Day 23: VoiceOver for macOS

Published on 22 Dec 2018

• journal
• resources
• was
• assistive-tech
• screen-reader
• testing
• voiceover

Needing to take a break from reading through so much documentation, I decided to spend some time with some assistive technology. Specifically, I practiced navigating with VoiceOver (VO) on my MacBook Pro. Turns out that it was more a challenge than I anticipated!

• Practiced common VoiceOver on macOS tasks using shortcut keys.
• Started a spreadsheet to compare shortcut keys across desktop screen readers.

• I surprised myself be feeling more out of water on my MBP then I did with my iPhone when using VoiceOver. I've become fairly familiar with NVDA on Windows, so I really felt like I was having to relearn navigating with a screen reader.
• Control + Option + U opens the rotor.
• Sometimes using VO felt complex when having to hold down 4 keys to "quickly" navigate a webpage.

• VoiceOver for OSX Keyboard shortcuts
• Apple Accessibility: VoiceOver Getting Started Guide