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VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- Get started
- 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
Touch, Visuals category, VoiceOver Utility on Mac
Use the Touch pane of the Visuals category in VoiceOver Utility to customise the transparency of the background that dims the screen around the focus area. This pane is shown only if a trackpad is available.
To open VoiceOver Utility, press Command-F5 to turn VoiceOver on, then press VO-Fn-F8.
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier. See Use the VoiceOver modifier.
Option | Description |
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Background Transparency | Decrease or increase the transparency of the dimmed background around the focus area by dragging the slider towards 0% or 100%. If you increase the transparency, the background colour becomes lighter and you can more easily see the rest of the screen. |
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