VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
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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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Customize VoiceOver with VoiceOver Utility on Mac
VoiceOver Utility is the app you use to customize VoiceOver settings. To learn about the options, click the Help button in the lower-right corner of each pane in VoiceOver Utility.
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Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier.
To open VoiceOver Utility, do one of the following:
When VoiceOver is on, press VO-F8.
Choose Apple menu
> System Preferences, click Accessibility, click VoiceOver, then click Open VoiceOver Utility.
To search VoiceOver Utility for a specific option, interact with the toolbar in the VoiceOver Utility window, then type what you’re looking for in the search field.
Navigate the list of search results by pressing VO-Down Arrow or VO-Up Arrow. For each result, VoiceOver Utility shows the pane where the option is located and highlights the option.