The Mac desktop with a webpage open. Below, the braille panel displays what’s in the VoiceOver cursor on the webpage using simulated yellow braille dots, with corresponding text below the dots.

New to VoiceOver on Mac?

Learn and practice the basics for controlling your Mac using VoiceOver — the screen reader built into macOS.

Get started with VoiceOver

A dialogue in VoiceOver Utility showing settings for using the trackpad to control VoiceOver.

Use familiar gestures

If you use a trackpad with your Mac, you can use many of the same VoiceOver gestures you know from iOS and iPadOS — for example, tap the trackpad to hear the item in the VoiceOver cursor.

How to use trackpad gestures to control VoiceOver

Settings for how VoiceOver should pronounce certain emoticons, numbers and abbreviations are shown in the Pronunciation pane of the Speech category in VoiceOver Utility.

Work the way you like

Customise VoiceOver using VoiceOver Utility. Change the VoiceOver voice, connect braille devices, set options for how you navigate with VoiceOver and more.

How to use VoiceOver Utility

The interactive VoiceOver tutorial with information about learning how to use VoiceOver.

What’s new in macOS Sonoma

macOS Sequoia offers new features to give you greater control while using a Mac with VoiceOver. Customise the commands you use with the VoiceOver modifier, use additional voices, languages and braille tables, learn and practise VoiceOver commands with a redesigned interactive tutorial and more.

Learn what’s new in VoiceOver

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.

For more resources, visit the Apple Accessibility Support website.

Download this guide in Braille Ready Format: BRF (English)

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