Fact · Dictation on Mac
Apple's VoiceOver User Guide for macOS 27 describes VoiceOver as the screen reader built into macOS, and it teaches the basic commands for controlling a Mac with VoiceOver.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Learn the basics for controlling your Mac using VoiceOver ... the screen reader built into macOS”
VoiceOver User Guide for Mac (macOS 27), Apple Inc., Apple Support, VoiceOver User Guide, n.d., Introduction, 'New to VoiceOver on Mac?'.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's guide opens with a short description of VoiceOver and a practice tutorial on the Mac. A screen reader speaks what is on the screen, so the guide is aimed at people who use the Mac without seeing it.
- What it does not show
- The quote is joined from two passages of the same sentence on Apple's page. The wording describes the macOS 27 guide, and the commands differ between macOS releases.