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Get started with accessibility features on Mac
macOS provides many accessibility features to support your vision, hearing, mobility and speech needs. These features make your Mac easier to use, whether you need them temporarily or on an ongoing basis.
You can turn on accessibility features when you set up your Mac, or at any time in Accessibility settings. On your Mac, choose Apple menu in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Accessibility settings for me
![The Settings window is open on the desktop. A smaller window shows a zoomed-in version of a part of the Settings window.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A8106E7C69B635140E606E/65A81072C0272B1FFA02DE51/en_AU/f6248a933061a9279412dea19ae18948.png)
Vision
Have your Mac speak what’s on the screen. Or, make text bigger, zoom in on a part of the screen, change display colours and more.
![The Captions settings window, showing an example of large text subtitles.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A8106E7C69B635140E606E/65A81072C0272B1FFA02DE51/en_AU/1d994631c78742e65799d8a14169edb2.png)
Hearing
Get real-time captioning of a conversation or audio from an app, pair Made for iPhone hearing devices with your Mac, customise how subtitles look and more.
![The Mail app is open on the desktop. A horizontal line and a vertical line are superimposed on the screen, and the two lines intersect on a button in the app.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A8106E7C69B635140E606E/65A81072C0272B1FFA02DE51/en_AU/e1893359b193371ae7f5644fe48d74cd.png)
Mobility
Navigate and perform actions on your Mac using spoken commands, assistive devices, an on-screen or physical keyboard, and more. You can also set options that make it easier to use the keyboard, mouse and trackpad.
![The Live Speech window is shown on the Desktop. Above, the Live Speech icon is shown in the menu bar.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A8106E7C69B635140E606E/65A81072C0272B1FFA02DE51/en_AU/215d799412e5d33abde75b51803e371b.png)
Speech
Create a custom voice that sounds like you, or choose one of dozens of system voices, then use it to have what you type spoken out loud.
![The Accessibility Shortcuts panel listing Vision features (such as Colour Filters), Physical Motor features (such as Full Keyboard Access) and Hearing features (such as Live Captions (Beta)).](https://help.apple.com/assets/65A8106E7C69B635140E606E/65A81072C0272B1FFA02DE51/en_AU/8357444b7af696862df2e7a01a3cbeb5.png)
General
You can quickly turn accessibility features on or off with Accessibility Shortcuts, or type your Siri requests instead of speaking them.
Siri is often the easiest way to start using accessibility features on your Mac.
Siri: Say something like “Turn on VoiceOver” or “Turn off Voice Control”. Learn how to use Siri.