Mac VoiceOver keystrokes with alphabet and function keys in macOS 13 Ventura.

a

Read the contents of the Voiceover cursor

a

Select all text in the Voiceover cursor

a

Not assigned

a

Not assigned

b

Read from the beginning of a web page to the current location

b

Not assigned

b

Find the next bold text

b

Find the previous bold text

c

Read the column header in a table.
Press twice for:
Read the contents of a table column from the location of the Voiceover cursor to the bottom of the column.
In text area:
Read the character in the Voiceover cursor.
Press twice for:
Read the character in the Voiceover cursor phonetically

c

Copy the last spoken phrase to the Clipboard (also called the “Pasteboard”)

c

Find the next style change

c

Find the previous style change

d

Move to the Dock

d

Move to the desktop

d

Find the next different item

d

Find the previous different item

e

Not assigned

e

Not assigned

e

Find the next misspelled word

e

Find the previous misspelled word

f

Find Next

f

Open the Find Commands menu

f

Find.
In Web Navigation:
Move to the next frame

f

Move to the previous frame

g

Find the next searched text

g

Find the previous searched text

g

Find the next graphic

g

Find the previous graphic

h

Open the Voiceover Help menu.
Pres twice for:
Opening the Commands menu

h

Read the help tag for the current item

h

Find the next heading

h

Find the previous heading

i

Open the Item Chooser

i

Not assigned

i

Find the next italic text

i

Find the previous italic text

j

Jump to a linked item (for example, from a message in the Mail messages list to the message preview)

j

Jump from the current location to any displayed input method or auto correction panel, and then jump back to the original location

j

Find the next control

j

Find the previous control

k

Start and stop keyboard help

k

Turn the Keyboard Commander on or off

k

Find the next colour change

k

Find the previous colour change

l

Read the line in the Voiceover cursor

l

Read Image descriptions

l

Find the next link

l

Find the previous link

m

Move to the menu bar.
Press twice for:
Move to the status menus in the menu bar

m

Open a shortcut menu

m

Find the next heading of the same level

m

Find the previous heading of the same level

n

Open the Notifications menu

n

Read the Voiceover hint for the current item

n

Move to the previous auto web spot

n

Move to the previous auto web spot

o

Open or close Notification Centre

o

Open or close Control Centre

o

Find the next font change

o

Find the previous font change

p

Read the paragraph in the Voiceover cursor

p

Not assigned

p

Find the next plain text

p

Find the previous plain text

q

Turn single-key web page navigation on or off

q

Not assigned

q

Find the next blockquote

q

Find the previous blockquote

r

Read the row header in a table.
Press twice for:
Read the contents of a table row from the location of the Voiceover cursor to the end of the row

r

Not assigned

r

Not assigned

r

Not assigned

s

Read the sentence in the Voiceover cursor

s

Interact with scroll bars

s

Find the next item that’s the same type as the current item

s

Find the previous item that’s the same type as the current item

t

Speak text attributes

t

Read row and column numbers in a table.
Press twice for:
Read the number of columns and rows (the dimensions) in a table

t

Find the next table

t

Find the previous table

u

Open the Voiceover rotor

u

Read a link address (URL)

u

Find the next underlined text

u

Find the previous underlined text

v

Open the Verbosity rotor

v

Not assigned

v

Find the next visited link

v

Find the previous visited link

w

Read the word in the Voiceover cursor.
Press twice for:
Spell the word in the Voiceover cursor alphabetically.
Press three times for:
Spell the word in the Voiceover cursor phonetically

w

Read the visible contents of the window, the Dock or your desktop, depending on your location

w

Find the next blockquote of the same level

w

Find the previous blockquote of the same level

x

Open the Activity Chooser (this command works only if you’re in an app or website for which you created an activity).
Press twice for:
Switching to the previous activity

x

Open the Hot Spot Chooser

x

Find the next list

x

Find the previous list

y

Not assigned

y

Not assigned

y

Move to the next column

y

Move to the previous column

z

Repeat the last spoken phrase

z

Save the last spoken phrase and the crash log to a file on the desktop for troubleshooting

z

Not assigned

z

Not assigned

f1

Hear a summary of open apps.
Press twice for:
Open the Application Chooser

f1

Not assigned

f1

Not assigned

f2

Hear a summary of the current window.
Press twice for:
Open the Window Chooser to access open windows and system dialogues

f2

Move the window containing the Voiceover cursor to the front, making it the active window

f2

Hear the dimensions of the current window and the section of the screen where it’s located.
Press twice for:
Hear the position of the current window and whether anything overlaps it

f3

Hear a description of the item in the Voiceover cursor, including the item’s current state, such as whether a tickbox is selected, or the per cent value of a slider.
In text area:
Reads the current word and character in the Voiceover cursor.
Press twice for:
Reading the total number of lines and the number of visible lines in a document

f3

Temporarily turn the cursor tracking options selected in Voiceover Utility on or off

f3

Hear the dimensions of the current item and the section of the screen where it’s located.
Press twice for:
Hear the position of the current item and whether anything overlaps it

f4

Hear a description of the item that has keyboard focus, including its current state, such as whether a tickbox is selected, or the per cent value of a slider.
Press twice for:
Hear details about the item that has keyboard focus

In text, you hear the location of the insertion point relative to the top-left corner of the text item in which the insertion point is located.

f4

Move the Voiceover cursor to the keyboard focus

f4

Move the keyboard focus to the Voiceover cursor

f5

Hear a description of the item under the pointer, including the item’s current state, such as whether a tickbox is selected, or the per cent value of a slider.
Press twice for:
Hear the location of the pointer as x and y coordinates on the screen, relative to the top-left corner of the screen.
Press three times for:
Hear the location of the pointer as x and y coordinates relative to the current window

f5

Move the Voiceover cursor to the mouse pointer

f5

Move the mouse pointer to the Voiceover cursor

f6

Read the selected item

f6

Not assigned

f6

Not assigned

f7

Read the current date and time.
Press twice for:
Reading the battery status of your Mac.
Press three times for:
Read the network status of your Mac

f7

Not assigned

f7

Not assigned

f8

Open Voiceover Utility

f8

Not assigned

f8

Open the Voiceover Quick Start

f9

Not assigned

f9

Resize or move the braille panel

f9

Hide or show the braille panel only

f10

Tile visuals (dim the screen, highlight the caption or braille panel, and show the item in the Voiceover cursor in the centre of the screen)

f10

Resize or move the caption panel

f10

Hide or show the caption panel only

f11

Not assigned

f11

Turn the screen curtain on or off

f11

Temporarily hide or show the Voiceover cursor and the caption or braille panels

f12

Not assigned

f12

Not assigned

f12

Not assigned