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VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- Use VoiceOver Utility
- Customize key commands and trackpad gestures
- Change the VoiceOver voice
- Customize verbosity
- Change function key behavior
- 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
- Hear progress or status changes
- Copyright and trademarks
Customize verbosity in VoiceOver on Mac
By default, VoiceOver provides a high level of detail to help new Mac and VoiceOver users.
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier that you press with additional keys to enter VoiceOver commands. By default, you can press Control and Option together or just press Caps Lock.
Go to VoiceOver Utility (press VO-Fn-F8 when VoiceOver is on).
Click the Verbosity category, then click Speech or Braille (if you use a refreshable braille display).
Choose a different default setting, and a verbosity level for specific controls, such as checkboxes or scroll areas.
See alsoTurn VoiceOver on or off on MacChange VoiceOver Verbosity settings (Speech tab) in VoiceOver Utility on MacChange VoiceOver Verbosity settings (Braille tab) in VoiceOver Utility on Mac
Download this guide in Braille Ready Format: BRF (English)
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