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VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- Use VoiceOver in the login window
- Change function key behaviour
- Make VoiceOver ignore the next key press
- Learn or mute VoiceOver sound effects
- Hear hints and information
- Use positional audio
- Interact with areas and groups
- Hear progress or status changes
- Select and deselect items
- Drag and drop items
- Use cursor tracking
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- Use VoiceOver Utility
- Change voice settings
- Customise verbosity
- Customise punctuation
- Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
- Change what the VoiceOver rotor shows
- Create custom labels for UI elements
- Export, import and reset VoiceOver preferences
- Use VoiceOver portable preferences
- Use VoiceOver activities
- Copyright
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Automatically use VoiceOver in the login window on Mac
Set an option to automatically use VoiceOver in the macOS login window.
Choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Lock Screenin the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Click Accessibility Options on the right.
Turn on VoiceOver. You may need to enter an administrator name and password.
Click Done.
To turn on VoiceOver in the login window manually, press Command-F5. If your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, you can press and hold the Command key, then quickly press Touch ID three times.
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