Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
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- Get started
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- Accessibility features for vision
- Get started with VoiceOver
- Zoom in on what’s around you
- Zoom in on your Mac screen
- Increase font size and icons
- Adjust the display colors
- Hover to zoom in on text and colors
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customize onscreen motion
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- Make the pointer easier to see
- Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Accessibility features for speech on Mac
Your Mac comes with built-in tools for communicating in the way that works best for you, whether you’re nonspeaking, at risk of speech loss, or someone with a speech disability. You can have what you type spoken out loud, create a synthesized voice that sounds like you, and more.
To explore accessibility features for speech, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar, then go to the Speech section. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Accessibility settings for me
Type to speak
 Live Speech If you’re unable to speak or you have a speech disability, type what you want to say and have your Mac speak it. Choose Apple menu |  Personal Voice If you’re at risk of losing your ability to speak, create a synthesized voice that sounds like you. Choose Apple menu |
 Type to Siri Type your Siri requests instead of speaking them. Choose Apple menu |
Control your Mac with your voice
Have Siri listen for atypical speech If you have an acquired or progressive condition that affects speech, have Siri recognize a wider range of atypical speech patterns. Choose Apple menu Change Siri settings for accessibility Note: “Listen for atypical speech” is only available in U.S. English. |  Create Vocal Shortcuts Have your Mac perform an action when you speak a word or another sound of your choosing. Choose Apple menu |
Tip: Control your go-to accessibility features and settings with Siri, keyboard shortcuts, or from the menu bar. See Quickly turn accessibility features on or off.