VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- 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
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- Use VoiceOver Utility
- Change voice settings
- Customize verbosity
- Customize 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
Braille, Verbosity category, VoiceOver Utility on Mac
Use the Braille pane of the Verbosity category in VoiceOver Utility to specify verbosity levels when using a refreshable braille display.
To open VoiceOver Utility, press Command-F5 to turn VoiceOver on, then press VO-F8.
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier. See Use the VoiceOver modifier.
Option | Description |
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Default Braille Verbosity | Choose the default verbosity level—High, Medium, or Low—for items on the screen. |
Additional options button | Display a list of controls for which you can individually set a verbosity level. To set a control’s verbosity level, select the control in the list, click its Verbosity pop-up menu, then choose a level (Default, Low, Medium, or High). To customize or reorder the information VoiceOver provides (for example, to hear Status first), choose Custom from the control’s Verbosity pop-up menu, then follow the onscreen instructions. |
To use the Verbosity rotor to change the default verbosity level while working, press VO-V.