Increase the visibility of Accessibility Checker violations: registry value acccheckerslabloudnessUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common

Policy ID: L_IncreaseVisibilityOfAccessibilityCheckerViolations
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Office 2016 › Miscellaneous

Registry

acccheckerslabloudness

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: -

Options
Item	Stored value
Accessibility violations do not change loudness (default)	0
Accessibility errors cause slab to be loud	1
Accessibility errors or warnings cause slab to be loud	2

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common]

; Options (use only one)
; Accessibility violations do not change loudness (default)
"acccheckerslabloudness"=dword:00000000
; Accessibility errors cause slab to be loud
"acccheckerslabloudness"=dword:00000001
; Accessibility errors or warnings cause slab to be loud
"acccheckerslabloudness"=dword:00000002

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Accessibility violations do not change loudness (default)
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common" /v "acccheckerslabloudness" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Accessibility errors cause slab to be loud
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common" /v "acccheckerslabloudness" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Accessibility errors or warnings cause slab to be loud
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common" /v "acccheckerslabloudness" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Accessibility violations do not change loudness (default)
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common' -Name 'acccheckerslabloudness' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Accessibility errors cause slab to be loud
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common' -Name 'acccheckerslabloudness' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Accessibility errors or warnings cause slab to be loud
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common' -Name 'acccheckerslabloudness' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null