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Table of Contents
VoiceOver User Guide
Welcome
Introduction
What’s new in VoiceOver
Turn VoiceOver on or off
VoiceOver cursor
VoiceOver modifier
Pause or mute VoiceOver
VoiceOver welcome dialog
VoiceOver Help menu
VoiceOver Commands menu
VoiceOver keyboard help
VoiceOver basics
Use VoiceOver in the login window
Change function key behavior
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
macOS basics
Click a mouse
Use buttons, checkboxes, and more
Navigate menus
Perform an item’s alternate action
Desktop
Finder
Dock
Launchpad
Notification Center
Navigate notifications
Mission Control
Touch Bar
Log in to an encrypted account without VoiceOver
Work with app windows
Use VoiceOver with a full-screen app
Hear open apps and windows
Switch apps and windows
Navigate app windows with window spots
Move and resize items
Work with text
Read text
Scroll to content
Hear punctuation
Hear text attribute changes
Hear the current selection
Repeat, copy, or save the last spoken phrase
Select text
Hear what you type
Complete partial words
Correct misspelled words
Navigate content
By letters, text, or attributes
With cursor wrapping
With the Tab key
With the VoiceOver Rotor
With Quick Nav
With the Item Chooser
Navigate, sort, and reorder tables
Use hot spots
Navigate webpages
Browse webpages
By DOM or group mode
By images or frames
By live regions
By landmarks
By web spots
Hear the summary of a webpage
Navigate webpage tables
Use braille displays
Use braille displays with VoiceOver
Connect a Bluetooth display
Mirror a display
Use the router keys
Show status information
Review announcements
Assign VoiceOver commands to braille display keys
Supported displays
VoiceOver commands
Assign VoiceOver commands to keyboard or keypad keys
General commands
Interaction commands
Navigation commands
Orientation commands
Search commands
Text commands
Web commands
VoiceOver gestures
Overview
Use VoiceOver gestures
Standard gestures
Use the gestures rotor
Assign commands to gestures
Collaborate with other users
Use the caption panel
Use the screen curtain
Use the braille panel
Tile visuals
Customize VoiceOver
Use VoiceOver Utility
Change voice settings
Customize verbosity
Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
Change what the Rotor shows
Create custom labels for UI elements
Export, import, and reset VoiceOver preferences
Use VoiceOver portable preferences
Use VoiceOver activities
VoiceOver Utility categories
General category
Verbosity category
Speech
Braille
Text
Announcements
Hints
Speech category
Voices
Pronunciation
Navigation category
Web category
Navigation
Page Loading
Web Rotor
Sound category
Visuals category
Cursor
Panels and Menus
Touch
Commanders category
Trackpad
NumPad
Keyboard
Quick Nav
Braille category
Layout
Displays
Activities category
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