New to VoiceOver on Mac?
Learn the basics for controlling your Mac using VoiceOver — the screen reader built into macOS.
Learn how to use VoiceOver
Practise basic VoiceOver commands with the VoiceOver Tutorial on Mac.
Use familiar gestures
If you use a trackpad with your Mac, you can use many of the same VoiceOver gestures you know from iOS and iPadOS — for example, tap the trackpad to hear the item in the VoiceOver cursor.
Work the way you like
Customise VoiceOver using VoiceOver Utility. Change the VoiceOver voice, connect braille devices, set options for how you navigate with VoiceOver and more.
What’s new in macOS 27
With new features in macOS 27, you have greater control when you use VoiceOver on a Mac. Customise how VoiceOver announces code and debugging information in your code editor. Play tones or speak text when encountering errors, warnings, breakpoints and more.
To explore the VoiceOver User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field.
For more resources, visit the Apple Accessibility Support website.
Download this guide in Braille Ready Format: BRF (English)