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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 behavior
- 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
- Customize verbosity
- Customize 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 a system preference to automatically use VoiceOver in the macOS login window.
Choose Apple menu
> System Preferences, click Users & Groups, then click Login Options.
Open Users & Groups preferences for me
If the lock at the bottom left is locked
, click it, then enter an administrator name and password; or, if your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID and it’s set to unlock your Mac, place your finger lightly on Touch ID.
On the right, click Accessibility Options, then select VoiceOver.
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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