Complete VoiceOver keyboard shortcuts reference — 18 shortcuts across 2 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for macOS.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + F5 | Toggle VoiceOver |
| VO + A | Read all |
| Ctrl | Pause speech |
| VO + Right | Next item |
| VO + Left | Previous item |
| VO + Space | Activate item |
| VO + Shift + Down | Interact with item |
| VO + Shift + Up | Stop interacting |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| VO + U | Open rotor |
| VO + Cmd + H | Next heading |
| VO + Cmd + L | Next link |
| VO + Cmd + T | Next table |
| VO + F | Find text |
| VO + M | Menu bar |
| VO + D | Open Dock |
| VO + H | VoiceOver Help |
| VO + K | Keyboard help |
| VO + F8 | VoiceOver Utility |
The most essential VoiceOver shortcuts are: Cmd + F5 (Toggle VoiceOver), VO + A (Read all), Ctrl (Pause speech). These cover the most frequent actions and can significantly speed up your workflow.
VoiceOver has 18 keyboard shortcuts across 2 categories on shortcut-tools.com.
Simply press the key combination while VoiceOver is focused. Most shortcuts work immediately. On Mac, replace Ctrl with Cmd and Alt with Option for most shortcuts.
The VoiceOver shortcut for toggle voiceover is Cmd + F5.
VoiceOver includes 10 Navigation & Tools shortcuts, including VO + U (Open rotor) and VO + Cmd + H (Next heading). See the full list in the Navigation & Tools section above.
Print the VoiceOver cheat sheet and keep it next to your keyboard for the first week, then switch to active recall: cover the answer column and quiz yourself until each one is automatic.
Yes — use My Stack to combine VoiceOver shortcuts with any other platform on this site into one printable reference, which is useful if your daily workflow spans several tools.
No — VoiceOver is built into macOS and iOS only. On Windows the equivalents are NVDA (free) and JAWS (commercial); both use Insert as their modifier instead of Control + Option.
Open your assistant with this page preloaded as the source — great for follow-up questions like "which of these work in other apps?"