I would like for screen readers (Narrator, JAWS, NVDA) to read aloud the text of certain labels on my XAML-based windows, so that the sight-impaired user can know the context of the window that they have in the foreground.

I would rather not make these controls a tab stop, since most people will not be using a screen reader, and would not expect the tab control to stop there.

I have been unable to find anything that works so far, and I am thinking I may need to resort to setting the AutomationProperties.Name of the top-level window itself to the text I want read aloud.

Any tips/tricks/pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.