VoiceOver
| Basics | |
|---|---|
| Turn VoiceOver on or off (Activate) | Command + F5 |
| Pause/Stop speech | Control |
| Repeat the last spoken phrase | Command + Option + Z |
| Help | |
| VoiceOver Quick Start tutorial | Command + Option + Command + F8 |
| Open the VoiceOver Help menu | Command + Option + H |
| VoiceOver Commands Help menu | Command + Option + HH |
| Start keyboard help | Command + Option + K |
| Exit keyboard help | Escape |
| Configuration | |
| Typing Echo (verbosity) | Control + Option + V |
| Open VoiceOver Utility | Control + Option + F8 |
| Cycle through speech attributes | Control + Option + Command + LeftArrow (or RightArrow) |
| Change current speech attribute | Control + Option + Command + UpArrow (or DownArrow) |
| Close a menu or rotor, stop an action, or exit a mode | Escape |
| Lock and unlock the VO (Control and Option) keys | Control + Option + ; |
| Orientation | |
| Hear the application summary | Control + Option + F1 |
| Hear the window summary | Control + Option + F2 |
| Describe the item in the VoiceOver cursor | Control + Option + F3 |
| Describe the item that has the keyboard focus | Control + Option + F4 |
| Describe the selected item | Control + Option + F6 |
| Navigation | |
| Navigation: General | |
| Move VO cursor left, right, up or down | Control + Option + Arrow keys |
| Move to start of list or document | Control + Option + Shift + Home |
| Move to end of list or document | Control + Option + Shift + End |
| Move to top/start of window, Dock, etc | Control + Option + Command + Home |
| Move to bottom/end of window, Dock, etc | Control + Option + Command + End |
| Navigation: Directly Accessing Items | |
| Move to the menu bar | Control + Option + M (Control-F2) (NB: Control + Option + Shift + M opens context menu) |
| Move to the Dock | Control + Option + D (or Control-F3) |
| Move to the desktop | Control + Option + Shift+D |
| Open the Item Chooser (to go to item on the screen or in a window) | Control + Option + I |
| Jump to a linked item (for example, from a Mail message in the Inbox to its message text) | Control + Option + J |
| Navigation: Hot Spots | |
| Set or remove a hot spot | Control + Option + Shift + [number key] |
| Open the Hot Spot Chooser (to browse and jump to hot spots) | Control + Option + [number key] + [number key] (i.e.Control + Option + same number key twice) |
| Jump to a hot spot | Control + Option + [number key] |
| Hear a description of a hot spot | Control + Option + Command + [number key] |
| Navigation: QuickNav | |
| Toggle QuickNav on/off | LeftArrow + RightArrow |
| Move VoiceOver cursor | Cursor keys (equals Control + Option + Arrow keys) |
| Perform action | Up+Down (equals Control + Option + Spacebar) |
| Interact with item | Right/Down (equals Control + Option + Shift + DownArrow) |
| Stop interacting with item | Left/Down (equals Control + Option + Shift + UpArrow) |
| Visual Commands | |
| Magnify item in VoiceOver cursor | Control + Option + Shift + [ |
| Shrink item in cursor | Control + Option + Shift + ] |
| Toggle VoiceOver focus rectangle (& other visuals) | Control + Option + F11 |
| Displays Caption panel (of where VO cursor is) | Control + Option + Command + F10 |
| Finding | |
| Find text | Control + Option + F |
| Find next (after using VO+F) | Control + Option + G |
| Find previous | Control + Option + Shift + G |
| Find the next misspelled word | Control + Option + Command + E |
| Reading commands (TextEdit, Safari, etc) | |
| Before you can use most of these commands, you must interact with text in a text area. | |
| General | |
| Read all | Control + Option + A |
| Read from beginning to cursor | Control + Option + B |
| Read visible window | Control + Option + Shift + W |
| Speak text attributes | Control + Option + T |
| Speaks line number, word and character | Control + Option + F3 |
| Characters | |
| Read character | Control + Option + C |
| Read next character | Control + Option + Shift + Right Arrow |
| Read previous character | Control + Option + Shift + Left Arrow |
| Words | |
| Read word | Control + Option + W |
| Spell word | Control + Option + WW |
| Spell word phonetically | Control + Option + WWW |
| Read next word | Control + Option + Right Arrow |
| Read previous word | Control + Option + Left Arrow |
| Lines | |
| Read line | Control + Option + L |
| Read next line | Control + Option + Down Arrow |
| Read previous line | Control + Option + Up Arrow |
| Sentences | |
| Read sentence | Control + Option + S |
| Read next sentence | Control + Option + Command + Page Down |
| Read previous sentence | Control + Option + Command + Page Up |
| Paragraphs | |
| Read paragraph | Control + Option + P |
| Read next paragraph | Control + Option + Shift + Page Down |
| Read previous paragraph | Control + Option + Shift + Page Up |
| Tables | |
| Read a row in a table | Control + Option + R |
| Read a column in a table | Control + Option + Shift + C |
| Read the column header in a table | Command + Option + C |
| One cell forward | Command + Option + Right Arrow |
| One cell backwards | Command + Option + Left Arrow |
| One cell down | Command + Option + Down Arrow |
| One cell up | Command + Option + Up Arrow |
| Interaction commands | |
| General | |
| Interact with an item | Control + Option + Shift + DownArrow |
| Stop interacting with an item | Control + Option + Shift + Up Arrow |
| Perform the default action for the item in the VoiceOver cursor (e.g. open active item) | Control + Option + Spacebar |
| Open application, documents or download folders on Dock | Control + Option + Spacebar, down arrow, Enter |
| QuickNav | |
| Perform action | Up+Down (equals Control + Option + Spacebar) |
| Interact with item | Right/Down (equals Control + Option + Shift + DownArrow) |
| Stop interacting with item | Left/Down (equals Control + Option + Shift + UpArrow) |
| Web commands (Safari) | |
| Navigation: General | |
| Enter web page | Control + Option + Down Arrow |
| Exit web page | Control + Option + Up Arrow |
| Go to address bar | Command + L |
| Go to browser menu | Command + Option + M |
| Access "Right Click" Menu options | Shift + Command + Option + M |
| Go to previous page | Command + Left Arrow |
| Go to next page | Command + Right Arrow |
| Move to next heading | Control + Option + Command + H |
| Move to next heading of the same level | Control + Option + Command + M |
| Move to next plain text | Control + Option + Command + P |
| Move to next link | Control + Option + Command + L |
| Move to next visited link | Control + Option + Command + V |
| Move to next image | Control + Option + Command + I |
| Move to next control | Control + Option + Command + J |
| Move to next table | Control + Option + Command + T |
| Move to next column | Control + Option + Command + Y |
| Move to next frame | Control + Option + Command + F |
| Move to next list | Control + Option + Command + X |
| Move to the next auto web spot | Control + Option + Command + N |
| To move to a previous item, use Shift with above commands. e.g. VO+Command+Shift+H to move to next heading | |
| Navigation: Web Spots | |
| Set a web spot | Control + Option + Command + Shift + } |
| Remove a web spot | Control + Option + Command + Shift + { |
| Set the sweet spot | Control + Option + Command + Shift + } + } |
| Move to the next web spot | Control + Option + Command + ] |
| Move to the previous web spot | Control + Option + Command + [ |
| Navigation: Web Item Rotor | |
| Open the Web Item rotor | Control + Option + U |
| Navigate lists | Left & right arrow keys |
| Navigate items in selected list | Up & down arrow keys |
| In Headers List, list only headings of a particular level | Type level number |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Read a link address (URL) | Control + Option + Shift + U |
| Read webpage statistics | Control + Option + Shift + I |