This page is made from TurnOver's own command tables (`turnover-coretest --keys-reference`, 20 Oct 2026), so it matches the build it came with. Don't edit it by hand.
The VoiceOver keys style (the Mac style): VoiceOver's own keys, doing what they do in VoiceOver. TurnOver in a key means the TurnOver key: Control and Option together (VO), or Caps Lock. Keys VoiceOver has that aren't listed here go to VoiceOver as usual where VoiceOver reads, and do nothing special where TurnOver reads. Keyboard help (the TurnOver menu, Keys) says what any key does without doing it; Command Control Comma, then Slash, lists the keys that work where you are.
Switch styles with Command Control Comma, then K. TurnOver's own commands behind Command Control Comma are the same in every style: see The TurnOver layer.
| Key | What it does |
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| TurnOver 0 | Goes to hot spot 0 (VO-0) |
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| TurnOver 1 | Goes to hot spot 1 (VO-1) |
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| TurnOver 2 | Goes to hot spot 2 (VO-2) |
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| TurnOver 3 | Goes to hot spot 3 (VO-3) |
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| TurnOver 4 | Goes to hot spot 4 (VO-4) |
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| TurnOver 5 | Goes to hot spot 5 (VO-5) |
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| TurnOver 6 | Goes to hot spot 6 (VO-6) |
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| TurnOver 7 | Goes to hot spot 7 (VO-7) |
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| TurnOver 8 | Goes to hot spot 8 (VO-8) |
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| TurnOver 9 | Goes to hot spot 9 (VO-9) |
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| TurnOver A | Reads the VoiceOver cursor's contents: in text or a page, from the cursor on; elsewhere everything in the item (VO-A) |
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| TurnOver B | Reads from the beginning to here (VO-B) |
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| TurnOver Backslash | Opens or closes the disclosure triangle (VO-Backslash) |
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| TurnOver Backspace | Deletes the tab stop on a ruler (VO-Backspace) |
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| TurnOver C | In a table, the column header (twice, the column from here down); elsewhere the character (twice, phonetically) (VO-C, VO-C-C) |
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| TurnOver D | The Dock (VO-D) |
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| TurnOver End | In text, the end of the text; elsewhere the last item in the group (VO-End) |
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| TurnOver Enter | In a text field, starts or stops selecting text; elsewhere selects the list or menu item (VO-Return) |
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| TurnOver F1 | Says the application and its windows; pressed twice, the application chooser (VO-F1, VO-F1-F1) |
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| TurnOver F10 | Tile visuals (VO-F10): not in TurnOver yet |
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| TurnOver F2 | Says the window's title; pressed twice, the window chooser (VO-F2, VO-F2-F2) |
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| TurnOver F3 | The item's description; in text, the word and character; twice, how many lines (VO-F3, VO-F3-F3) |
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| TurnOver F4 | Describes the item with keyboard focus; twice, more about it (in text, where the insertion point is) (VO-F4, VO-F4-F4) |
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| TurnOver F5 | The item under the mouse pointer; twice, where the pointer is on the screen; three times, in the window (VO-F5) |
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| TurnOver F6 | Reads the selected item (VO-F6) |
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| TurnOver F7 | The date and time; twice, the battery; three times, the network (VO-F7, VO-F7-F7, VO-F7-F7-F7) |
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| TurnOver F8 | VoiceOver Utility (VO-F8); TurnOver's own settings are Command Control Comma, S |
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| TurnOver Grave | Moves the window with the arrow keys; Escape stops (VO-Grave Accent) |
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| TurnOver H | The help menu; pressed twice, the commands (VO-H, VO-H-H) |
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| TurnOver Home | In text, the start of the text; elsewhere the first item in the group (VO-Home) |
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| TurnOver I | Everything in the window or page, narrowed as you type; Enter goes there (VO-I) |
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| TurnOver J | Jump to the linked item; jumps to the linked item, such as from the message list to the message (VO-J) |
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| TurnOver K | Keyboard help: every key says what it does (VO-K) |
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| TurnOver L | Reads the line (VO-L) |
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| TurnOver M | The application's menus (VO-M); pressed twice, the status menus (VO-M-M) |
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| TurnOver N | The notifications heard lately (VO-N) |
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| TurnOver NumpadClear | NumPad Commander on or off: the keypad runs VoiceOver's commands (VO-Clear) |
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| TurnOver O | Opens or closes Notification Centre (VO-O) |
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| TurnOver P | Reads the paragraph (VO-P) |
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| TurnOver Q | Browse mode on or off: single-letter navigation (VO-Q) |
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| TurnOver R | Reads the row header; twice, the row from here to its end (VO-R, VO-R-R) |
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| TurnOver S | Reads the sentence (VO-S) |
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| TurnOver Semicolon | Locks or unlocks the VO keys: every key is a VO key until unlocked (VO-Semicolon) |
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| TurnOver Slash | Labels the item, and more: the plugin maker (VO-Slash) |
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| TurnOver Space | Activates the item under the VoiceOver cursor (VO-Space) |
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| TurnOver T | Reads the text attributes (VO-T) |
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| TurnOver Tab | The next key goes to the application untouched (VO-Tab) |
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| TurnOver U | The rotor: headings, links, form controls, landmarks… Left and Right change kind (VO-U) |
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| TurnOver V | Verbosity: punctuation, item details and hints (VO-V) |
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| TurnOver W | Reads the word; twice, spells it; three times, spells it phonetically (VO-W) |
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| TurnOver X | Activities: sets of speech, verbosity, web and braille settings, by hand or for an app (VO-X) |
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| TurnOver Z | Repeats the last thing spoken (VO-Z) |
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| TurnOver Command 0 | Describes hot spot 0 (VO-Command-0) |
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| TurnOver Command 1 | Describes hot spot 1 (VO-Command-1) |
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| TurnOver Command 2 | Describes hot spot 2 (VO-Command-2) |
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| TurnOver Command 3 | Describes hot spot 3 (VO-Command-3) |
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| TurnOver Command 4 | Describes hot spot 4 (VO-Command-4) |
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| TurnOver Command 5 | Describes hot spot 5 (VO-Command-5) |
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| TurnOver Command 6 | Describes hot spot 6 (VO-Command-6) |
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| TurnOver Command 7 | Describes hot spot 7 (VO-Command-7) |
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| TurnOver Command 8 | Describes hot spot 8 (VO-Command-8) |
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| TurnOver Command 9 | Describes hot spot 9 (VO-Command-9) |
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| TurnOver Command B | Next bold text (VO-Command-B) |
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| TurnOver Command Backslash | Jumps back to the parent folder (VO-Command-Backslash) |
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| TurnOver Command C | Next style change (VO-Command-C) |
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| TurnOver Command D | Next different item (VO-Command-D) |
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| TurnOver Command E | Next spelling error (VO-Command-E) |
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| TurnOver Command End | The last item in the window (VO-Command-End) |
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| TurnOver Command Enter | Add to or remove from the selection; adds the item to the selection, or takes it out, keeping the others (VO-Command-Return) |
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| TurnOver Command Equals | Grouping in a table (VO-Command-Equals): pages don't offer it to TurnOver |
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| TurnOver Command Escape | Closes the window (VO-Command-Escape) |
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| TurnOver Command F | Next frame (VO-Command-F) |
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| TurnOver Command F10 | The caption panel (VO-Command-F10): not in TurnOver yet |
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| TurnOver Command F11 | The cursor and panels on screen (VO-Command-F11): not in TurnOver yet |
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| TurnOver Command F2 | The window's size and where it is on the screen (VO-Command-F2) |
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| TurnOver Command F3 | The item's size and where it is on the screen (VO-Command-F3) |
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| TurnOver Command F4 | The keyboard focus to the VoiceOver cursor (VO-Command-F4) |
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| TurnOver Command F5 | The mouse pointer to the VoiceOver cursor (VO-Command-F5) |
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| TurnOver Command F8 | The TurnOver guide, until there is a tutorial (VO-Command-F8) |
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| TurnOver Command F9 | The braille panel (VO-Command-F9): not in TurnOver yet |
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| TurnOver Command G | Next graphic (VO-Command-G) |
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| TurnOver Command Grave | Moves the item with the arrow keys, where it can be moved; Escape stops (VO-Command-Grave Accent) |
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| TurnOver Command H | Next heading (VO-Command-H) |
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| TurnOver Command Home | The first item in the window (VO-Command-Home) |
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| TurnOver Command I | Next italic text (VO-Command-I) |
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| TurnOver Command J | Next form control (VO-Command-J) |
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| TurnOver Command K | Next colour change (VO-Command-K) |
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| TurnOver Command L | Next link (VO-Command-L) |
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| TurnOver Command M | Next heading of the same level (VO-Command-M) |
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| TurnOver Command O | Next font change (VO-Command-O) |
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| TurnOver Command P | Next plain text (VO-Command-P) |
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| TurnOver Command Q | Next blockquote (VO-Command-Q) |
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| TurnOver Command R | Next tracked change (VO-Command-R) |
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| TurnOver Command S | Next item of the same type (VO-Command-S) |
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| TurnOver Command Slash | Reads additional content for the item (VO-Command-Slash) |
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| TurnOver Command Space | The item's actions, to choose from (VO-Command-Space) |
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| TurnOver Command T | Next table (VO-Command-T) |
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| TurnOver Command U | Next underlined text (VO-Command-U) |
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| TurnOver Command V | Next visited link (VO-Command-V) |
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| TurnOver Command W | Next blockquote of the same level (VO-Command-W) |
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| TurnOver Command X | Next list (VO-Command-X) |
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| TurnOver Command Y | Next column (VO-Command-Y): pages don't offer it to TurnOver |
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| TurnOver Down arrow | Next line in text; elsewhere the item below (VO-Down) |
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| TurnOver Left arrow | Previous item (VO-Left) |
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| TurnOver Left bracket | The previous part of the window (VO-Left Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Right arrow | Next item (VO-Right) |
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| TurnOver Right bracket | The next part of the window: sidebar, toolbar, content (VO-Right Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Shift 0 | Sets or removes hot spot 0 (VO-Shift-0) |
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| TurnOver Shift 1 | Sets or removes hot spot 1 (VO-Shift-1) |
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| TurnOver Shift 2 | Sets or removes hot spot 2 (VO-Shift-2) |
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| TurnOver Shift 3 | Sets or removes hot spot 3 (VO-Shift-3) |
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| TurnOver Shift 4 | Sets or removes hot spot 4 (VO-Shift-4) |
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| TurnOver Shift 5 | Sets or removes hot spot 5 (VO-Shift-5) |
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| TurnOver Shift 6 | Sets or removes hot spot 6 (VO-Shift-6) |
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| TurnOver Shift 7 | Sets or removes hot spot 7 (VO-Shift-7) |
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| TurnOver Shift 8 | Sets or removes hot spot 8 (VO-Shift-8) |
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| TurnOver Shift 9 | Sets or removes hot spot 9 (VO-Shift-9) |
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| TurnOver Shift A | Selects all the text in the VoiceOver cursor (VO-Shift-A) |
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| TurnOver Shift Backslash | On a page, how many headings, links, tables…; in a table, the column's sort button (VO-Shift-Vertical Line) |
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| TurnOver Shift C | Copies the last thing spoken (VO-Shift-C) |
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| TurnOver Shift D | Moves to the desktop (VO-Shift-D) |
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| TurnOver Shift End | In text, the last word in view; elsewhere the last item in the group (VO-Shift-End) |
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| TurnOver Shift Escape | Out to the top level of the window (VO-Shift-Escape) |
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| TurnOver Shift F | The find commands: bold, headings, links… (VO-Shift-F) |
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| TurnOver Shift F10 | Moving the caption panel (VO-Shift-F10): not in TurnOver yet |
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| TurnOver Shift F11 | Screen Curtain on or off (VO-Shift-F11) |
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| TurnOver Shift F2 | Brings the VoiceOver cursor's window to the front (VO-Shift-F2) |
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| TurnOver Shift F3 | Cursor tracking off or on for now: the VoiceOver cursor stays put as the focus moves (VO-Shift-F3) |
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| TurnOver Shift F4 | The VoiceOver cursor to the keyboard focus (VO-Shift-F4) |
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| TurnOver Shift F5 | The VoiceOver cursor to the item under the mouse pointer (VO-Shift-F5) |
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| TurnOver Shift F9 | Moving the braille panel (VO-Shift-F9): not in TurnOver yet |
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| TurnOver Shift Grave | Resizes the window with the arrow keys; Escape stops (VO-Tilde) |
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| TurnOver Shift H | Reads the item's help tag (VO-Shift-H) |
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| TurnOver Shift Home | In text, the first word in view; elsewhere the first item in the group (VO-Shift-Home) |
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| TurnOver Shift J | Jumps to the input method or autocorrect panel (VO-Shift-J) |
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| TurnOver Shift K | Option key Commander on or off: right Option with a letter runs a command (VO-Shift-K) |
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| TurnOver Shift L | Describes the image or photo (VO-Shift-L) |
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| TurnOver Shift M | The shortcut menu for the item (VO-Shift-M) |
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| TurnOver Shift N | Reads the hint for the item (VO-Shift-N) |
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| TurnOver Shift O | Opens or closes Control Centre (VO-Shift-O) |
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| TurnOver Shift Q | Arrow-key Quick Nav on or off: Left and Right move the VoiceOver cursor, Up and Down the item above and below (VO-Shift-Q; Left and Right Arrow together) |
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| TurnOver Shift S | Scrolls the area the VoiceOver cursor is in: arrows, Page Up and Page Down, Shift Page Up and Down to the top and bottom; Escape stops (VO-Shift-S) |
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| TurnOver Shift Slash | Opens the TurnOver guide (VO-Shift-Slash) |
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| TurnOver Shift Space | Clicks the item with the mouse; pressed twice, a double click (VO-Shift-Space, VO-Shift-Space-Space) |
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| TurnOver Shift T | Reads the row and column number; twice, how many rows and columns (VO-Shift-T, VO-Shift-T-T) |
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| TurnOver Shift U | Reads a link's address (VO-Shift-U) |
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| TurnOver Shift W | Reads everything in the window (VO-Shift-W) |
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| TurnOver Shift X | The hot spot chooser (VO-Shift-X) |
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| TurnOver Shift Z | Save the last phrase to the Desktop; saves the last spoken phrase, with TurnOver's log, to a file on the Desktop (VO-Shift-Z) |
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| TurnOver Up arrow | Previous line in text; elsewhere the item above (VO-Up) |
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| TurnOver Command Down arrow | The next item of the rotor's kind (VO-Command-Down) |
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| TurnOver Command Left arrow | The rotor's previous kind (VO-Command-Left) |
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| TurnOver Command Left bracket | Your previous window spot (VO-Command-Left Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Command Page down | Reads the next sentence (VO-Command-Page Down) |
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| TurnOver Command Page up | Reads the previous sentence (VO-Command-Page Up) |
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| TurnOver Command Right arrow | The rotor's next kind: headings, links, form controls, tables… (VO-Command-Right) |
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| TurnOver Command Right bracket | Your next window spot (VO-Command-Right Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 0 | Watches hot spot 0 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-0) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 1 | Watches hot spot 1 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-1) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 2 | Watches hot spot 2 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-2) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 3 | Watches hot spot 3 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-3) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 4 | Watches hot spot 4 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-4) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 5 | Watches hot spot 5 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-5) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 6 | Watches hot spot 6 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-6) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 7 | Watches hot spot 7 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-7) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 8 | Watches hot spot 8 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-8) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift 9 | Watches hot spot 9 for changes, or stops (VO-Command-Shift-9) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift B | Previous bold text (VO-Command-Shift-B) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift C | Previous style change (VO-Command-Shift-C) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift D | Previous different item (VO-Command-Shift-D) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift E | Previous spelling error (VO-Command-Shift-E) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift F | Previous frame (VO-Command-Shift-F) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift G | Previous graphic (VO-Command-Shift-G) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Grave | Resizes the item with the arrow keys, where it can be; Escape stops (VO-Command-Tilde) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift H | Previous heading (VO-Command-Shift-H) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift I | Previous italic text (VO-Command-Shift-I) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift J | Previous form control (VO-Command-Shift-J) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift K | Previous colour change (VO-Command-Shift-K) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift L | Previous link (VO-Command-Shift-L) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift M | Previous heading of the same level (VO-Command-Shift-M) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift O | Previous font change (VO-Command-Shift-O) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift P | Previous plain text (VO-Command-Shift-P) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Q | Previous blockquote (VO-Command-Shift-Q) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift R | Previous tracked change (VO-Command-Shift-R) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift S | Previous item of the same type (VO-Command-Shift-S) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Space | Mouse button down at the VoiceOver cursor; again, up where the cursor is then: a drag (VO-Command-Shift-Space) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift T | Previous table (VO-Command-Shift-T) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift U | Previous underlined text (VO-Command-Shift-U) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift V | Previous visited link (VO-Command-Shift-V) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift W | Previous blockquote of the same level (VO-Command-Shift-W) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift X | Previous list (VO-Command-Shift-X) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Y | Previous column (VO-Command-Shift-Y): pages don't offer it to TurnOver |
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| TurnOver Command Up arrow | The previous item of the rotor's kind (VO-Command-Up) |
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| TurnOver Shift Down arrow | Into the item: its first part (VO-Shift-Down) |
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| TurnOver Shift Left arrow | The previous group, without going into it (VO-Shift-Left) |
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| TurnOver Shift Left bracket | Previous hot spot (VO-Shift-Left Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Shift Page down | Reads the next paragraph (VO-Shift-Page Down) |
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| TurnOver Shift Page up | Reads the previous paragraph (VO-Shift-Page Up) |
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| TurnOver Shift Right arrow | The next group, without going into it (VO-Shift-Right) |
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| TurnOver Shift Right bracket | Next hot spot (VO-Shift-Right Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Shift Up arrow | Out of the item: what holds it (VO-Shift-Up) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Down arrow | Lowers the speech setting (VO-Command-Shift-Down) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Left arrow | Previous speech setting (VO-Command-Shift-Left) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Left bracket | Removes your window spot here (VO-Command-Shift-Left Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Right arrow | Next speech setting: voice, rate, pitch, volume, punctuation (VO-Command-Shift-Right) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Right bracket | Makes the item a window spot of your own (VO-Command-Shift-Right Bracket) |
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| TurnOver Command Shift Up arrow | Raises the speech setting (VO-Command-Shift-Up) |
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Keys an app's own support adds at the app level, in that app only; the keys above work there too. Keys that belong to a document inside an app (Word's headings, comments and tables, a web page's quick keys) are in The apps and Reading and say all.