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Claude Code v2.1.305 ·

Project settings can no longer turn on screen reader mode

axScreenReader is now ignored in project and local settings, with a message saying how to turn screen reader mode on instead

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What

axScreenReader is the setting for screen reader mode, which renders output that works better with screen readers. It is now only read from trusted settings sources and is ignored in project and local settings (the settings files that live inside a code folder). The setting's description now says "Ignored in project and local settings."

  • If a project or local settings file asks for screen reader mode but it stays off, a message says: "Screen reader mode is off: project settings can't turn it on."
  • The message tells you to start Claude Code with --ax-screen-reader or set the option in your user settings file.
  • An extra check was added alongside this; nothing has been read about its state.
  • CLAUDE_AX_SCREEN_READER and INK_SCREEN_READER were added to a list of environment variable names, for a purpose not identified.

Why

A folder you clone can no longer switch your display into screen reader mode, and you are told why. If you relied on a project settings file to turn it on, move the setting to your user settings or use --ax-screen-reader.

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Names in the bundleaxScreenReader
Feature flag
tengu_tingly_pearl Not enough to say

Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.

This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.305: on

These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.305. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

Since it was published

The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up axScreenReader, on Claude Code changelog. * Changed the `axScreenReader` setting and `CLAUDE_AX_SCREEN_READER` in a settings `env` block to apply only from user, managed or `--settings` settings (since 2.1.305) changelog see the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up axScreenReader, on Claude Code changelog.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_tingly_pearl

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.305 →

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