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 |
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