Fact · Accessibility and health
Apple's VoiceOver Utility lets you choose what VoiceOver says while you type: characters, words, both, or nothing.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Characters, Words, Characters and Words, or Nothing.”
Change VoiceOver verbosity settings on Mac (VoiceOver User Guide), Apple Support, n.d., Verbosity settings, While typing speak.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple calls the setting the typing echo. It sits under the Verbosity tabs in VoiceOver Utility, which you open with VO-Fn-F8 after you turn VoiceOver on with Command-F5.
- What it does not show
- Apple does not say whether the typing echo applies in every app, so check the setting in the apps you use for dictation or typing.