This guide borrows heavily from Apple’s VoiceOver Getting Started guide, so I utilizing that resource as needed.

Basic Settings

Enable the Trackpad Commander and VoiceOver gestures	VO-two-finger rotate clockwise
Disable the Trackpad Commander and VoiceOver gestures	VO-two-finger rotate counterclockwise
Turn the screen curtain on or off	Three-finger triple-tap
Mute or unmute VoiceOver	Three-finger double-tap

Navigation

Force the VoiceOver cursor into a horizontal or vertical line when you drag a finger across the trackpad	Hold down the Shift key and drag a finger horizontally or vertically
Move the VoiceOver cursor to the next item	Flick right
Move the VoiceOver cursor to the previous item	Flick left
Move content or the scroll bar (depending on the Trackpad Commander setting)	Three-finger flick in any direction
Go to the Dock	Two-finger double-tap near the bottom of the trackpad
Go to the menu bar	Two-finger double-tap near the top of the trackpad
Open the Application Chooser	Two-finger double-tap on the left side of the trackpad
Open the Window Chooser	Two-finger double-tap on the right side of the trackpad
Jump to another area of the current app	Press Control while touching a finger on the trackpad

Interaction

Speak the item in the VoiceOver cursor or, if there isn’t an item, play a sound effect to indicate a blank area	Touch (includes tap or dragging)
Select an item	Double-tap anywhere. You can also split-tap (touch one finger, then tap with a second finger).
Start interacting with the item in the VoiceOver cursor	Two-finger flick right
Stop interacting with the item in the VoiceOver cursor	Two-finger flick left
Scroll one page down or up	Three-finger flick up or down
Escape (close a menu without making a selection)	Two-finger scrub back and forth
Increase or decrease the value of a slider, splitter, stepper, or other control	Flick up (increase) or flick down (decrease)

Text

Read the current page, starting at the top	Two-finger flick up
Read from the VoiceOver cursor to the end of the current page	Two-finger flick down
Read the current scroll page	Three-finger tap
Pause or resume speaking	Two-finger tap
Describe what’s in the VoiceOver cursor	Triple-tap
Change how VoiceOver reads text (by word, line, sentence, or paragraph)	Press Command while touching a finger on the trackpad

Rotor

Change the rotor settings	Two-finger rotate
Move to the previous item based on the rotor setting	Flick up
Move to the next item based on the rotor setting	Flick down