Using Voiceover

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Using Voiceover

Voiceover is built into MacOS. Setting it up is easy; all you have to do is:

  1. Open the Accessibility pane in System Preferences
  2. Check “Turn on Voiceover”
Accessibility pane.
Enable voiceover checkbox.

You can also start Voiceover with Command + F5.

The voiceover modifier

Almost all Voiceover commands begin with the Voiceover modifier. The Voiceover modifier is either: Control + Option or Capslock.

You can choose either (or both) as modifiers if you click on “Open Voiceover utility”. I chose to use Capslock as my Voiceover modifier key.

Voiceover utility button
Voiceover modifier select option.

I’m going to say VO instead of “Voiceover modifier” from this point onwards.

Voiceover Shortcuts

You can find a complete list of Voiceover shortcuts over on Apple’s Voiceover guide.

Here are the shortcuts you need to know. Again, don’t worry about remembering the shortcuts. Keep this table around when you do your testing and you’ll get used to the shortcuts.

Task Command
Start or Stop Voiceover Command + F5
Start reading VO + A
Pause reading Control
Continue reading Control
Next item VO +
Previous item VO +
Next focusable item Tab
Previous focusable item Shift + Tab
Next heading Command + Fn + H
Move to start of page VO + Home (or VO + Fn + )
Move to end of page VO + End (or VO + fn + )