SignalOptions

Signals are what VSCode calls the sound effects and screen reader announcements that respond to the state of a file, terminal or other feature. For example, when a file has a problem, say incorrect syntax, the editor will display a red squiggly, which I’m sure you’ve noticed before. This is the visual representation of a problem, but VSCode can also play sound effects and have the screen reader make an announcement when these problems are detected.

Signal Options are the category of settings that configure how accessibility sounds and announcements are played and are of the form

{
  "accessibility.signalOptions.*": ...,
}

I sometimes like to have VSCode play these sounds even though I don’t use a screen reader. In order to get this, you must set

{
  "editor.accessibilitySupport": "on" // default is "auto" which will only play sounds if a screen reader is detected
}