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Using Dashboard with VoiceOver
Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks
Dashboard is an application included in MacOS 10.9 Mavericks
containing certain mini-applications called "widgets".
Some widgets such as "Calculator", "Translation", "Unit Converter" and "Weather"
are already pre-installed.
Other widgets may be added.
One encounters accessibility issues with some widgets.
Important: for the instructions below, it is assumed that VoiceOver is on and that Quick Nav is off.
To toggle VoiceOver on or off, press Cmd + F5.
When VoiceOver is on, press simultaneously the Right and Left arrows to toggle Quick Nav on or off.
To open or close Dashboard:
Press F12 (on Macbook Fn + F12).
To open a widget:
Press Ctrl + Opt + F2 (on Macbook Fn + Ctrl + Opt + F2) twice to access the Dashboard menu, then
Select the widget by moving with the arrows, then
Press Ctrl + Opt + Spacebar.
To close a widget:
Press Ctrl + Opt + Cmd + Escape (on Macbook Fn + Ctrl + Opt + Cmd + Escape), then
Press the Return key.
One can suppress widgets in the Finder application
(see Using Finder).
The widgets are located in the Widgets folder of the main Library folder.
Additional widgets may be downloaded from
Apple Dashboard's Download page.
VoiceOver Commands
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Last Update: October 20, 2014