VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- Customize key commands and trackpad gestures
- Change what the VoiceOver rotor shows
- Change the VoiceOver voice
- Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
- Customize verbosity
- Use VoiceOver activities
- Change function key behavior
- Customize punctuation
- Create custom labels for UI elements
- Export, import, and reset VoiceOver preferences
- Use VoiceOver portable preferences
- Use the braille and caption panel
- Use the screen curtain
- Use tile visuals
- Learn about 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).
Note: To navigate the different tabs in Verbosity, press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key after you hear “Verbosity” until you hear the setting you want to edit—like Speech or Braille.
Choose a different default setting, and a verbosity level for specific controls, such as checkboxes or scroll areas.
Download this guide in Braille Ready Format: BRF (English)