[BUG][Accessibility] axScreenReader still renders the live working indicator (elapsed timer / token counter), which screen readers announce every second

Environment

• Claude Code 2.1.196, Windows 10
• Screen reader: NVDA
• Terminal: Windows Terminal

Settings (~/.claude/settings.json)

"axScreenReader": true,
"prefersReducedMotion": true,
"spinnerTipsEnabled": false,
"showTurnDuration": false,
"terminalProgressBarEnabled": false

No tui key set. Terminal and CLI were both fully restarted so the settings apply at launch.

Expected

With axScreenReader enabled, output should be a flat classic renderer with no animated or self-updating elements — per the docs, "flat text without decorative borders or animations." The working indicator should not repaint during a turn.

Actual

While a turn is generating, the working indicator (elapsed seconds / token counter) updates roughly once per second. Each repaint is announced by the screen reader, producing continuous "ticking" that makes it hard to follow output and is fatiguing over a long session.

Impact

This defeats a core purpose of screen-reader mode (#11002): avoiding the rapid in-place line updates that screen readers choke on. Every other documented lever is already set (prefersReducedMotion, spinnerTipsEnabled: false, showTurnDuration: false, terminalProgressBarEnabled: false), so there is currently no way to silence it.

Steps to reproduce

1. Set axScreenReader: true in ~/.claude/settings.json.
2. Fully restart the terminal and Claude Code.
3. Submit any prompt that takes several seconds to generate.
4. Listen: the working indicator ticks once per second.

Requested fix

In axScreenReader mode, suppress the live working indicator entirely — or render it once statically / emit only a single "started" line and a single final line — so that nothing repaints during generation.

Related

• #11002 (feature request for screen-reader mode, now shipped)
• #63500 (fullscreen TUI breaking VoiceOver)