Apple Accessibility

VoiceOver Getting Started Guide

• Chapter 1. Introduction to VoiceOver
  • What’s new in VoiceOver
  • Turn VoiceOver on or off
  • Pause or mute speech
  • Use the welcome dialog
  • Use the VoiceOver Help menu
  • Get help with keys, shortcuts, and gestures
• Chapter 2. Learn VoiceOver Basics
  • Automatically use VoiceOver in the login window
  • Change the default behavior of function keys
  • Find commands using the Commands menu
  • Use the VoiceOver modifier
  • Make VoiceOver ignore the next key press
  • Learn or mute VoiceOver sound effects
  • Hear hints and information about an item
  • Use positional audio
  • Interact with content areas and groups
  • Hear changes in progress or status
  • Select and deselect items
  • Drag and drop items
  • Set up or turn off cursor tracking
  • Use VoiceOver Utility
• Chapter 3. Learn macOS Basics
  • Desktop
  • Finder
  • Dock
  • Launchpad
  • Notification Center
  • Notifications
  • Perform an item’s alternate action
  • Click or double-click the mouse
  • Buttons, checkboxes, and more
  • Mission Control
  • Use an app full screen
  • Hear open apps and windows
  • Switch between apps and windows
  • Navigate app windows using window spots
  • Move and resize windows and objects
  • Log in to an encrypted account without VoiceOver
  • Use VoiceOver with the Touch Bar
• Chapter 4. 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
• Chapter 5. Navigate Content
  • Menus
  • Navigate using letters, text, or attributes
  • Navigate using cursor wrapping
  • Navigate using the Tab key
  • Navigate using the Rotor
  • Navigate using Quick Nav
  • Navigate using the Item Chooser
  • Navigate tables
  • Use hot spots
• Chapter 6. Browse the Internet
  • Ways to browse webpages
  • Hear a summary of a webpage
  • By DOM or group mode
  • By images or frames
  • Navigate tables on webpages
  • By live regions
  • By landmarks
  • By web spots
• Chapter 7. Collaborate with Other Users
  • Collaborate using the caption panel
  • Use the screen curtain for privacy
  • Use the braille panel
  • Tile visuals to emphasize the VoiceOver cursor
• Chapter 8. Customize VoiceOver
  • Change voice settings
  • Customize the verbosity level for speech or braille
  • Customize web items shown in the Rotor
  • Customize how text and symbols are pronounced
  • Create custom labels
  • Assign commands to keyboard or keypad keys
  • Export, import, and reset preferences
  • Use portable preferences
  • Use VoiceOver activities
• Chapter 9. Use Braille Displays
  • About refreshable braille displays
  • Connect a Bluetooth display
  • Use router keys
  • Show status information
  • Review announcements
  • Assign commands to braille display keys
  • Mirror a display
  • Supported displays
• Chapter 10. Use VoiceOver Gestures
  • About VoiceOver gestures
  • Use VoiceOver gestures
  • Assign commands to gestures
  • Use the gestures rotor
• Appendix A. Commands and Gestures
  • General commands
  • Interaction commands
  • Navigation commands
  • Orientation commands
  • Search commands
  • Text commands
  • Web commands
  • VoiceOver standard gestures
  • New and changed VoiceOver commands
• Appendix B. VoiceOver Utility Options
  • General category
  • Speech pane of the Verbosity category
  • Braille pane of the Verbosity category
  • Text pane of the Verbosity category
  • Announcements pane of the Verbosity category
  • Hints pane of the Verbosity category
  • Voices pane of the Speech category
  • Pronunciation pane of the Speech category
  • Navigation category
  • Navigation pane of the Web category
  • Page Loading pane of the Web category
  • Web Rotor pane of the Web category
  • Sound category
  • Cursor pane of the Visuals category
  • Panels and Menus pane of the Visuals category
  • Touch pane of the Visuals category
  • Trackpad pane of the Commanders category
  • Trackpad Commander assignments pane
  • NumPad pane of the Commanders category
  • Keyboard pane of the Commanders category
  • Quick Nav pane of the Commanders category
  • Quick Nav Commander assignments pane
  • Layout pane of the Braille category
  • Displays pane of the Braille category
  • Activities category