Alphabetical List of VoiceOver Sonoma Commands

The table below is an alphabetical list of
VoiceOver specific Sonoma commands.

I retrieved all these from the latest
Sonoma user guide, but I have shortened the command descriptions extensively.

The goal is to have a cheat sheet that’s
quick and easy to read with magnification, speech or Braille, using the fewest
words possible.

Fuller explanations of commands are in the
official support articles which comprise the Sonoma User guide.

For example, the keystroke Command-right
arrow moves to the end of the following word, while the keystroke Command-left
arrow moves the insertion point (the cursor) to the beginning of the previous
word. I have shortened these to move to previous and move to next word.

Commands that began with words like Jump
and Go to were all reworded so they would appear under Move. Commands like
show/hide all appear under the word Toggle.

The table has three columns: the command, the keystrokes to accomplish it and the category I thought it best
belonged to. This in some cases is different from the category it was assigned
in the VoiceOver utility or user guide.

You can paste this table in
to a spreadsheet or word processing document to sort by category or even
keystroke if you prefer. You can put the file on another device, like a
Windows computer or Braille display so your Mac is easier to master.

Several people have reported that not all
these keystrokes work, and it likely depends on your Mac and your keyboard.
Experimenting is the best way to know for sure.

I created these for myself as I am a rank
beginner and needed this
chart to
accomplish anything on the Mac!

You can find the VoiceOver specific user
guide from the Apple support pages here:

https://support.apple.com/guide/voiceover/welcome/mac

To Do
This

Press
This

Command
Category

Click
mouse

VO-Shift-Space
bar

Interaction

Close
current window or selected desktop in Mission Control

VO-Command-Escape

Interaction

Close
menu or rotor, stop an action, or exit a mode

Escape
or Fn-Tab

General

Copy
last spoken phrase to Clipboard

VO-Shift-C

Orientation

Create
custom label

VO-/

Interaction

Cycle
through speech settings

VO-Command-Shift-Right
Arrow or Left Arrow

General

Drag
Item

VO-,

General

Decrease
magnification of item in VoiceOver cursor

VO-{

General

Delete
current tab stop in TextEdit

VO-Delete

Text

Describe
image or photo

VO-Shift-L

Interaction

Double-click
mouse

VO-Shift-Space
bar-Space bar

Interaction

Drop
Item After cursor

VO->

Interaction

Drop
item before cursor

VO-<

Interaction

Drop
item on cursor

VO-.

Interaction

Enable
or disable Trackpad Commander

VO-rotate
two fingers clockwise (enable) or counterclockwise (disable)

General

Find
next blockquote of same level

VO-Command-W

Find
next blockquote

VO-Command-Q

Find
next bold text

VO-Command-B

Find
next color change

VO-Command-K

Find
next control

VO-Command-J

Find
next different item

VO-Command-D

Find
next font change

VO-Command-O

Find
next graphic

VO-Command-G

Find
next heading of same level

VO-Command-M

Find
next heading

VO-Command-H

Find
next italic text

VO-Command-I

Find
next link

VO-Command-L

Find
next list

VO-Command-X

Find
next misspelled word

VO-Command-E

Find
next plain text

VO-Command-P

Find
next same type item

VO-Command-S

Find
next searched text

VO-G

Find
next style change

VO-Command-C

Find
next table

VO-Command-T

Find
next underlined text

VO-Command-U

Find
next visited link

VO-Command-V

Find
previous blockquote of same level

VO-Command-Shift-W

Find
previous blockquote

VO-Command-Shift-Q

Find previous
bold text

VO-Command-Shift-B

Find
previous color change

VO-Command-Shift-K

Find
previous control

VO-Command-Shift-J

Find
previous different item

VO-Command-Shift-D

Find
previous font change

VO-Command-Shift-O

Find
previous graphic

VO-Command-Shift-G

Find
previous heading of same level

VO-Command-Shift-M

Find
previous heading

VO-Command-Shift-H

Find
previous italic text

VO-Command-Shift-I

Find previous
link

VO-Command-Shift-L

Find
previous list

VO-Command-Shift-X

Find
previous misspelled word

VO-Command-Shift-E

Find
previous plain text

VO-Command-Shift-P

Find
previous same type item

VO-Command-Shift-S

Find
previous searched text

VO-Shift-G

Find
previous style change

VO-Command-Shift-C

Find
previous table

VO-Command-Shift-T

Find
previous underlined text

VO-Command-Shift-U

Find
previous visited link

VO-Command-Shift-V

Find

VO-F

Hear
description of a hot spot

VO-Command-[hot
spot number]

Orientation

Hear
description of item at keyboard focus

VO-F4

Orientation

Hear
description of item in VoiceOver cursor

VO-F3

Orientation

Hear
description of item under pointer

VO-F5

Orientation

Hear
details of item at keyboard focus

VO-F4-F4

Orientation

Hear
dimensions of current item and section of screen where located

VO-Command-Shift-F3

Orientation

Hear
dimensions of current window and section of screen where located

VO-Command-Shift-F2

Orientation

Hear
location of pointer as x and y coordinates relative to current window

VO-F5-F5-F5

Orientation

Hear
location of pointer as x and y coordinates relative to top-left corner of
screen

VO-F5-F5

Orientation

Hear
position of current item and whether anything overlaps it

VO-Command-Shift-F3-F3

Orientation

Hear
position of current window and whether anything overlaps it

VO-Command-Shift-F2-F2

Orientation

Hear
summary of current window

VO-F2

Orientation

Hear summary
of open apps

VO-F1

Orientation

Increase
magnification of item in VoiceOver cursor

VO-}

General

Increase
or decrease current speech setting

VO-Command-Shift-Up
Arrow or Down Arrow

General

Interact
with scroll bars

VO-Shift-S

Interaction

Move
back to a parent folder

VO-Command-\

Navigation

Move
keyboard focus to VoiceOver cursor

VO-Command-F4

Navigation

Move
mouse pointer to VoiceOver cursor

VO-Command-F5

Navigation

Move
object

VO-Command-`

Interaction

Move
to beginning of text

VO-Home

Text

Move
to bottom of area containing VoiceOver cursor, scrolling if needed

VO-End

Navigation

Move
to bottom of visible area containing VoiceOver cursor

VO-Shift-End

Navigation

Move
to desktop

VO-Shift-D

Navigation

Move
to Dock

VO-D

Navigation

Move
to end of text

VO-End

Text

Move
to first visible word

VO-Shift-Home

Text

Move
to hot spot

VO-[hot
spot number]

Navigation

Move
to last visible word

VO-Shift-End

Text

Move
to linked item

VO-J

Navigation

Move
to lower-right corner of window

VO-Command-End

Navigation

Move
to menu bar

VO-M

Navigation

Move
to next column

VO-Command-Y

Web

Move
to next frame

VO-Command-F

Web

Move
to next hot spot

VO-}

Navigation

Move
to next window spot (automatically created spots and spots you created)

VO-]

Navigation

Move
to next window spot (only spots you created)

VO-Command-]

General

Move
to previous column

VO-Command-Shift-Y

Web

Move
to previous frame

VO-Command-Shift-F

Web

Move
to previous hot spot

VO-{

Navigation

Move
to previous window spot (automatically created spots and spots you created)

VO-[

Navigation

Move
to previous window spot (only spots you created)

VO-Command-[

General

Move
to sort button in a column header in a table

VO-|

Navigation

Move
to status menus in menu bar

VO-M-M

Navigation

Move
to top of area scrolling if needed

VO-Home

Navigation

Move
to top of visible area

VO-Shift-Home

Navigation

Move
to top of window

VO-Command-Home

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor down

VO-Down
Arrow

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor in given direction, wrapping when necessary

VO-Command-Shift-arrow
keys

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor left

VO-Left
Arrow

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor right

VO-Right
Arrow

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor to keyboard focus

VO-Shift-F4

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor to mouse pointer

VO-Shift-F5

Navigation

Move
VoiceOver cursor up

VO-Up
Arrow

Navigation

Move
window containing VoiceOver cursor to front, making it active window

VO-Shift-F2

Navigation

Navigate
without automatically interacting with a group on a webpage

VO-Shift-Left
Arrow or Right Arrow

Interaction

Open
Actions menu

VO-Command-Space
bar

Interaction

Open
Activity Chooser

VO-X

Interaction

Open
Application Chooser

VO-F1-F1

Orientation

Open
Commands menu

VO-H-H

General

Open
Find Commands menu

VO-Shift-F

Open
Hot Spot Chooser

VO-Shift-X

Navigation

Open
Item Chooser

VO-I

Navigation

Open
Notifications menu

VO-N

General

Open
Rotor

VO-U

Navigation

Open shortcut
menu

VO-Shift-M

Navigation

Open
Verbosity rotor

VO-V

General

Open
VoiceOver Help menu

VO-H

General

Open
VoiceOver online help

VO-?

General

Open
VoiceOver Quick Start

VO-Command-F8

General

Open
VoiceOver Utility

VO-F8

General

Open Window
Chooser

VO-F2-F2

Orientation

Pass
next key through to application

VO-Tab

General

Perform
default action for item in VoiceOver cursor

VO-Space
bar

Interaction

Perform
sticky mouse down or mouse up (for use when dragging an item from one location
to drop in another location)

VO-Command-Shift-Space
bar

Interaction

Read
additional content for item in the VoiceOver cursor

VO-Command-/

Orientation

Read
battery status

VO-Fn-F7-F7

General

Read
character in VoiceOver cursor

VO-C

Text

Read column
header in table

VO-C

Interaction

Read
contents of table column from location of VoiceOver cursor to bottom of
column

VO-C-C

Interaction

Read
contents of table row from location of VoiceOver cursor to end of row

VO-R-R

Interaction

Read
contents of VoiceOver cursor

VO-A

Orientation

Read
current word and character in VoiceOver cursor

VO-F3

Text

Read
date and time

VO-Fn-F7

General

Read
from beginning of a webpage to current location

VO-B

Web

Read
from current location on a webpage to end of page

VO-A

Web

Read
help tag for current item

VO-Shift-H

General

Read
line in VoiceOver cursor

VO-L

Text

Read
link URL

VO-Shift-U

Web

Read
network status

VO-Fn-F7-F7-F7

General

Alphabetical List of VoiceOver Sonoma Commands

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