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Using VoiceOver gestures
with Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard
To use VoiceOver gestures,
VoiceOver must be turned on and a multi-touch trackpad is required.
One turns VoiceOver on by pressing Cmd + F5.
Recent MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro have a built-in multi-touch trackpad.
If your computer does not have a multi-touch trackpad, you can install an external one such as
Apple Magic Trackpad.
Remark: VoiceOver gestures must be done quickly in a relaxed and natural way.
Some VoiceOver gestures
To enable the trackpad:
Hold down the Ctrl and Opt keys while rotating
two fingers clockwise on the trackpad.
To disable the trackpad:
Hold down the Ctrl and Opt keys while rotating
two fingers counterclockwise on the trackpad.
To go to the Menu bar:
Double-tap two fingers near the top of the trackpad.
To go to the Dock:
Double-tap two fingers near the bottom of the trackpad.
To open the Application chooser:
Double-tap two fingers near the left of the trackpad.
To open the Window chooser:
Double-tap two fingers near the right of the trackpad.
To interact with an item:
Flick right two fingers.
To stop interacting with an item:
Flick left two fingers.
To select the next item:
Flick right one finger.
To select the previous item:
Flick left one finger.
To open a folder:
Select the folder, then
Double-tap one finger anywhere on the trackpad.
To open an application:
Select the application, then
Double-tap one finger anywhere on the trackpad.
To activate a button:
Select the button, then
Double-tap one finger anywhere on the trackpad.
To read the current page from top to bottom:
Flick up two fingers.
To read the current page from the position of the VoiceOver cursor to the bottom of the page:
Flick down two fingers.
To scroll one page up:
Flick up three fingers.
To scroll one page down:
Flick down three fingers.
To know the current page and the total number of pages:
Tap three fingers.
To pause or resume speaking:
Tap two fingers.
To move to the next option of the rotor:
Rotate two fingers clockwise.
To move to the previous option of the rotor:
Rotate two fingers counterclockwise.
To move to the next item based on the rotor option:
Flick up one finger.
To move to the previous item based on the rotor option:
Flick down one finger.
To turn the screen curtain on or off:
Triple-tap three fingers.
To mute or unmute speech:
Double-tap three fingers.
VoiceOver Commands
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Last update: October 22, 2014