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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.)
F1 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
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