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VoiceOver Keyboard Commands

This VoiceOver command guide is divided into three levels. Some keys can be press repeatedly to give more information about that item. The commands are listed from upper right to lower left as based on a standard Apple keyboard.

First-Level VoiceOver commands. Press Control-Option with the designated key


esc	Cancel mode (Esc key is at the extreme upper left of the keyboard.)
F	Application summery, second press generates a menu of applications
F2	Window summery, a second press generates a menu of windows of the current application.
F3	VoiceOver cursor
F4	Keyboard focus
F5	Mouse focus, a second press give the physical location of the mouse
F6	Selection description
F7	VoiceOver menu
F8	VoiceOver Utility program
F10	Tile visuals
F11	Hide/Show visuals

`	Move Window, use the arrow key to move the window. To end press the esc key
1 	go to bookmark

tab 	Pass through
W 	Read word, spell word, ham radio spelling
R 	Row in table
T 	Text attributes
U	URL list
I	Item list
P	Read paragraph
[	Back in VoiceOver history
] 	Forward in VoiceOver history
\	Open/Close a disclosure triangle

A	Read contents of VoiceOver cursor
S	Read sentence
D	Dock
H	Help, read the current help tag, second key press will give a list of command.
J	Jump to linked item
K	Keyboard practice, let you practice what keys will do and where they are.
L	Read line
;	Control-Option lock, as it you were holding down the Control-Option keys

Z	 Repeat last output
C	Read character, second key press read as ham radio letters
V	Verbosity mode, use the up and down arrow key to ajust verbosity. Esc key to exit verbosity mode
M	Menu bar, first press enter the main menu, second key press to go tot eh status menu items, third time to go to the spotlight menu.

up arrow	Previous line
left arrow	Previous word
down arrow	Next line
right arrow	Next word


Second-Level VoiceOver Commands. Press Control-Options-Shift with the designated key

F2	Move window to front
F3 	Cursor tracking on/off
F4 	Move voiceOver to keyboard
F5	Move VoiceOver to mouse
F10 	Caption panel resize
F11	Screen curtain on/off, simulation of a blind user by turning off the screen

~	Resize screen, use the arrow key to resize, press esc key to stop resizing screen
1	Set bookmark

W	Read visible window
{	Shrink VoiceOver cursor
} 	Magnify VoiceOver cursor
|	Sort column

S	Scrolling
D	Desktop

Z	Save VoiceOver output to file on the desktop
C	Read column
M	Contextual menu at the current VoiceOver cursor
?	VoiceOver help

spacebar	Mouse click
up arrow	Stop interacting
left arrow	Previous character
down arrow	Start interacting
right arrow	Next character


Third-Level VoiceOver Commands. Press the Control-Option-Command with the designated key

F2	Close window
F4 	Move keyboard to VoiceOver cursor
F5	Move mouse to VoiceOver cursor

[	Decrease caption panel font size
]	Increase caption panel font size

M	Next frame in website

spaceband	Multiple selection
up arrow	Increase speech volume, rate, and speed
down arrow	Decrease speech volume, rate, and speed
left arrow	Change to volume, rate , speed
right arrow	Change to volume, rate , speed