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![The Voices pane of the Speech category in VoiceOver Utility showing voice settings for English, French and Japanese languages.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6414C6C8A1BE9F77371E8B75/6414C6CEA1BE9F77371E8B7D/en_GB/958e047a55cf05ebac95fc0a676dd043.png)
Work the way you like
If you use VoiceOver — the screen reader built into macOS — you can customise it using VoiceOver Utility. Choose different voices, change how you navigate web pages, add braille devices and more.
![A list of VoiceOver gestures and corresponding commands shown in the Trackpad Commander in VoiceOver Utility.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6414C6C8A1BE9F77371E8B75/6414C6CEA1BE9F77371E8B7D/en_GB/bdcfb256082c3b7560fe0706ceb9baeb.png)
Use familiar gestures
VoiceOver in macOS uses many of the same gestures you know from iOS and iPadOS — for example, touch the trackpad to hear the item in the VoiceOver cursor.
![A Safari web page in the VoiceOver cursor and the VoiceOver rotor set to Headings.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6414C6C8A1BE9F77371E8B75/6414C6CEA1BE9F77371E8B7D/en_GB/dbd08fbaccbea515d72f5c90ec96b965.png)
Browse the web more easily
VoiceOver offers several ways to browse web pages — for example, you can navigate web pages using links, headings, window spots or landmarks.
![The braille panel showing what is in the VoiceOver cursor on a web page. The braille panel displays simulated yellow braille dots, with corresponding text below the dots.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6414C6C8A1BE9F77371E8B75/6414C6CEA1BE9F77371E8B7D/en_GB/acb1cd5686cc232b09e805a9414a7a90.png)
Get going with plug-and-play braille
Because VoiceOver is compatible with over 100 refreshable braille displays, you can just plug in or sync your display — even multiple displays — and you’re set.
To explore the VoiceOver User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page or enter a word or phrase in the search field.
If you need more help, visit the Apple Accessibility Support website.
VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- 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