{"id":6404,"date":"2020-03-12T10:25:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=6404"},"modified":"2023-06-09T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:49:16","slug":"voiceover-simplified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2020\/03\/12\/voiceover-simplified\/","title":{"rendered":"VoiceOver Simplified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>VoiceOver is the screen-reader or text to speech tool that is built into Apple&#8217;s operating system. It will not work on the Windows operating system. Many use this tool to listen to email messages, content on websites, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em><strong>Note<\/strong><\/em>: when these resources reference the &#8220;VO&#8221; key, they mean <kbd>command<\/kbd> + <kbd>option<\/kbd><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some simple commands to help you get started in using VoiceOver:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><kbd>command<\/kbd> + <kbd>F5<\/kbd> turns VoiceOver on\/off<\/li><li> <kbd>tab<\/kbd> navigates to an interactive element<\/li><li> <kbd>ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>option<\/kbd> + <kbd>right arrow<\/kbd> (repeatedly) navigates to the next element<\/li><li> <kbd>ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>option<\/kbd> + <kbd>command<\/kbd> + <kbd>h<\/kbd> (repeatedly) navigates by headings<\/li><li>explore VoiceOver&#8217;s rotor and quickly find links, headings, etc <kbd>ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>option<\/kbd> + <kbd>u<\/kbd><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When verifying with VoiceOver, use Chrome on a Mac for the best experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many other commands that are available.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Deque University VoiceOver Keyboard Shortcuts (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/dequeuniversity.com\/screenreaders\/voiceover-keyboard-shortcuts\" target=\"_blank\">Deque University VoiceOver Keyboard Shortcuts<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"VoiceOver Commands and Gestures from Apple (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/voiceover\/info\/guide\/_1131.html\" target=\"_blank\">VoiceOver Commands and Gestures from Apple<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5R-6WvAihms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Video from A11y Casts - Screen Reader Basics: VoiceOver (opens in a new tab)\">Video from A11y Casts &#8211; Screen Reader Basics: VoiceOver<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VoiceOver is the screen-reader or text to speech tool that is built into Apple&#8217;s operating system. It will not work on the Windows operating system. Many use this tool to listen to email messages, content on websites, etc. Note: when these resources reference the &#8220;VO&#8221; key, they mean command + option Here are some simple commands to help you get started in using VoiceOver: command + F5 turns VoiceOver on\/off tab navigates to an interactive element ctrl + option + right arrow (repeatedly) navigates to the next element ctrl + option + command + h (repeatedly) navigates by headings explore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2020\/03\/12\/voiceover-simplified\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VoiceOver Simplified<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-technology","category-accessibility"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-1Fi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6404"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8531,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions\/8531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}