Environment
Mac OS
Issue
What are the keyboard commands for the Mac VoiceOver Screen Reader.
Resolution
Commands to control how much or little of the screen VoiceOver will read.
"VO" refers to the VoiceOver keys, which by default are the Command and Option keys. For example, to read a sentence, you would press the Command, Option, and s keys at the same time.
- To read an entire document starting from the top (called “Read All”), press VO-A.
- When you’re interacting with a document, to read from the VoiceOver cursor to the bottom of the text area, press VO-A.
- To read a line, press VO-L. To move to the next or previous line, press VO-Down Arrow or VO-Up Arrow.
- To read a paragraph, press VO-P. To move to the next or previous paragraph, press VO-Shift-Page Down or VO-Shift-Page Up.
- To read a sentence, press VO-S. To move to the next or previous sentence, press VO-Command-Page Down or VO-Command-Page Up.
- To read a word, press VO-W. To hear the word spelled, press VO-W again. To hear it spelled phonetically, press VO-W again. To move to the next or previous word, press VO-Right Arrow or VO-Left Arrow.
- To read a character, press VO-C. To hear the character spoken phonetically, press VO-C again. To move to the next or previous character, press VO-Shift-Right Arrow or VO-Shift-Left Arrow.
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