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Add a description to an item in Freeform on Mac
You can add descriptions to items on your Freeform boards so that an explanation of the visual content is spoken aloud when the option is turned on in Descriptions settings in Accessibility.
In the Freeform app
on your Mac, click a category in the sidebar, then double-click a board to open it.
If you don’t see the sidebar, choose View > Show Sidebar.
Control-click an item, choose Description, type an explanation of the visual content, then click Done.
See alsoCreate a Freeform board on Mac