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VoiceOver User Guide
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Welcome
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Use VoiceOver in the login window
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Change function key behavior
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Make VoiceOver ignore the next key press
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Learn or mute VoiceOver sound effects
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Hear hints and information
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Use positional audio
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Interact with areas and groups
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Hear progress or status changes
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Select and deselect items
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Drag and drop items
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Use cursor tracking
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Use VoiceOver Utility
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Change voice settings
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Customize verbosity
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Customize punctuation
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Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
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Change what the VoiceOver rotor shows
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Create custom labels for UI elements
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Export, import, and reset VoiceOver preferences
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Use VoiceOver portable preferences
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Use VoiceOver activities
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Copyright

Hear VoiceOver hints and information about items on Mac
VoiceOver provides several ways to learn more about the item in the VoiceOver cursor.
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier. See Use the VoiceOver modifier.
Hear a description of the item: Press VO-F3. If the Trackpad Commander is on, tap the trackpad three times. A sound effect indicates that the cursor is in a blank area.
Hear the item’s help tag: Press VO-Shift-H. VoiceOver tells you if an item doesn’t have a help tag (sometimes called a “tooltip”).
Hear how to use the item: Press VO-Shift-N.
To have help tags and instructions read automatically, open VoiceOver Utility (press VO-F8 when VoiceOver is on), click the Verbosity category, then click Hints.
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