VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- Get started
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- Use VoiceOver in the login window
- Change function key behaviour
- Make VoiceOver ignore the next key press
- Learn or mute VoiceOver sound effects
- Hear hints and information
- Use positional audio
- Interact with areas and groups
- Hear progress or status changes
- Select and deselect items
- Drag and drop items
- Use cursor tracking
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- Use VoiceOver Utility
- Change voice settings
- Customise verbosity
- Customise punctuation
- Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
- Change what the VoiceOver rotor shows
- Create custom labels for UI elements
- Export, import and reset VoiceOver preferences
- Use VoiceOver portable preferences
- Use VoiceOver activities
- Copyright
Turn VoiceOver on or off on Mac
Turn VoiceOver on or off at any time.
Press Command-F5.
Use Touch ID. If your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, press and hold the Command key while you quickly press Touch ID three times.
Use Siri. Say something like: “Turn VoiceOver on” or “Turn VoiceOver off”. Learn how to use Siri.
Choose Apple menu
in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down). Click VoiceOver on the right, then turn VoiceOver on or off.
You can also turn VoiceOver on or off using the Accessibility Options shortcut panel. To show it, press Option-Command-F5, or if your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, quickly press Touch ID three times. In the shortcut panel, press the Tab key until you hear the VoiceOver option, then press the Space bar.
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