader is not attached.
"editor.accessibilitySupport": "auto",

The issue began when I opened an on-screen keyboard, and VS Code prompted me to confirm if I was using a Screen Reader. By mistakenly responding 'Yes' to this prompt, I activated the Screen Reader mode, which led to unexpected sound feedback from the editor.

To resolve this, I changed the editor.accessibilitySupport setting to off. This action successfully stopped the sounds. However, I noticed there isn't a straightforward method to toggle the Screen Reader Accessibility Mode directly within the UI.

For anyone experiencing similar issues with sound feedback after an accidental change in screen reader settings, modifying the editor.accessibilitySupport to off in the user settings should resolve the problem.