VoiceOver keyboard shortcuts 

VoiceOver  

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3 years ago
- Shortcuts

VoiceOver can be started by pressing Cmd + F5. VoiceOver uses Control + Option keys before every command, and this combination is referred as "VO" in the table below. The VO keys can be locked by pressing Control + Option + ; (semicolon). In this case, they do not need to be pressed each time for commands starting with VO+.

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Control + ⌥ Opt

As described above, VO key means holding Control + Option keys before pressing the subsequent key.

Note: If your keyboard has an Fn key, press the Fn when you use a function key (keys from F1 to F12).

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⌘ Cmd + F5

Turn VoiceOver on or off

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VO + ;

Lock and unlock the VO (Control and Option) keys

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VO + F8

Open VoiceOver utility

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VO + H

Open the VoiceOver Help menu

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F8

Open the VoiceOver Quick Start

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VO + ?

Open VoiceOver online help

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VO + K

Start keyboard help

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VO + ↑  Shift + N

Hear a description of the item in the VoiceOver cursor

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VO + H then H

Open the Commands menu

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VO + ↑  Shift + F

Open the Find menu

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Esc

Close a menu or rotor, stop an action, or exit a mode

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VO + Tab

Tell Voiceover to ignore the next key combination you press

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VO + V then   

Open the verbosity rotor, choose the setting

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VO + V then   

Open the verbosity rotor, change level for the setting

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VO + }

Magnity the item in the Voiceover cursor

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VO + {

Shrink the item in the Voiceover cursor

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VO + F11

Temporarily hide or snow the Voiceover cursor and the caption or braille panels

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F10

Hide or snow the caption panel only

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VO + ↑  Shift + F10

Resize or move the caption panel

Press again to cycle through these actions. Then use the arrow keys to resize the panel or move it. Press the Shift key with the arrow keys to move in smaller increments.
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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F9

Hide or show the braille panel only

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VO + ↑  Shift + F9

Resize or move the braille panel

Press again to cycle through these actions. Then use the arrow keys to resize the panel or move it. Press the Shift key with the arrow keys to move in smaller increments.
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VO + F10

Tile visuals (dim the screen, highlight the caption or braille panel, and show the item in the VoiceOver cursor in the center of the screen. Press again to return to the normal view

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VO + Clear

Enable or disable the Numpad Commander

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VO + ↑  Shift + K

Enable or disable the Keyboard Commander

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VO

Enable or disable the Trackpad Commander

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VO + ↑  Shift + F11

Turn the screen black (screen curtain)

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VO + ⌘ Cmd +   

Cycle through speech settings (rate, pitch, volume, intonation, voice)

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VO +   

Change the current speech setting (rate, pitch, volume, intonation, voice)

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VO + ↑  Shift + Space

Press and release mouse button

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VO + ↑  Shift +

Interact witn an item

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VO + ↑  Shift +

Stop interacting with an item

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VO + Space

Perform the default action tor the item in the Voiceover cursor

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VO + ⤶ Enter

Select a menu or list item

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + Space

Select multiple items

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + Space

Perform a sticky mouse down or mouse up (or use when dragging an item trom one location to drop in another location)

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VO + ↑  Shift + Space

Click the item under the mouse cursor

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VO + \

Open or close a disclosure triangle

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VO + R

Read a row in a table

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VO + C then C

Read a column in a table

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VO + C

Read the column header in a table

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VO + ↑  Shift + T

Read row and column numærs in a table

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VO + |

Sort a column in a table

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VO + ↑  Shift + S

Interact witn scroll bars

Then use the arrow keys to scroll up or down or side to side. Use Page Up and Page Down to scroll vertically one page at a time. Use Shift + Page Up and Shift + Page Down to scroll horizontally one page at a time.
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VO + ~

Resize a window or an object

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VO + `

Move a window or an object

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VO + ` then

Move a window

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VO + ` then ↑  Shift +

Move a window in smaller increments

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Esc

Stop scrolling or resizing

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VO +

Move up

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VO +

Move down

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VO +

Move to previous

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VO +

Move to next

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VO + Home

Move to the top of the visible area (such as a window or text area) where the Voiceover cursor is located

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VO + End

Move to the bottom of the visible area (such as a window or text area) where the Voiceover cursor is located

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VO + ↑  Shift + Home

Move to the top of the area (such as a window or text area) where the Voiceover cursor is located, scrolling if necessary

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VO + ↑  Shift + End

Move to the bottom of the area (such as a window or text area) where the Voiceover cursor is located, scrolling It necessary

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + Home

Move to the top of a window, the first item in the Dock, or the first item on your desktop, depending on your location

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + End

Move to the lower-right corner of a window, the last item in the Dock, or the last item on your desktop, depending on your location

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VOC + ↑  Shift + F2

Move to the front the window where the Voiceover cursor is located and make it active

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VO + I

Close the window where the Voiceover cursor is lccated

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VO + D

Open the Item Chooser

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VO + ↑  Shift + D

Move to the Dock

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VO + M

Move to the desktop

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VO + M then M

Move to the first status menu in the menu bar

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VO + M then M then M

Open the Spotlight menu

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VO + ↑  Shift + M

Open a shortcut menu

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VO + J

Jump to a linked item (for example, from a Mail message in the Inbox to its message text)

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VO + ↑  Shift + F3

Temporarily disable or enable the cursor tracking options you selected in VoiceOver Utility. This command doesn't change the settings in VoiceOver Utility

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VO + ↑  Shift + F4

Move VoiceOver cursor to keyboard focus

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F4

Move keyboard focus to VoiceOver cursor

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CO + ↑  Shift + F5

Move VoiceOver cursor to mouse cursor

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F5

Move mouse cursor to VoiceOver cursor

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VO + ↑  Shift + J

Jump command (used with the next four commands)

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VO + ↑  Shift +

Jump to the edge of an area

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VO +

Jump to the visible edge of an area

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VO + [

Jump to the area that precedes a horizontal or vertical splitter

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VO + ]

Jump to the area that follows a horizontal or vertical splitter

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VO + F

Find text

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VO +   

While finding text, cycle through search item history

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift +

Navigate in given direction, wrapping when necessary

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VO + ↑  Shift + Num 1 - Num 9

Set or remove a hot spot

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VO + Num 1 - Num 9 then Num 1 - Num 9

Open the Hot Spot Chooser

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VO + Num 1 - Num 9

Jump to a hot spot

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + Num 1 - Num 9

Hear a description of a hot spot

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + Num 1 - Num 9

Monitor a hot spot

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + \

Jump back to a parent folder

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VO + F1

Hear the application summary

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VO + F1 then F1

Open the Application Chooser

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VO + F2

Hear the window summary

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VO + F2 then F2

Open the Window Chooser

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VO + F3

Describe the item in the VoiceOver cursor

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F3

Describe the size of the item in the VoiceOver cursor

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + F3 then F3

Describe the position of the item in the VoiceOver cursor

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VO + F4

Describe the item that has the keyboard focus

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VO + F4 then F4

Describe the location of the insertion point (from upper-left corner of screen)

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VO + F5

Describe the item under the mouse cursor

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VO + F5 then F5

Describe the location of the mouse in x, y coordinates (from upper-left corner of screen)

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VO + F5 then F5 then F5

Describe the location of the mouse (from upper-left corner of window)

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VO + F6

Describe the selected item

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VO + A

Read everything in the VoiceOver cursor

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VO + ↑  Shift + W

Read everything visible in the window or the Dock, or on your desktop, depending on your location

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VO + Z

Repeat the last spoken phrase

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VO + ↑  Shift + C

Copy the last spoken phrase to the Clipboard (also called the "Pasteboard")

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VO + ↑  Shift + Z

Save the last spoken phrase and the crash log to a file on the desktop for troubleshooting

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VO + F

Find

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VO + G

Find the next searched text

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VO + ↑  Shift + G

Find the previous searched text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + X

Find the next list

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + X

Find the previous list

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + B

Find the next bold text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + B

Find the previous bold text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + C

Find the next style change

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + C

Find the previous style change

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + I

Find the next italic text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + I

Find the previous italic text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + K

Find the next color change

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + K

Find the previous color change

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + O

Find the next font change

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + O

Find the previous font change

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + T

Find the next table

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + T

Find the previous table

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + U

Find the next underlined text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + U

Find the previous underlined text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + J

Find the next control

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + J

Find the previous control

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + D

Find the next different item

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + D

Find the previous different item

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + S

Find the next item that's the same type as the current item

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + S

Find the previous item that's the same type as the current item

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + G

Find the next graphic

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + G

Find the previous graphic

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + H

Find the next heading

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + H

Find the previous heading

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + L

Find the next link

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + L

Find the previous link

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + M

Find the next heading of the same level

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + M

Find the previous heading of the same level

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + P

Find the next plain text

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VO + ⌘ Cmd + ↑  Shift + P

Find the previous plain text


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Program information

Program name: VoiceOver VoiceOver (System tools)

VoiceOver is a screen reader tool integrated into some of Apple's operating systems, including macOS, iOS, watchOS, and more. VoiceOver initially came with Mac OS X 10.4.

Web page: apple.com/accessibility/vision

How easy to press shortcuts: 37%

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Shortcut count: 194

Platform detected: macOS

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